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>>> TODAY ON THE FINAL DAY OF
AUGUST, THE 125th FOOTBALL
SEASON AT NOTRE DAME BEGINS.
AMID HEIGHTENED LEVELS OF
ANTICIPATION AND EXPECTATIONS,
ALL IN THIS UNIQUE SETTING,
WHICH IS READY TO AWAKEN ONCE
AGAIN.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA, YOU KNOW THAT
HERE ONE THING MATTERS MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE GAME
OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW
THAT ONE PROGRAM HAS A PLACE IN
THE SPORT LIKE NONE OTHER.
11 NATIONAL TITLES, SEVEN
HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS, TOO MANY
INDELIBLE MOMENTS TO COUNT.
AND LAST YEAR, A SEASON THAT
PEAKED IN PERFECTION.
>> NOTRE DAME NUMBER ONE AND
UNBEATEN.
>> FINISHED IN DEEP
DISAPPOINTMENT.
>> AND THAT IS OVER AND OUT.
ALABAMA 42, NOTRE DAME 14.
>> EVERY TEAM HAS GOT NOTRE DAME
CIRCLED ON THEIR SCHEDULE SO WE
KNOW WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR BEST.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT TO -- AT
NOTRE DAME THIS YEAR IT WILL BE
ABOUT WINNING A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AS A SENIOR I WANT TO LEAVE
AS A CHAMPION.
>> IT STARTS ANEW FOR THE
FIGHTING IRISH.
WE'RE THE LATEST HEIRS TO
GENERATIONS OF TRADITION WITH A
COACH WHO'S REVIEWED THAT
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND FOR
THE PROGRAM THAT IS SOUTH BEND
AND FAR BEYOND, WILL LIVE
THROUGH THE HEARTS OF WHAT
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEEDS AND WHY
IT MATTERS.
THE 232nd CONSECUTIVE SELLOUT AT
NOTRE DAME STADIUM WHERE 80,000
PLUS ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHERE
THIS YEAR'S JOURNEY TAKES THEM.
NO IRISH HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HAS
WON MORE GAMES IN HIS FIRST
THREE SEASONS AS BRIAN KELLY.
HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS SEASON IS
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HOW TOMMY
REES PLAYS INSTEAD OF EVERETT
GOLSON.
HOPING TO UPSET THE TEMPLE OWLS
UNDER FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACH MATT
RHULE IN THEIR FIRST FOOTBALL
GAME EVER AGAINST THE FIGHTING
IRISH.
AND NOTRE DAME'S RETURN TO GLORY
WAS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR
LAST SEASON.
SURE, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER
UNBEATEN REGULAR SEASONS HERE AT
NOTRE DAME THROUGH ALL THE
STORIED YEARS, BUT WHAT LAST
YEAR'S TEAM DID ALONG WITH ALL
THE SHEER DRAMA AT THE END OF
GAMES, PULLING OUT LAST SECOND
VICTORIES, THAT TEAM WOULD BE
TOUGH TO MATCH.
BUT THEN CAME THE BCS
CHAMPIONSHIP LOSS TO ALABAMA BY
A SCORE OF 42-14.
IN TALKING WITH THE NOTRE DAME
PLAYERS THIS WEEK, THEY SAID,
YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW AMAZING
THAT 12-0 START WAS, THE LAST
GAME THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER WAS
THE ONE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THAT
LONG NIGHT IN MIAMI.
HEAD COACH BRIAN KELLY HAS MADE
IT AN OBJECTIVE THIS SEASON NOT
ONLY TO GET BACK TO THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, BUT GET BACK
THERE AND WIN IT.
IT IS A LONG WAY UNTIL JANUARY
IN 2014, BUT IT ALL STARTS TODAY
AGAINST TEMPLE.
WE'LL HAVE THE KICKOFF IN JUST A
FEW MOMENTS FROM NOW.
NOTRE DAME AND TEMPLE.
BUT FIRST WE SEND IT DOWN TO
LIAM McHUGH AND OUR U.S. BANK
NBC SPORTS REPORT.
>> DAN, THANKS SO MUCH.
ALONGSIDE DOUG FLUTIE AND HINES
WARD.
SO TOMMY REES IN AS THE STARTING
QUARTERBACK, BUT LAST YEAR SO
MUCH OF THE IRISH SUCCESS WAS
THE GROUND GAME.
THEY OUTRUSHED THEIR OPPONENTS
BY MORE THAN 1,000 YARDS.
BUT THEO RIDDICK, CIERE WOODS,
THEY'RE NOW GONE.
SO WHO IS TOMMY REES HANDSING
THE FOOTBALL OFF TO?
>> HE HAS FIVE GUYS THAT CAN GET
IT DONE BUT WE'LL FIND OUT TODAY
WHO WILL GET IT MOST.
GEORGE ATKINSON III, THE
SPEEDSTER.
BRIAN KELLY CALLS HIM THE HOME
RUN HITTER THAT CAN SWING AND
MISS ONE ONCE IN A WHILE.
AMIR CARLISLE IS PROBABLY THE
MOST VERSATILE OF THE GROUP.
HIS QUEST IS TO STAY HEALTHY.
HE'S A SLASHER, CUTTER.
HE DOES EVERYTHING WELL BUT IS
NOT THAT STOUT.
>> ONE GROUP THAT DIDN'T SWING
AND MISS LAST YEAR, THE DEFENSE.
SMOTHERING AT TIMES.
BUT MANTI TE'O, SECOND IN THE
HEISMAN VOTING, IS NOW A SAN
DIEGO CHARGER.
SO WHO ARE THE GUYS THAT WILL
LEAD THIS UNIT?
>> THEY'LL BE LED BY LOUIS NIX
AND STEPHON TUITT WHO LED THE
TEAM WITH 12 SACKS.
BOTH OF THESE GUYS WILL BE
PLAYING ON SUNDAY.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT'S SO
IMPRESSIVE TO NOT ONLY THE
COACHING STAFF BUT TO THE FANS
IS THE SECONDARY -- THE IRISH
SECONDARY.
YOU KNOW, FOR BOB DIACO, THE
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HE'S ABLE
TO PLAY CALL AND BE MORE
AGGRESSIVE, BLITZ A LOT MORE,
PLAY MORE MAN TO MAN.
TEMPLE WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS
FULL TODAY.
>> PEOPLE BELIEVE MAYBE THIS
DEFENSE CAN BE BETTER THAN LAST
YEAR.
IT IS THE SEASON OPENER.
THE FIRST-EVER MATCHUP BETWEEN
TEMPLE AND NOTRE DAME.
KICKOFF IS COMING YOUR WAY AFTER
THIS.
>>> THERE'S A RUSH THAT YOU GET
WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF THE TUNNEL
IN FRONT OF THE 80 SOME THOUSAND
PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE
SUPPORTING THE IRISH.
>> EVERY TEAM HAS GOT NOTRE DAME
CIRCLED ON THEIR SCHEDULE SO WE
HAVE TO GIVE IT OUR BEST.
>> WITH THE FIRST GAME BEING
TEMPLE, IT'S EASY TO FOCUS ON
THEM.
THEY'RE THE FIRST DOOR TO OPEN
WITHIN A LONG HALLWAY.
TO GET TO THAT NEXT WEEK, WE
HAVE TO GET THROUGH THAT FIRST
DOOR.
>> Dan: AND FINALLY GAME TIME IN
SOUTH BEND AS ANOTHER SEASON
BEGINS, AS THE 14th RANKED
FIGHTING IRISH OF NOTRE DAME
WELCOME THE TEMPLE OWLS FOR THE
2013 OPENER FOR BOTH TEAMS.
TEMPLE 4-7 LAST YEAR,
CONTRASTING NOTRE DAME'S
INCREDIBLE SEASON.
AND OUTCOME THE IRISH FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 2013.
BRIAN KELLY WITH A 28-11 RECORD
IN HIS FIRST THREE SEASONS, NOW
IN HIS FOURTH SEASON, SAYS HE
HAS MORE DEPTH, MORE
TOP-TO-BOTTOM TALENT AND TOMMY
REES, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME,
HE IS A SENIOR AT NOTRE DAME BUT
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME HE
BEGINS THE SEASON AS THE
STARTER.
WITH EVERETT GOLSON OUT FOR THE
SEASON.
AND HARD TO LIVE UP TO ALL THE
EXPECTATIONS AT NOTRE DAME AND
ALSO WITH WHAT HAPPENED LAST
YEAR WITH A PERFECT 12-0 REGULAR
SEASON.
BUT AGAIN CAME DOWN T EARTH IN
A BIG WAY IN THAT NIGHT GAME TO
ALABAMA.
THE QUEST IS TO GET BACK TO THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN JANUARY OF
2014.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE
TEMPLE OWLS COME OUT AT NOTRE
DAME STADIUM.
THIS IS THEIR 115th SEASON AND
THEY COME OUT WITH BRAND NEW
HELMETS, ALL WHITE, WITH A RED
TEMPLE "T."
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THESE
STORIED PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR SO MANY YEARS FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME MEETING.
AND THERE IS MATT RHULE, WHO WAS
AN ASSISTANT FOR THE NEW YORK
GIANTS LAST YEAR, BUT DOES HAVE
A GOOD BIT OF HISTORY AT TEMPLE.
BUT THIS IS HIS VERY FIRST HEAD
COACHING ASSIGNMENT.
AND THERE IS CONNOR REILLY, WHO
LIKE MATT RHULE, HAS HIS FIRST
TRIP TO SOUTH BEND AND HE WILL
TAKE HIS FIRST COLLEGIATE SNAP
HERE AT NOTRE DAME STADIUM.
AS WE SEND IT DOWN TO ALEX
FLANAGAN.
>> Alex: WELL, COACH, A LOT OF
ENERGY HERE IN THE STADIUM AS
YOU OPEN THE SEASON.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST ANXIOUS ABOUT
RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT AN
OPENER WITH YOUR TEAM.
YOU EXPECT SOME THINGS, BUT
UNTIL YOU REALLY PLAY THE GAME,
YOU HAVE THAT UNEXPECTEDNESS
THAT WORRIES YOU A LITTLE BIT AS
THE HEAD COACH.
BUT I THINK ONCE YOU SETTLE INTO
THE FIRST SERIES, I THINK
EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO NORMAL.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST SEASON IN A
LONG TIME I CAN REMEMBER THAT
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ONE BIG
OFFENSIVE WEAPON, KYLE RUDOLPH,
TYLER EIFERT, DO YOU NEED
SOMEBODY TO SUCCEED ON OFFENSE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THE BALANCE ON OFFENSE
COULD MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT.
SOMETIMES YOU OVERANALYZE AND
THINK YOU DON'T HAVE THAT GUY.
MAYBE YOU LOOKED TO THAT GUY TOO
MUCH LAST YEAR AND RAN OUR
OFFENSE THROUGH ONE GUY.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A
BALANCE ON OFFENSE AND I HOPE
THAT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE US
MORE EFFECTIVE.
>> Alex: THANKS, COACH,
APPRECIATE IT.
DAN, BACK TO YOU.
>> Dan: MIKE, LOOK FORWARD TO A
NICE NOTRE DAME SEASON UP HERE
IN THE BOOTH WITH YOU.
WE'VE HEARD IT ALL WEEK FROM
BRIAN KELLY AND IT STARTS WITH
THE QUARTERBACK, ESPECIALLY HERE
AT NOTRE DAME.
HERE IS TOMMY REES WITH THE
STARTING JOB FOR THE FIRST TIME
TO START THE YEAR.
>> Mike: AND TOMMY REES IS A
COACH'S SON.
HIS FOOTBALL IQ IS OUT OF THE
ROOF, JUST UNBELIEVABLE FOOTBALL
IQ, BUT THAT HAS TO TRANSLATE TO
DECISION-MAKING.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 19
TURNOVERS AND THAT BECAME AN 8-5
SEASON.
SO TOMMY HAS TO REALIZE TWO
THINGS.
ONE IS DEFENSE IS SUPERIOR.
AND NUMBER TWO IS IF HE TAKES
CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, THEY'LL
WIN A LOT OF FOOTBALL GAMES.
>> Dan: NOTRE DAME WENT 12-0 IN
LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE
DEFENSE.
HOW STRONG ARE THEY THIS YEAR?
>> Mike: ALL OF THE ATTENTION IS
GOING THROUGH STEPHON TUITT AND
LOUIS NIX.
THE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN, 6'2",
285, EXPLOSIVE WITH A GREAT
MOTOR.
SO WHEN YOU COMBINE HIM WITH
TUITT AND NIX, YOU MIGHT HAVE
THE BEST FRONT IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
>> Dan: SO SECONDS AWAY FROM
KICKOFF AND THE START OF A NOTRE
DAME SEASON AS THEY ATTEMPT TO
CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN ONCE AGAIN
AND GET BACK TO A BCS GAME.
WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART THE
DANGEROUS PART OF IT HAS STAYED
AWAY FROM US.
THE LIGHTNING TO THE SOUTH,
STILL SOME POSSIBILITIES OF SOME
SHOWERS POPPING UP.
BUT OVERALL VERY PLEASANT
CONDITIONS AS WE'RE ANTICIPATING
PERHAPS A 90-DEGREE KICKOFF.
IT'S JUST ABOUT 80 DEGREES AS
PAUL LAYTON, THE TRANSFER FROM
ALBANY, GETS SET TO KICK OFF HIS
FIRST CAREER KICKOFF.
HE WILL ALSO HANDLE THE PUNTING
DUTIES FOR TEMPLE AND BACK DEEP
IS GEORGE ATKINSON.
THE 6'1", 217-POUND SPEEDSTER TO
GET THINGS STARTED IN 2013.
AND ATKINSON COMES UP TO THE 2.
AND JUST ACROSS THE 20 TO THE 23
YARD LINE.
BROUGHT DOWN BY AVERY WILLIAMS.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NOTRE
DAME OFFENSE.
STARTING LINEUPS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY ADIDAS AND PRESENTED BY THE
PLAYERS THEMSELVES.
>> TOMMY REES, LAKE BLUFF,
ILLINOIS.
I HAVE THE BEST JUMP SHOT ON THE
TEAM.
>> ZACK MARTIN, INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA.
MY LITTLE BROTHER PLAYS ON THE
OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> T.J. YOUNG, GEORGIA.
AS A RECEIVING CORPS, WE MAY BE
YOUNG BUT I FEEL WE'RE ONE OF
THE BEST IN THE NATION.
>> SO TOMMY REES AND THE
FIGHTING IRISH BEGIN THEIR FIRST
DRIVE WITH AMIR CARLISLE IN
BEHIND REESE.
>> Mike: AND A PENALTY FLAG.
I THINK THE IRISH HAD 12 ON THE
FIELD AND ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION.
>> Dan: NOT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU
WANT TO START THINGS OFF.
>> Mike: THAT WILL DRIVE A COACH
NUTS.
HOW DO YOU HAVE 12 PEOPLE ON THE
FIELD WITH AN ILLEGAL
SUBSTITUTION SNAP ONE OF THE
YEAR?
>> Dan: SO BALL BROUGHT BACK TO
THE 18 YARD LINE.
AND AGAIN, AMIR CARLISLE, THE
TRANSFER FROM USC, WHO HAS BEEN
INJURED, ABOUT READY FOR HIS
FIRST PLAY IN A NOTRE DAME
UNIFORM.
HE'S ONE OF MANY RUNNING BACKS
THAT WE'LL SEE FOR THE FIRST
TIME, PERHAPS, HERE THIS
AFTERNOON FOR BRIAN KELLY.
AND THEY DO INDEED GIVE IT TO
CARLISLE, WHO FLASHES SOME OF
THAT SPEED.
PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN AND IS
STREAKING DOWN THE SIDELINES
BEFORE HE'S FINALLY KNOCKED OUT
OF BOUNDS BY ANTHONY ROBEY.
SO WELCOME TO NOTRE DAME, AMIR
CARLISLE.
>> Mike: THE STRENGTH OF THIS
NOTRE DAME OFFENSIVE LINE IS THE
LEFT SIDE.
AMIR CARLISLE, LOOK AT THE
OUTBLOCK BY TROY NIKLAS THE
TIGHT END.
AMIR CARLISLE, ONE OF THE MOST
EXPLOSIVE YOUNG BACKS.
WE FINALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY,
DAN, TO SEE THIS KID.
2011 AT USC, TRANSFERRED HERE
LAST YEAR, WAS HURT THE ENTIRE
SEASON.
>> Dan: BROKE HIS ANKLE BEFORE
THE SEASON LAST YEAR AND IN THIS
YEAR'S SPRING PRACTICE BROKE HIS
COLLARBONE.
BUT NOW IT'S GEORGE ATKINSON'S
TURN.
WE TOLD YOU WE'D SEE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT RUNNING BACKS AND
ATKINSON IS SPUN AROUND AND HIT
HARD BY ABDUL SMITH FROM HIS
FREE SAFETY SPOT.
>> Mike: ABDUL SMITH ROCKED HIM
THAT TIME.
I THINK THAT'S ONE YOU COULD
HEAR.
>> Dan: WHAT WAS BRIAN KELLY
TELLING US THROUGHOUT SPRING
BALL, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HE WANTED ATKINSON TO WORK
ON WAS TO GET THE PAD LEVEL
DOWN.
>> Mike: PAD LEVEL DOWN AND BALL
SECURITY, AND THAT TIME ABDUL
SMITH LIT HIM UP.
>> Dan: SO A GAIN OF FIVE FOR
ATKINSON AFTER THE 45-YARD BURST
BY CARLISLE.
IT'S SECOND DOWN AND FIVE AS
NOTRE DAME IS QUICKLY DEEP INTO
TEMPLE TERRITORY.
PLAY ACTION AND REES' FIRST PASS
OF THE SEASON RIGHT DOWN THE
MIDDLE TO THE END ZONE AND THE
TOUCHDOWN.
DaVARIS DANIELS.
SO THEY START OFF WITH A
PENALTY, BUT BAM, BAM,
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Mike: RIGHT TACKLE DOES A
GREAT JOB TAKING DANIELS AND THE
PASS RUSH INSIDE.
THE REST IS DONE BY DaVARIS
DANIELS AGAINST THE BEST CORNER,
ANTHONY ROBEY, FROM TEMPLE.
THREE YARDS OF SEPARATION.
TOMMY PUTS IT ON HIM.
THAT'S TOO EASY.
>> Dan: AND THIS IS NICK TAUSCH
IN FOR THE EXTRA POINT.
THE HOLDER IS THE THIRD
QUARTERBACK FOR NOTRE DAME TODAY
AND HE PUTS IT THROUGH.
SO TOMMY REES IS BACK AS THE
STARTER FOR NOTRE DAME.
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>> Dan: NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL IS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY SCOTTRADE.
SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY INVESTORS
ARE SAYING I'M WITH SCOTTRADE.
BY FROST BREWED COORS LIGHT, THE
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IT.
>>> IRISH FANS LOVING THIS
THREE-PLAY, 77-YARD TOUCHDOWN
DRIVE AS AERIAL COVERAGE IS
PROVIDED BY GOOD YEAR, WHICH HAS
LEARNED MAKING TIRES THAT GO THE
DISTANCE INSPIRES WHAT THEY ROLL
INTO YOURS.
GOOD YEAR, MORE DRIVEN.
SO THEY START OFF WITH A PENALTY
AND THEN THEY HAVE A 45-YARD RUN
BY AMIR CARLISLE.
FIVE-YARDER BY ATKINSON AND THEN
REES TO DANIELS, 32 YARDS FOR
THE STRIKE.
