"I have great trust in my staff," Kelly said. "Defensively we didn't have a great answer today. But you know what, we've had answers all year defensively. And so we didn't have the answers today. We're going to have to go back and look at the film and find out. I got smart coaches. I got dedicated coaches. They're not dummies.

"The first thing I'd look at, I'd go, 'Shoot, basic fundamentals is stop the fullback.' Well he had 200 yards today and I don't have a bunch of dummies on my staff. We know that. My guys didn't have the plan today.

"We got to go back and look at the plan, we got to evaluate the plan, and if we have to change the plan moving forward, we're going to change the plan. but we're going to get it right. We've got too many guys committed to making sure Notre Dame gets back to where we believe it should be."

sjmvsfscs08;526606 wrote:If Navy is so terrible, why did Ohio State need a two-point conversation interception to beat them last season?

sleeper;531070 wrote:And they won. How does it feel losing again to another inferior opponent?

Like I said, enjoy your bowl loss, that's the definition of ND football.

karen lotz;531082 wrote:You should be about to answer that yourself...How did it feel watching OSU lose to Wisconsin last weekend and Purdue last year?

vball10set;531161 wrote:I'll give you Purdue, but Wisconsin "inferior"? I don't know about that

"Other big picture items would be turnovers on the offensive side of the ball. If we just take care of the football getting out of the half, we come out in the second half and make some adjustments and we're in much better position. If we get off the ball on the one-foot line and score... there are so many little things to point to in the game and they're not just all about defending the option."

"Let me make it clear: We're responsible for option. Whether it's mid-line, veer, speed, load, it doesn't matter. If we run against an option football team, we're responsible for all those phases. Our kids played really, really hard. They did what we asked them to do. This is accountability and responsibility that we have as coaches to make sure our players are well-prepared. We can't use the excuse that we haven't seen that before. We're responsible for option. We're going to make sure we're prepared against all forms of option moving forward."

sjmvsfscs08;530716 wrote:Locked losses? There is no such thing as a "locked loss"...etc

Tiernan;531816 wrote:Take the 6 - 6 and be happy it wasn't much worse.

Tiernan;532094 wrote:^^^
Both Purdue and Pitt were struggles that could have gone either way.

sjmvsfscs08;532219 wrote:Purdue game could have gone either way? Did you watch the fucking game? Notre Dame was in control the entire game, never "lucky" to win it.

Pittsburgh is an underrated team and Notre Dame played them well, you're right, it could have gone either way. But so could the Michigan and Michigan State games. Boy it sorta sounds like the beginning of the season when I said there were a lot of games I could see Notre Dame winning or losing and only two were guaranteed wins, Western Michigan and Army.

Pick6;532289 wrote:pittsburgh is underrated? considering they started the season top 15..I would have to say they are overrated

Pick6;532289 wrote:pittsburgh is underrated? considering they started the season top 15..I would have to say they are overrated

karen lotz;531082 wrote:You should be about to answer that yourself...How did it feel watching OSU lose to Wisconsin last weekend and Purdue last year?

sleeper;532339 wrote:Completely different situations.

Ohio State is one of the premier programs in the country, playing in the toughest conference in the country, with some of the best talents and coaching possible in the world of college football.

ND is at best a mediocre program, with past successes that most people weren't even born to see. They haven't beaten a team as good as Wisconsin since back when Wisconsin wasn't in the cheese business.

Like I said, enjoy your bowl loss, what is this like 20 in a row now?