You have to feel bad for [autotag]Drew Pyne[/autotag]. He became an accidental starting quarterback for Notre Dame after [autotag]Tyler Buchner[/autotag] went down with a season-ending injury during the Irish’s second game. To his credit, he has handled this situation about as well as he possibly can. However, none of that matters to a loud part of the Irish fan base that has seen more of Pyne than it cares to any longer.
Before the first half against Syracuse even ended, people filled Twitter with anti-Pyne tweets to the point where Pyne was trending. To Pyne’s credit, he did complete a long pass to [autotag]Michael Mayer[/autotag] during the half’s final minute to set up a short touchdown pass to [autotag]Jayden Thomas[/autotag]. Still, it’s unlikely that impressive last drive will be enough to flip people’s opinions on Pyne. The interception he threw to end the drive before the touchdown still might be more fresh in people’s minds. Here are some examples: