First two games it seemed to be all about his “system” and there didn’t seem to be much tactical planning. Putting in a new scheme isn’t easy, so I understand some of thinking, but it almost bit them.
Yesterday the approach was different. Take away Bell (within the system) and make someone else beat them. They did just that and Purdue struggled to move the ball. If it wasn’t for a 50/50 PI call (I would have called it PI based on a previous call ND got) ND keeps them out of the end zone the entire day. Purdue got some easy yards that ND was sacrificing to keep Bell in front of them but those plays weren’t sustainable for entire drives.
Well done and we will need more of this as the OL continues to try to find something.