BY THE WAY, FIRST CAREER
TOUCHDOWN FOR DANIELS.
AND KYLE BRINDZA, HANDLING THE
KICKOFF DUTIES.
HE'LL ALSO BE HANDLING THE
PUNTING DUTIES TODAY FOR NOTRE
DAME, AND JALEN FITZPATRICK
STANDS DEEP AND BACKED UP INTO
HIS OWN END ZONE, COMING OUT
WITH IT.
AND COMING TO THE NEAR SIDE OF
THE FIELD AND A GOOD RUNBACK BY
FITZPATRICK, WHO'S GOING TO SET
UP TEMPLE AT THE 30.
SO LET'S MEET THE TEMPLE OWLS ON
OFFENSE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY
ADIDAS AND PRESENTED BY THEIR
OFFENSIVE PLAYERS.
>> CONNOR REILLY, U.S. ARMY
BRAT.
I'VE MOVED 13 TIMES SINCE I WAS
BORN.
>> KYLE FRIEND, CARLISLE,
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS THE
BEST-LOOKING GROUP ON THE TEAM.
>> JAYLON FITZPATRICK,
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
>> ANDSO CONNOR REILLY, HIS
VERY FIRST OFFENSIVE SNAPS.
HE WAS THE HOLDER LAST YEAR.
HE KEEPS IT AND GAINS TWO OR
THREE YARDS.
BUT REILLY, LIKE SO MANY OTHER
PLAYERS ON THIS TEMPLE TEAM,
MIKE, THE VERY FIRST TIME THEY
HAD EVER BEEN TO SOUTH BEND.
I MEAN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
STAFF, COACHING STAFF, PLAYERS,
FAMILY FRIENDS, FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME HERE AT NOTRE DAME.
>> HE NOW HAS ONE CAREER SNAP
MORE THAN YOU DID IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
THIS IS WHAT MARCUS SATTERFIELD,
THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR,
WANTED TO SEE.
HE WANTED TO SEE QUICK HITS AND
COMPLETIONS LIKE THAT ONE TO
FITZPATRICK.
>> Mike: THE WHOLE POINT HERE IS
ATHLETES IN SPACE.
GET THE BALL TO FITZPATRICK.
MISSED TACKLE BY JACKSON.
CALABRESE OVERRUNS IT AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN IT'S THIRD AND A COUPLE
INCHES.
>> Dan: THIRD AND LESS THAN ONE.
A WHISTLE COMES IN AND STOPS
PLAY.
>> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP,
FALSE START OFFENSE.
NUMBER 63.
FIVE YARDS.
STILL THIRD DOWN.
>> Dan: THAT'S ON THE TRANSFER
FROM MARYLAND, KEITH WHITE.
>> Mike: THIRD AND A FOOT VERSUS
THIRD AND SIX IS A WHOLE
DIFFERENT PLAYBOOK.
AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
GET EITHER THAT TIGHT END OR ONE
OF THE WIDE RECEIVERS INVOLVED.
>> Dan: NONE OF THEM MORE THAN
5'11" AND RYAN ALDERMAN IS
5'11", 175.
OUT OF THE GUN REILLY TRIES TO
KEEP IT.
THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN
AS PRINCE SHEMBO WAS IN THERE TO
HELP BRING HIM DOWN.
>> Mike: SHEMBO'S MOTOR IS JUST
PHENOMENAL.
ISHAQ WILLIAMS FROM THE INSIDE.
CODY BOOTH KNIFES DOWN INSIDE.
ISHAQ WILLIAMS WHO PLAYS
DEFENSIVE END AND OUTSIDE
LINEBACKER INVOLVED AS WELL.
>> Dan: SO ON FOURTH AND FOUR,
PAUL LAYTON TO PUNT AND WE'LL
GET OUR FIRST LOOK AT T.J.
JONES, WHO WANTED TO RETURN
PUNTS THIS YEAR FOR BRIAN KELLY.
AND THAT'S A PART OF THE GAME,
SPECIAL TEAMS, THAT KELLY HAS
BECOME A BIGGER PART OF.
T.J. JONES WILL BE VERY BUSY.
THE SNAP IS HIGH, BUT LAYTON IS
ABLE TO HANDLE IT AND JONES LETS
IT DRIFT.
>> Mike: WOW.
A BAD SNAP AND TEMPLE ENDS UP
WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION AT THE
13 YARD LINE.
>> Dan: AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL
BEGIN WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER
LAYTON'S 51-YARD PUNT WITH NOTRE
DAME UP 7-0.
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>> Dan: WELL, AS AMAZING THE
12-0 REGULAR SEASON RUN WAS,
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE BIG LOSS
TO ALABAMA, BRIAN KELLY MEETS
WITH THE EAGLES.
SAID HE WAS NEVER OFFERED THE
JOB.
AND THEN THE MANTI TE'O SAGA,
WHICH IS STILL HARD TO BELIEVE.
AND THEN THE TRANSFERS, THE
PEOPLE THAT LEFT, GUNNER KIEL,
TODAY VAUGHN DAY NEAL, JUSTIN
FERGUSON AND EVERETT GOLSON
SUSPENDED.
DANNY SPOND RETIRED.
IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD RECRUITING
YEAR BUT THEY ALSO LOST A NUMBER
OF VERY HIGH-RANKED RECRUITS,
MIKE.
>> Mike: THEY DID.
BUT MY BIGGEST EMPATHY GOES TO
DANNY SPOND WHO WORKED HIS TAIL
OFF TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE DEFENSE AND THEN HAD TO
RETIRE AS A SENIOR BECAUSE OF
THE MIGRAINES.
JUST A TALENTED, SMART, TOUGH
KID AND I FEEL BADLY FOR HIM.
>> Dan: SO HERE'S AMIR CARLISLE
BACK IN.
INSTEAD REES GOES TO THE AIR TO
HIS LEFT TO T.J. JONES.
AND JONES IS LOOSE.
ONE MAN TO BEAT, KNOCKED OUT OF
BOUNDS BY ROBEY, WHO SAVED A
TOUCHDOWN.
BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER A GAIN OF
50.
>> Mike: IF YOU'RE GOING TO
THROW A BUBBLE TO THE WIDE
RECEIVER, THE TIGHT END HAS GOT
TO GET OUT AND BE THE MAIN
BLOCKER.
WATCH TROY NIKLAS GET OUT IN
FRONT.
GETS ON NUMBER 29, MARSHALL.
KICKS HIM ALL THE WAY TO THE
SIDE LINE.
NOW ANOTHER PLAYMAKER, T.J.
JONES, THIS IS JUST TOO EASY SO
FAR, DAN.
THEY HAD THE 45-YARD RUN BY
CARLISLE, THE LONG TOUCHDOWN
PASS TO DANIELS AND T.J. JONES.
TEMPLE HAS TO STEP UP AND MAKE A
PLAY.
>> Dan: THIS IS ATKINSON
SWEEPING TO THE LEFT.
ANTHONY ROBEY VERY ACTIVE AND A
PART OF THAT DEFENSIVE SQUAD
HERE.
ANOTHER ADIDAS STARTING LINEUP.
>> LEVI BROWN, BETHLEHEM,
PENNSYLVANIA.
I ALWAYS PUT MY LEFT SOCK ON
BEFORE MY RIGHT ONE.
>> TYLER MATAKEVICH, DEFINITELY
THE BEST COOK ON THE TEAM.
>> ANTHONY ROBEY, NORRISTOWN,
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE DBs ARE THE BEST AT CRACKING
JOKES ON THIS TEAM.
>> Dan: WELL, THEY'RE NOT
CRACKING MANY JOKES RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE GIVING UP HUGE CHUNKS
OF YARDAGE.
THE FAKE TO CAM McDANIEL AND
REES TO THE END ZONE, DANIELS
AGAIN.
TOUCHDOWN, NOTRE DAME.
>> Mike: DAN, THE LAST TIME
DANIELS TOOK HIM TO THE POST.
THIS TIME HE'S TAKING HIM TO THE
POST AND THEN BREAK IT BACK TO
THE CORNER.
REMEMBER, ROBEY, THEIR BEST
COVER GUY.
NOW HE'S GOING TO BREAK INSIDE.
DANIELS TAKES IT BACK OUTSIDE.
TOMMY REES WITH ANOTHER STRIKE
AND AGAIN, WAY TOO EASY.
>> Dan: SO TAUSCH IN AFTER REES
IS JUST PILING UP NUMBERS.
THREE FOR THREE, 115 YARDS AND A
COUPLE OF TOSSES ALREADY FOR
TOUCHDOWNS.
TAUSCH COMES IN TO MAKE IT WITH
10:19 LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER
14-0 NOTRE DAME.
SO DaVARIS DANIELS WHO HAD THE
BIG GAME IN THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP
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>> Dan: THURSDAY NIGHT IT'S NFL
KICKOFF ON NBC.
THE RAVENS TAKE ON THE DENVER
BRONCOS IN A PLAYOFF REMATCH.
THEN IT'S THE PREMIERE OF SUNDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL, GIANTS HEAD TO
DALLAS TO TAKE ON THE COWBOYS.
BACK TO FOOTBALL, THURSDAY NIGHT
ONLY ON NBC.
>> Mike: THAT THURSDAY NIGHT
GAME REALLY INTRIGUES ME.
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS HAVE TO GO
ON THE ROAD TO DENVER.
I DID THE MANNING PASSING
ACADEMY THIS YEAR AND PEYTON'S
ARM IS MUCH STRONGER THAN IT WAS
A YEAR AGO, WHICH IS GOING TO
CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS FOR OPPOSING
DEFENSES.
>> Dan: THERE'S DaVARIS DANIELS.
WE MENTIONED HE MISSED THE LAST
TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES WITH A
BROKEN COLLARBONE.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW TO HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD GAME IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
HAD SOME SIX CATCHES FOR 115
YARDS IN THE LOSS TO ALABAMA.
HE'S GOT TWO EARLY TOUCHDOWNS
HERE, AS BRINDZA KICKS IT OFF
AND HE DRIVES FITZPATRICK BACK
DEEP INTO HIS OWN END ZONE.
TEMPLE WILL COME OUT TO THE 20
TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING.
AND IT'S UP TO CONNOR REILLY,
WHO HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE.
UNTIL FINALLY LANDING AT TEMPLE.
HIS DAD IS A COLONEL IN THE ARMY
SO AN ARMY BRAT WHO HAS BEEN ALL
OVER THE MAP, LITERALLY.
11 TOTAL STATES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
13 DIFFERENT STOPS, INCLUDING A
STOP AT GERMANY, WHERE HIS DAD
COACHED HIM IN LITTLE LEAGUE
BASEBALL.
AND THEN FINALLY CRISSCROSSING
THE MAP HERE AND FINALLY LANDING
IN NORTH PHILLY AT TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY.
>> Mike: AND HOW MUCH FUN IS HE.
JUST A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
THAN MOST COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PLAYERS.
>> Dan: SO TEMPLE BEGINNING WITH
A FIRST AND TEN AND THAT IS
ALDERMAN HAULING IT IN.
5'9", 175 AND HIS FATHER NEIL, A
LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE ARMY
WHO FLEW THE AMERICAN FLAG OVER
THERE.
AND THAT WAS THE FLAG THAT
CONNOR REILLY CAME OUT WITH
TODAY.
HE DID IT ALL LAST YEAR AS A
HOLDER, BUT REILLY WAS SO FAR
OFF THE RADAR, FOURTH ON THE
DEPTH CHART, AS THIS PASS IS
COMPLETE FOR A FIRST DOWN TO
CHRIS COYER.
HE COMPLETES IT TO THE
QUARTERBACK LAST YEAR, CHRIS
COYER, WHO'S MOVED TO H-BACK
AFTER STARTING NINE GAMES LAST
YEAR.
SO THEY MADE SOME POSITION
CHANGES, MATT RHULE HAS, TO
BEGIN HIS REGIME HERE.
THAT'S A GAIN OF 14.
FINALLY TEMPLE HAS MAYBE A
LITTLE SOMETHING GOING HERE.
THERE'S KENNY HARPER.
GETS THE CALL.
>> Mike: AND, DAN, THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT DRIVE FOR TEMPLE.
YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF QUIET THIS
WHOLE THING DOWN.
YOU'RE 14-0 QUICKLY ON THE ROAD.
IT COULDN'T HAVE GONE ANY WORSE
OFFENSIVELY OR DEFENSIVELY.
YOU'VE GOT TO GENERATE SOME
FIRST DOWNS AND IT'S GOT TO END
WITH POINTS ON THE BOARD.
>> Dan: SO NOT ONLY IS RHULE THE
NEW HEAD COACH, THERE IS A NEW
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, MARCUS
SATTERFIELD, A NEW DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR FOR TEMPLE, AND
THEY'RE IN A NEW LEAGUE.
AS CONNOR TRIED TO GET IT TO IN.
>> Mike: CHRIS COYER, THE FORMER
QUARTERBACK WHO'S NOW THE TIGHT
END/H-BACK, HE'S PUT ON 25
POUNDS.
I THINK ONE OF THE NICE THINGS
ABOUT HAVING A CONVERTED
QUARTERBACK AT A RECEIVER
POSITION IS THEY UNDERSTAND THE
DEFENSE SO WELL, THEY INNATELY
GET A FEEL FOR HOW TO GET OPEN.
PRESS COVERAGE.
>> Dan: AND THE QUICK TOSS DOWN
THE FAR SIDELINE AND IT'S WELL
OUT OF THE REACH OF FITZPATRICK,
SO THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH
DOWN AND THE PUNTING UNIT.
BENNETT JACKSON, ONE OF THE
TRI-CAPTAINS FOR NOTRE DAME, ON
THE COVERAGE.
>> Mike: PURE MAN-TO-MAN
COVERAGE.
I THOUGHT CONNOR REILLY
IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT MAN.
FITZPATRICK, HIS JOB IS TO WIN
OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, STACK
THE RECEIVER.
THE BALL IS JUST OVERTHROWN.
IT TAKES A PERFECT PASS, AND
THAT'S WHAT NOTRE DAME IS
CHALLENGING THE YOUNG
QUARTERBACK TO DO.
>> Dan: SO ONCE AGAIN, LAYTON TO
PUNT IT AWAY FOR TEMPLE.
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS T.J. JONES
BACK DEEP, STANDING AT HIS OWN
10.
LAYTON ANGLING THIS ONE TO THE
RIGHT.
JONES TAKES IT AT THE 6 AND GETS
ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OUT TO THE
10.
>> Mike: IF YOU'RE GOING TO
CATCH THAT ON THE 5, YOU'D
BETTER GET IT OUT TO THE 20,
T.J., OR YOU'RE GOING TO GET A
NEGATIVE.
>> Dan: TOMMY REES HAS BEEN A
PART OF THE NOTRE DAME
QUARTERBACK SITUATION FOR A LONG
TIME.
IN FACT HIS FRESHMAN YEAR, 4-0
RECORD AS A STARTER.
AND THEN THE 2011 SEASON WAS THE
TOUGH ONE.
14 INTERCEPTIONS, 5 FUMBLES
ACCOUNTING FOR 19 TURNOVERS SO
DAYNE CRIST GOT THE START.
THEN THE NEXT SEASON IT WAS
EVERETT GOLSON WHO WAS THE
STARTER LAST YEAR AHEAD OF TOMMY
REES WHO DUTIFULLY DID THE
BACKUP ROLE AND NOW IS THE MAN
HERE WITH GOLSON ON THE
SIDELINES.
>> Mike: I TOLD THE KID
YESTERDAY, IF HE DIDN'T HANDLE
THAT SITUATION THE WAY HE DID A
YEAR AGO BOTH ON THE FIELD AND
IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THERE'S NO
WAY THEY GO 12-1.
>> Dan: SO FROM THE 10 AFTER
NOTRE DAME HAS MADE IT LOOK SO
EASY AGAINST TEMPLE IN THE FIRST
COUPLE OF SERIES.
HE'S GOT T.J. JONES WHO'S GOT
ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
TIED FOR THE RECEPTION LEAD LAST
YEAR WITH TYLER EIFERT, WHO HAS
DEPARTED TO THE NFL, CINCINNATI
BENGALS, A GAIN OF 15 FOR JONES.
>> Mike: LET'S STAY ON TOMMY
REES FOR A SECOND.
I WAS SO BLOWN AWAY BY THE WAY
HE HANDLED THE THING IN THE
LOCKER ROOM.
WHEN YOU'RE SUPPLANTED BY A
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK.
ON TOP OF THAT HE COMES IN AND
GETS BOOED BY 80,000 PEOPLE IN
THE HOME CROWD BUT LEADS THEM TO
VICTORY.
MICHIGAN, COMES OFF THE BENCH,
VICTORY.
STANFORD, OFF THE BENCH.
THIS KID WAS INTEGRAL TO THAT
YEAR THEY HAD A YEAR AGO.
>> Dan: SO THEY GIVE IT TO CAM
McDANIEL, AND THE RELIABLE
JUNIOR IS UP THE MIDDLE CLOSE TO
A FIRST DOWN AS WE SEND IT DOWN
TO ALEX.
>> Alex: DAN, TOMMY REES FINALLY
OPENED UP TO ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW HE FELT LAST YEAR IN
THAT SITUATION.
HE TOLD ME IT WASN'T THE
EASIEST, OBVIOUSLY.
THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN HE FELT
LIKE HE HAD REALLY DONE ENOUGH
TO START GAMES AND HAD EARNED
THAT.
BUT HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD
SUPPORT HIM.
HE CARED ABOUT HIS TEAMMATES AND
HE REALLY HAD TO SWALLOW HIS
PRIDE.
HE DID TELL ME, THOUGH, YOU
GUYS, THAT IT'S VERY REFRESHING
THIS YEAR TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SOMEBODY KIND OF BREATHING
DOWN HIS NECK.
>> Dan: IN THE WORDS OF KELLY,
HE SAID WEE GOING TO SEE THE
BEST OF WHAT TOMMY REES IS ALL
ABOUT THIS FINAL SEASON.
CAM McDANIEL HAS THE FIRST DOWN
FOR NOTRE DAME, BROUGHT DOWN BY
TYLER MATAKEVICH, THE BIG EAST
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, WHO LED THE
TEMPLE DEFENSE LAST YEAR IN JUST
SEVEN STARTS.
THERE HE IS.
>> Mike: CAME OUT OF MILFORD
ACADEMY, WHICH IS A POST-GRAD
SCHOOL.
THEIR HEAD COACH THERE IS A GUY
NAMED BILL CHAPLAIN, WHO I
PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL WITH.
CHAPS HAS TURNED OUT TWO
GENERATIONS OF COLLEGE AND NFL
PLAYERS OUT OF THAT PROGRAM.
>> Dan: NO OFFERS OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL LIKE SO MANY OF THE
TEMPLE PLAYERS THAT WE HAD A
CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH.
IT IS IN SUCH CONTRAST TO THE
FOUR STAR, FIVE-STAR RECRUITS
THAT LAND HERE AT NOTRE DAME, AS
MATT RHULE HAS TO RECRUIT FOUR
AND FIVE HOURS AWAY FROM PHILLY.
REES GOES DOWN FOR THE FIRST
TIME, AND IN THE BACKFIELD FOR A
NEGATIVE FIVE.
>> Mike: IOANNIDIS.
THE RIGHT GUARD, 74, LOMBARD.
ONCE YOU DROP YOUR HEAD.
ONCE YOU DROP THE HEAD DOWN AND
BEND AT THE WAIST, IT'S ALL
OVER.
IOANNIDIS A NICE JOB GETTING TO
THE QUARTERBACK.
