I think, overall, that this was a good performance. They had some long drives.
Drive 1: 14 plays. 8+ minutes. Hartman probably needs to dive for the first here. Such a close miss of the first down. He also could have potentially dumped the ball to Sherwood.
Drive 2: 6 plays. 3 first downs. 39 yards. Missed 47 yard FG.
Drive 3: 5 plays, 32 yards. Got the ball off of your 1 yard line and to your 33 yard line.
Drive 4: Take a knee. I think they should have tried to get a FG with 0:26 remaining and 2 TO’s but they didn’t try. So they really only had 3 drives.
2nd half
Drive 5: Gain 36 yards and fail a QB sneak. That play was very bad IMO. Hartman has previously taken his QB sneak outside rather than pushing through the Center. IMO, Estime should 1) know that Hartman is going outside. 2) Should be looking at Hartman’s back and be following it wherever it goes…meaning be ready to push him in the back to get the first down. Hartman goes around the left but Estime is kind of just coming forward and doing nothing. He should be ready to shove Hartman in the back.
Drive 6: 13 plays. Almost 8 minutes. TD
Drive 7: 12 plays. 6:25 or so. *96* yard TD drive. Amazing.
Drive 8: 5 plays. 2 first downs. Couple near misses on playcalls that could have been first downs.
I accidentally hit “post” before I was ready to submit so may have made some errors. Drives might be off by 1 or 2 plays.
The point is that ND moved the ball very well and that they didn’t have many possessions. They had two 4th and 1’s where the execution wasn’t very good and they should have gotten first downs. Long drives shortened the game.
I’m very encouraged by the offense. I think ND’s offense is elite.
Drive 1: 14 plays. 8+ minutes. Hartman probably needs to dive for the first here. Such a close miss of the first down. He also could have potentially dumped the ball to Sherwood.
Drive 2: 6 plays. 3 first downs. 39 yards. Missed 47 yard FG.
Drive 3: 5 plays, 32 yards. Got the ball off of your 1 yard line and to your 33 yard line.
Drive 4: Take a knee. I think they should have tried to get a FG with 0:26 remaining and 2 TO’s but they didn’t try. So they really only had 3 drives.
2nd half
Drive 5: Gain 36 yards and fail a QB sneak. That play was very bad IMO. Hartman has previously taken his QB sneak outside rather than pushing through the Center. IMO, Estime should 1) know that Hartman is going outside. 2) Should be looking at Hartman’s back and be following it wherever it goes…meaning be ready to push him in the back to get the first down. Hartman goes around the left but Estime is kind of just coming forward and doing nothing. He should be ready to shove Hartman in the back.
Drive 6: 13 plays. Almost 8 minutes. TD
Drive 7: 12 plays. 6:25 or so. *96* yard TD drive. Amazing.
Drive 8: 5 plays. 2 first downs. Couple near misses on playcalls that could have been first downs.
I accidentally hit “post” before I was ready to submit so may have made some errors. Drives might be off by 1 or 2 plays.
The point is that ND moved the ball very well and that they didn’t have many possessions. They had two 4th and 1’s where the execution wasn’t very good and they should have gotten first downs. Long drives shortened the game.
I’m very encouraged by the offense. I think ND’s offense is elite.
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