Well, when your coordinators lean toward passive and safe. it's hard to field a team that

comes out and takes it to a good opponent.

Fortunately, CMF got Ash straightened out (I hope, although 2 weeks ago sure looked like the Miami game) after the first 3 games last year. Denbrock is a lost cause and will always go for safe versus attack against good competition.

Case in point: Against BYU, ND took the lead, got an interception (with over 8 minutes on the clock) and proceeded to try to burn clock against a defense (8 guys within 2 yards of the LOS) that was expecting ND to try to burn clock and play conservatively. The results were not surprising to anyone who's watched the past 16 years of ND football.

That was "let's go win this game" time and Denbrock Denbrocked.

Can't beat good teams consistently playing that way.