>> Dan: SO A LOSS BRINGS IT BACK
TO SECOND AND 15 AT NOTRE DAME'S
36.
UP 14-0, 6:48 LEFT IN THE FIRST.
AND AMIR CARLISLE, WHO RIPPED
OFF THE 45-YARDER WITH ANOTHER
GOOD GAIN BEFORE MATAKEVICH
BRINGS HIM DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF
NINE.
>> Mike: INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH TO
ME, TEMPLE AFTER THE FIRST TWO
SERIES PLAYING AN AWFUL LOT OF
MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE IN THE
SECONDARY GETS BURNT DEEP.
NOW THEY'RE PLAYING ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY ZONE.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
BETTER PLAN, TRYING TO KEEP
THINGS IN FRONT OF THEM.
>> Dan: SO THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT AND NOW A
FLAG HAS BEEN THROWN.
>> Mike: PAULHILL GOT ALMOST TO
TOMMY REES.
>> Referee: OFFSIDES DEFENSE,
NUMBER 92.
FIVE YARDS.
STILL THIRD DOWN.
>> Dan: AND INDEED THAT IS
PAULHILL BUT THERE IS MATT
RHULE, JUST 38 YEARS OLD.
HE IS THE EIGHTH YOUNGEST HEAD
COACH IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
HE'S A LONG-TIME ASSISTANT,
THOUGH, OF TEMPLE.
HE HAD ALL THE ROLES FROM
RECRUITING COORDINATOR TO
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT TEMPLE
BEFORE HE LEFT LAST YEAR FOR A
STINT WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS,
WHERE HE BROUGHT A LOT OF THE
PHILOSOPHY OF TOM COUGHLIN, AS
FAR AS OFFENSE GOES.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH
HIS OFFENSE IS OPEN IT UP AT
TEMPLE.
AND ON THIRD AND ONE, ATKINSON
HAS THE FIRST DOWN FOR NOTRE
DAME.
>> Mike: UNBALANCED LINE THERE
TO THE LEFT.
EASY FIRST DOWN.
BUT, DAN, TO CONTINUE THE MATT
RHULE CONVERSATION, YOU CAN SEE
THAT HE FITS AMONGST THE
YOUNGEST COACHES IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
I LIKE WHAT HE'S TAKEN FROM
DIFFERENT STOPS ALONG THE WAY.
YOU MENTIONED TOM COUGHLIN.
KEEP IN MIND HE STARTED AT PENN
STATE AS A WALK-ON.
HE FELT LIKE JOE PATERNO WAS
TOUGHER ON HIS STARS THAN OTHER
PEOPLE.
HE CALLED IT A PROGRAM OF
INCLUSION AND IT'S SOMETHING HE
ALSO LEARNED FROM THE GREAT JOE
PATERNO.
>> Dan: HE SAID I WAS TOUGH
ENOUGH TO GET ON THE FIELD AT
PENN STATE.
>> Mike: I THINK THAT MEANS,
TRANSLATION, I WAS ATHLETICALLY
LIMITED.
>> Dan: THERE YOU GO.
SO REES BUYING SOME TIME,
SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF
MOBILITY, AND THE PASS, NO.
>> Mike: OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Dan: OUT OF BOUNDS.
DANIELS CAUGHT IT BUT THEY SAY
HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Mike: REALLY GOOD PASS
PROTECTION.
TOMMY ROLLS TO HIS RIGHT.
DaVARIS DANIELS, ALMOST 6'3".
WOW, GREAT CONCENTRATION.
HARD TO SEE WHERE THAT FOOT
COMES DOWN.
THE RIGHT FOOT CAME DOWN
INBOUNDS.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE LEFT FOOT
THEY FEEL LIKE WAS OUT.
YEP.
>> Dan: LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CALL.
SO SECOND DOWN AND TEN FROM THE
46 OF TEMPLE.
AND A QUICK POP OUT TO AMIR
CARLISLE WHO THEY LIKE AS A
RECEIVER, BUT TEMPLE HAD IT
COVERED VERY WELL.
I THINK THERE'S A TEMPLE INJURY.
BLAZE CAPONEGRO, THE LINEBACKER,
IS STILL DOWN.
THREE-YEAR STARTER FOR TEMPLE.
RHULE CALLS A SOLID PLAYER, BIT
OF A JOURNEYMAN, BUT WITH CAP
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>> Dan: CAPONEGRO UP OFF THE
FIELD, BUT OBVIOUSLY OUT OF THE
GAME RIGHT NOW, WITH NOTRE DAME
FACING A THIRD DOWN AND 11.
>> Mike: DANNY, THAT PUTS
ANOTHER TRUE FRESHMAN INTO THE
GAME RIGHT HERE.
SHARIF FINCH.
A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS OUT THERE
FOR TEMPLE.
THIS IS HIS FIRST SNAP AS A
COLLEGE PLAYER RIGHT HERE.
>> Dan: YOU LOOK AT ALL THE
TEMPLE PLAYERS AND LOOK AT THE
ROSTER.
THEY DO INDEED ALL COME FROM
FOUR OR FIVE HOURS AWAY.
FOR FINCH, THE PHILADELPHIA
AREA, THE NEW JERSEY AREA.
>> Mike: NOBODY'S HANDS IN THE
DIRT UNTIL THE LAST SECOND.
>> Dan: REES WITH TIME.
T.J. JONES AND REES OVERTHREW
HIM.
>> Mike: TWO YEARS AGO TEAMS
CHALLENGED TOMMY REES BY
DROPPING EIGHT AND NINE.
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T RUN THE BALL
EFFECTIVELY, IT FRUSTRATED
TOMMY.
HE THREW A LOT OF INTERCEPTIONS.
THERE THEY RUSHED THREE, DROPPED
EIGHT.
HE HAD A RECEIVER OPEN BETWEEN
THE CORNER AND THE SAFETY, HE
JUST MISSED HIM.
THREE-MAN RUSH.
>> Dan: SO TEMPLE STOPS NOTRE
DAME ON THIS SERIES, AS KYLE
BRINDZA IS IN TO PUNT.
BRIAN KELLY WANTS HIM TO GET
USED TO PUNTING.
TAUSCH WILL HANDLE THE FIELD
GOAL ATTEMPTS.
FITZPATRICK --
>> Mike: THAT'S A BAD PUNT.
>> Dan: A NET OF ONLY 27.
SO BRINDZA, AGAIN, WILL LEARN
HIS WAY.
HE'S NEVER PUNTED.
>> Mike: I LIKE THE LEG, I JUST
HATE THE DIRECTION.
GETTING USED TO THINGS.
>> Dan: WELL, TEMPLE HAS REALLY
EXPERIENCED SOME DISMAL RECORDS
FOR SOME 20 YEARS OR SO.
