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Yes. There are two primary ways to prepare for that game by btd

1) Silent snaps eliminate all possibility of false starts. You simply do exactly what the DL does -- you look at the ball and move when it moves.

Kelly says they practiced that and also says that Book reverted to muscle memory during the game and didn't use the silent snap. That is probably the worst thing I have heard in my 52 years. If true, Book is quite possibly the dumbest person on the face of the Earth -- and Kelly should have slapped the shit out of him during the game similar to a Holtz moment of going out onto the field and dragging him by the head to the sideline.

2) Play a real schedule every single year and get rid of all neutral site games -- period.

ND historically was an extremely good road team and won all those big games we have heard about or seen (if older than 35). Why? Because ND was always the team that had seen it all before. Why? Because they played 5 or 6 true road games per year and at least one or two of them were against elite teams every year.

When you do that you have a starting team full of players that have been there and done that before and the crowd has zero affect on them. You have a few freshman where it is new -- but they are surrounded by players that have each been there 2 to 6 prior times that are totally unfazed by it.