Blue and Gold Illustrated

February 2013

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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BCS title game notes By Dan Murphy and wes morgan Big Plays Sink The Irish Coming into the BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame's defense had surrendered only two touchdowns in the regular season on plays longer than 15 yards. Alabama had three in its 42-14 win at Sun Life Stadium. Long, broken plays kept the Tide offense rolling all night against a surprisingly porous Irish defense. Notre Dame gave up 29 plays of 20 yards or more in its first 12 games, and then gave Notre Dame missed an inordinate amount of tackles against Alabama — including All-American linebacker Manti Te'o versus star running back Eddie Lacy, who racked up 140 rushing yards on 20 carries. up seven of them against Alabama. Missed tackles land at the top of the Red Zone EffIciency list of culprits. (Inside 20-Yard Line) "I have to evalu No ate whether I did a Poss. TD FG Score good enough job as Notre Dame 2 2 0 0 the head coach in getAlabama 5 5 0 0 ting tackling done for photo by bill panzica our players," Brian Kelly said. "I think everything is on the table when you see so many missed tackles." Alabama running back Eddie Lacy (20 carries for 140 yards) didn't make Kelly's job any Notre Dame vs. alabama Quarter-By-Quarter Comparison Notre Dame Time of Possession 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Average Field Position Alabama Time of Possession 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Average Field Position 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 2:36 7:38 5:15 6:18 0-2 0-3 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 ND-22 ND-14 ND-20 ND-27 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 12:24 7:22 9:45 8:42 4-4 2-4 0-1 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 UA-25 UA-27 UA-8 UA-28 1st Half 2nd Half Final 10:14 11:33 21:47 0-5 2-3 2-8 0-1 0-0 0-1 ND-16 ND-24 ND-20 1st Half 2nd Half Final 19:46 18:27 38:13 6-8 2-5 8-13 0-0 1-1 1-1 UA-26 UA-18 UA-23

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