ND is gashing UL for 8 yards a carry. Why in the hell, is Book in the shotgun (or pistol) formation on 3rd & short or 4th & short???
Get under Center, get low, & run the damn QB sneak. Instead they run a slow developing run play & a freaking pass- of course the pass would have worked if Book didn't throw the damn ball at Finke's knees.
I too long for the days of the fullhouse backfield with Bettis, Zellers & Burris. 3rd and short for them? Pfffft......that's nothing.
What's ironic is when Holtz was coaching, I felt he did not throw the ball enough (especially in 1992 when Rick Mirer was the QB & had Lake Dawson, Derrick Mayes, Clint Johnson Mike Miller, Irv Smith, Oscar McBride & Bettis at his disposal) I think this hurt ND's offense at times.
Now I feel that Kelly throws the ball too much & Monday was a great example of this. 2nd possession, we have a chance to go up 14-7 after running the ball down Louisville's throat on the 1st drive. 1st 2 plays of the 2nd drive? 2 incomplete passes- the 2nd pass going about 5 feet over a leaping Chase Claypool. It's shit like that, that keeps weaker teams in the game longer than they need to be. On that 2nd drive, I'd have ran that ball until UL could prove they could stop it.