Well that didn’t take long, about 3 minutes before we were down 14-0 on 2 interceptions. I know Rees is going to take all the heat on this one but that 1st pick – not on him plus he almost got killed on the hit. Just great when he comes to the sideline and Kelly all over him and you know Rees didn’t even know what happened to him and you know further it must have hurt. 2nd pick was a bad pass that was tipped right to a Sooner player. Kinda lucky how the ball bounced on these plays and Rees rounded out the 1st half with another pick.

ND rushing attack finally came to life, starting with a burst of 36 yards by Tarean Folston setting up ND’s first touchdown. He only carried the ball once more in the game. George Atkinson finally put it together rushing for 148 yards on 14 carries including an 80 yard run for a TD in the third quarter. ND had a total of 220 yds rushing to Oklahoma’s 212 which included QB Bell’s 59 yards rushing.

Look, with Tommy’s limitations he needs his receivers to run the correct route and he needs pass protection. We all know he can barely run and is not very good passing on a rollout so – you gotta deal with it. Bright spots in this game – biggest is the rushing attack and the emergence of Folston and Atkinson. At this point you have to wonder what the deal is with Freshman Greg Bryant – he was the big catch for the 2013 class. If he’s not hurt and doesn’t play this year it’s going to be – See Ya come January.

Carlo Calabrese played his best game in a ND uniform. Jarrett Grace, while still learning is going to be good. Freshman WR’s Robinson and Fuller are future stars. TJ Jones is just a very good receiver.

The Bad: The defensive line – believe me they are not the best DL in College Football. Tuitt just isn’t getting it done on a consistent basis and while Nix tries hard on every play he also , many times, is pushed back 3-4 yards. We have no depth and the attrition of DL – Aaron Lynch (transfer) Tony Springman (injury) Chase Hounshell (injury) and finally losing Eddie Vanderdoes before he even arrives all really hurts. And Gunner Kiel leaving made a mess of the QB depth.

Gotta say though, these guys did not quit, never gave up – but that being said, how do you let a big lumbering QB run for 59 yards? Where the hell was the pressure when he’s running around on 2 bad legs and then throws a 50 yard TD to a wide open receiver and 2 ND guys just watching him catch.

Oh well we are now 3-2 and the future getting dimmer.

What else was going on:

*** USC JUST FIRED LANE KIFFEN ***

Arizona State 62-41 over USC. ASU QB Kelly 351 yds passing and 79 yds rushing.
USC had 542 total yds with 295 passing and 247 rushing. The good news is – we get them back to back.

Pitt is 3-1 and BYU is 2-2
Stanford beat Washington State 55-17 and is now 4-0

What else – well Purdue with their vaunted defense is 1-4 and lost back to back – Wisconsin 41-10 and yesterday to Northern Illinois 55-24. Well,at least we should get that linebacker recruit.

Let’s wrap it up with 2 clips from watchnd.tv. Kelly not a happy camper.