All too often in life we go around searching for someone to blame for something. Instead of it being a collective failure, it has to fall on one person. One scapegoat, if you will.
That one person seemed to be offensive coordinator [autotag]Tommy Rees[/autotag] after the first three weeks of struggles for the Fighting Irish offense but before their 45-32 dismantling of North Carolina. It turns out Notre Dame fans weren’t the only ones giving praise to Rees for the offensive breakout but that [autotag]Kirk Herbstreit[/autotag] took note as well, listing the former Notre Dame signal caller as one of his top performing coaches in all of college football for Week 4.
Notre Dame’s offense scored six touchdowns, nearly a seventh before a goal line fumble, and totaled 576 yards on the afternoon.
Rees was one of seven coaches mentioned by Herbstreit as he actually ranked second for the weekend. See the seven Herbstreit ranked in order below: