Fumble in 1st half proves costly.....

[Tru2Irish]

If the fumble before halftime had not occured , ND might have gotten a fg to be up 23-21. This would have changed the failed 2 point conversion to an extra point thereby the score would end up ND 40-sTANFORD 38. Alas, it didn't turn out that way but might have. ND played hard but too many passes were caught too easily. I think Hogan only missed on 4 passes. I know injuries didn't help but I hope the defensive backfield improves a lot next year. I believe in Coach Lyght. ND- thank you for all your perseverance to overcome all the injuries and good luck in whatever bowl that the Irish are chosen to play in. A bright spot is Josh Adams. This kid has done a tremendous job filling in for Procise and Folson. I hope this experience will make some of our best players decide to come back for another try for a national champuionship. ND isn't that far off. GO IRISH!!!

 

[FightingIrish44]

Yup. Poor play from Kizer. Have to protect the football and really can't take a sack either.

 

[justacollegefan]

Yep we had 3 points and he should have known that... of course when it happened I saw people posting it was Kelly's fault, the threads should be on here still lol.

 

[Tru2Irish]

Yup. Poor play from Kizer. Have to protect the football and really can't take a sack either.

Kizer played very hard. I was merely stating that dynamics of the game might have been different without fumble. It happens. Our d backs are weak link however. They never even look back to check. AS Charles Barkley would say,Turrible!

 

[FightingIrish44]

Kizer played very hard. I was merely stating that dynamics of the game might have been different without fumble. It happens. Our d backs are weak link however. They never even look back to check. AS Charles Barkley would say,Turrible!

I know. It was a bad play by Kizer even though he had a good game.

 

[zuskie]

I could pick several other plays that were similarly to blame.

Damn...what a game. So frustrating.