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Watch as Notre Dame running back Kyren Williams scores a long touchdown against Florida State.
Five touches for Notre Dame running back Kyren Williams has resulted in 117-yard and this touchdown.
GET OFF THE TRACKS, @NDFootball IS COMING THROUGH!#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/JPLEaN2hLn
— Notre Dame on NBC (@NDonNBC) October 11, 2020
You think he wanted to make up for the fumble on the opening drive. Sure does and this run helped get back in Irish Nation’s good graces.
Notre Dame’s 2020 football schedule is officially out. Check it out here and find out what longtime rivalry sadly ends…
Notre Dame and the ACC unveiled their 2020 football schedule on Thursday with some significant changes compared to what it looked like just a month ago.
Here’s how 2020 shapes up for Notre Dame:
Notre Dame 2020 Football Schedule:
September 12 vs. Duke
September 19 vs. Western Michigan
September 26 at Wake Forest (Charlotte)
October 3 BYE
October 10 vs. Florida State
October 17 vs. Louisville
October 24 at Pitt
October 31 at Georgia Tech
November 7 vs. Clemson
November 14 at Boston College
November 21 BYE
November 27 at North Carolina
December 5 vs. Syracuse
December 12 or 19 ACC Championship in Charlotte
There it is – Notre Dame’s first schedule as a member of the ACC.
As you may notice, the Navy game was unable to be worked out, marking the end of a consecutive series that dates all the way back to 1927.
Would there be a domino effect if the Big Ten decided to only play conference games in 2020?
There are rumors that the Big Ten could potentially cut out all of their out of conference games this season and play a 10-game conference schedule. Obviously this effects the Irish, as they are schedule to play Wisconsin in Lambeau Field, their only Big Ten opponent this year.
CFB UPDATE:
– According to @TomDienhart1, B1G will likely play a 10-game, conference-only schedule
– Nothing officially decided yet but important meeting to be held 7/9
– Expect decision in 8-10 days
– Could still start 9/5 and span 13-14 weeks, allowing more schedule flexibility— Inside NU (@insidenu) July 8, 2020
Yes, this is just a rumor at the current moment but with Ohio State being the first Big Ten school to suspend voluntary team activities after teams like North Carolina, Boise State and Kansas have done the same. The Buckeyes were one of the few schools that didn’t disclose their testing results, but it must be concerning if they opted to shut things down for at least a week.
If the Big Ten were to just go to a conference only schedule, the Irish would not face the Badgers this year, who knows if the game would be rescheduled in the future. It would be just one game, but the bigger issue would be if other conferences followed the Big Ten.
With no conference affiliation in football for the Irish, they could be put in a very awkward situation. Would Notre Dame join a conference for a season, and if so who would they join? The ACC seems like the most logical destination, but the hypothetical addition of the Irish would put the conference at 15 teams. Would the Atlantic and Coastal divisions be absolved for the year?
There would be so many questions going forward. It would make sense for the Irish to join the ACC for the season, getting a taste of conference football. Everything would go back to normal in 2021 hopefully, but regardless of what happens, the entire year of 2020 will always have an asterisk next to it.
We thought we had a pretty good idea as to who would call plays a few weeks ago when Chip Long was removed as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator and on Thursday, Brian Kelly made things official before practice.
We thought we had a pretty good idea as to who would call plays a few weeks ago when Chip Long was removed as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator and on Thursday, Brian Kelly made things official before practice.
Former Notre Dame quarterback and current quarterbacks coach Tommy Rees will handle the play-calling duties in Saturday’s Camping World Bowl versus Iowa State.
Brian Kelly confirmed moments ago that QB coach Tommy Rees will call plays from the booth in #NotreDame’s Camping World Bowl vs. Iowa State. He also said all plays would come through him (Kelly) but that he’s not inclined to make play-call changes.
— Irish Illustrated (@timprister) December 26, 2019
It’s hardly surprising as his was the first name mentioned the second we found out about the Long news.
Rees was given an interview for the Northwestern O-C opening earlier this month but didn’t make the second round of interviews with Pat Fitzgerald.
Is this an actual audition or is it a “just don’t mess entirely up and the job is yours” type of thing? I’m curious to know.
What I do know is that earlier today Texas hired Ohio State’s passing game coordinator Matt Yurcich to be their new offensive coordinator. I know stars make plays but that offense has been pretty much entirely unstoppable all season long, making the transition from Urban Meyer to Ryan Day even smoother than the biggest Ohio State fans in the land could have missed.
This is purely feel and based on nothing I’ve heard but I would be pretty surprised if Rees doesn’t have the O-C title come next August so I’m not walking away today stunned or shocked by any means, I’d be more-so if they did go on a national search for their next O-C like Kelly has said they’re going to do.
