He averaged 49 yards per punt on Saturday, with a long of 55 and a punt downed inside the 20-yardline.įinally, the last positive I want to quickly cover with you should come as no surprise to anyone who was at the game. Punter Bryce McFerson deserves a quick shout-out as well - he hasn’t had to put in too much work through the first third of the season, but in his 10 punts he’s averaged 48.8 yards per punt, which is quietly a top-5 average in the country. I think that says a lot about their confidence in his leg. Spencer Shrader hit 2 of his 3 field goals (including a 50-yarder), with his lone miss being a 59-yard attempt that honestly was just cool that Marcus Freeman let him try it at all. Special teams continues to look solid, even if not the same game-changing unit it was under Brian Mason last season. They also allowed the Chippewas to only convert on 3 of their 13 third down conversion opportunities.
The defense as a whole held Central Michigan to just 268 total yards, including 3.9 YPC and 6.9 YPA. Xavier Watts chipped in a nice game at safety (5 tackles, 1 PD), Donovan Hinish continued to be a surprise productive contributor with 4 tackles, and guys like Jason Onye (3 tackles), Marist Liufau (2 tackles), and Benjamin Morrison (1 tackle, 1 PD) all made some plays as well. THOMAS HARPER BRINGING THE HEAT #GoIrish☘️ /TP79xkKRYo- Notre Dame Football September 16, 2023 This was all done while the offensive line occasionally struggled to get a push and open running lanes, so that really goes to show how well Estime is playing right now. Let’s first cover the positives, because I think we can all use a pick-me-up ASAP on this sluggish Monday morning.įirst and foremost, Audric Estime has once again given us a top-notch performance, running for a career-best 176 yards while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, scoring a touchdown and hurdling multiple guys throughout his dominating performance. The Irish hosted a bad opponent from the MAC, whose starting QB ended up falling ill, and although ND ultimately controlled the game and won convincingly, it wasn’t without at least one half of the game making us all nervous as the Central Michigan Chippewas hung around, made way more plays than we thought they’d make, and cast a bit more doubt on how good this Notre Dame squad might actually be with how much they struggled at times. This past week kind of had it all, you guys. aaaaand okay, here we go - let’s talk about last week’s results! and also through these next couple, you guys all know what W.I.N. Can everyone see my screen?Īwesome, so per usual, it’s the typical weekly agenda here for our Project W.I.N. Anyway, I think we’ve got everyone on the call that will be joining today, so let’s go ahead and dive in. Ha! Yep, I’ll definitely be investing in some aloe after this call - gonna be a rough next few days over here. Yeah I was at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football game on Saturday - forgot to pack sunscreen and didn’t think much of it because it was cool and kind of overcast early in the day, but by kickoff it was in the 70s and the clouds seemed to have parted to give our half of the stadium all the sun we could ever not want. Happy Monday, you guys! How’s everyone - yep, yeah haha I DID get some sun this weekend, Gary.thanks for noticing and calling it out to everyone!
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Woof.Īnyway, hopefully my coworkers won’t be able to tell how red I look on the video call - our laptop cameras are not exactly crystal clear, so that plus some dim Monday lighting might help. This aloe is helping a little, I guess, but that was foolish of me to go to a mid-September game and not bring any sunscreen to protect my fair Irish skin. WOW I haven’t been an idiot and completely ignored my need for sunscreen in A MINUTE - I definitely don’t miss this feeling.
*groaning loudly as I drag myself out of bed to slather some aloe on my arms before heading to my desk to start work*
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