THEY HAVE IMPROVED TO 26 WINS IN
A THREE-SEASON SPAN UNDER AL
GOLDEN, AND THE ONE UNDER STEVE
ADAZIO WHO'S GONE ON TO BOSTON
COLLEGE.
SO THEY HAVE TURNED IT IN
AROUND.
A COUPLE OF BOWL APPEARANCES AS
WELL.
>> Mike: UNDERSTAND PRIOR TO AL
GOLDEN THEY WERE 19-71 THE
PREVIOUS EIGHT YEARS.
AL GOLDEN IS THE GUY THAT GOT
THIS THING TURNED AROUND.
>> Dan: FROM THE WILDCAT, THIS
IS CHRIS COYER AT QUARTERBACK.
SO HE'S BACK TO HIS OLD
POSITION, GIVING IT TO JAMIE
GILMORE.
>> Mike: INTERESTING.
AND GILMORE IS ONE OF THE TWO
BACKS I REALLY THINK THEY WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT.
ZAIRE WILLIAMS AND JAMIE GILMORE
GOT A LITTLE MAKE YOU MISS TO
THEM.
COYER AT THE FULLBACK POSITION.
>> Dan: REILLY IS BACK UNDER
CENTER AND THERE IS COYER AT THE
FULLBACK POSITION.
ON FIRST AND TEN AFTER THE GAIN
OF 12, BALL AT THE 35.
PLAY ACTION, AND REILLY GOING
ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO
FITZPATRICK, INCOMPLETE.
>> Mike: A FLAG.
>> Dan: A FLAG COMES IN LATE.
>> Mike: I THINK MATT RHULE --
THAT'S A LATE, LATE, LATE FLAG.
BENNETT JACKSON, 6 FOOT,
190-POUND CORNER.
>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE
DEFENSE, NUMBER 2.
15 YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Mike: SLANT ROUTE.
YOU GET PAST THE SAFETY, FARLEY.
THERE'S NO INTERFERENCE THERE.
THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.
>> Dan: JUST GOING FOR THE BALL
SIMULTANEOUSLY AS IT ARRIVED.
YEAH, I DON'T GET THAT CALL,
UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING
COMPLETELY AWAY FROM THE BALL
WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.
I DON'T GET THAT CALL
WHATSOEVER.
SO THE BALL ALL THE WAY UP TO
MIDFIELD AND THE OWLS WITH A
FIRST AND TEN.
REILLY PLAY ACTION THROWING DEEP
DOWN TO FITZPATRICK.
JUST THROWING IT OVER THE DOUBLE
COVERAGE THERE.
AND HERE IS THE NOTRE DAME
DEFENSE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY
ADIDAS.
>> LOUIS NIX III.
OUR DEFENSIVE LINE IS THE BEST
LOOKING IN FOOTBALL.
>> PRINCE SHEMBO.
>> BENNETT JACKSON, HAS LET, NEW
JERSEY.
RUSSELL THINKS HE'S THE BEST
DANCER ON THE TEAM.
>> Dan: IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT
DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY LAST
YEAR, LED THE NATION IN THE
REGULAR SEASON, GIVING UP JUST
OVER TEN POINTS A GAME.
BUT THE OWLS GETTING A LITTLE
BIT OF ROOM HERE.
NATE HAIRSTON HAULS IT IN AND
THAT'S A GAIN OF SEVEN.
>> Mike: I DON'T KNOW IF BENNETT
JACKSON GOT WINDED ON THOSE LAST
TWO PLAYS.
LOOK UP HERE, THAT'S COLE LUKE,
THE TRUE FRESHMAN IN THE GAME.
BENNETT JACKSON OUT OF THE GAME.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE GOT AN
INJURY OR HE WAS JUST WINDED,
BUT THAT'S A BIG ISSUE IF
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH
BENNETT JACKSON.
>> COLE LUKE THE TRUE FRESHMAN
FROM CHANDLER, ARIZONA, IS ON
THE CORNER ON THE NEAR SIDE ON
THIRD DOWN AND THREE.
REILLY FEELS THE PRESSURE.
GETS RID OF IT TO KENNY HARPER,
AND HARPER PICKS UP THE FIRST
DOWN.
COLE LUKE ON THE STOP.
>> Mike: AND NATE HAIRSTON, THE
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN THE SLOT,
DID A NICE JOB WITH THE PICK
PLAY ALLOWING THE TAILBACK TO
GET A FIRST DOWN.
>> Dan: HARRISON ALSO A FRESHMAN
FROM FREDERICK, MARYLAND.
AND THERE IS COLE LUKE GETTING
ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A
TRUE FRESHMAN.
>> Mike: TOO SOFT RIGHT THERE ON
THE EDGE.
>> Dan: AT THE 35, TEMPLE ON THE
MOVE HERE, AND IT'S REILLY WITH
A KEEPER.
AND HE'S CLOSE TO THE 25.
HE WAS SO FAR OFF THE RADAR --
>> Mike: UH-OH, IS THERE A
FUMBLE?
BENNETT JACKSON IS BACK IN THE
GAME.
JARRETT GRACE MAKING THE STOP.
>> Dan: BUT REILLY WAS SO FAR
OFF THE RADAR, HE WAS PLAYING
BASEBALL IN THE SPRING.
>> Mike: WATCH THESE GUYS PULL.
HE'S LOOKING BACK HERE, THE
QUARTERBACK.
EVERYBODY IS PULLING, ZONE READ.
HE'S GOT THE BLOCK RIGHT HERE ON
STEPHON TUITT.
AND TUITT HAS GOT TO DO A MUCH
BETTER JOB CLOSING THAT DOWN.
>> Dan: REILLY FOURTH ON THE
DEPTH CHART BEFORE HE ROSE TO
THE TOP OF IT JUST IN TIME FOR
THE SEASON OPENER.
HE GIVES IT TO ZAIRE WILLIAMS, A
PLAYER THAT MATT RHULE AND THE
TEMPLE OFFENSE ARE EXCITED TO
HAVE, A TRUE FRESHMAN FROM NEW
JERSEY.
THEY HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR
HIM BECAUSE HE'S GOT BIG PLAY
POTENTIAL.
>> Mike: AS YOU WERE SAYING,
DAN, THE WHOLE STORY IS MIND
BOGGLING.
SON OF A LIEUTENANT COLONEL,
BASEBALL PLAYER, BURIED ON THE
DEPTH CHART.
ALL THOSE THINGS ADD UP TO ALL
OF A SUDDEN HE'S THE FIRST SNAP
IN FRONT OF 81,000 PEOPLE AT
NOTRE DAME STADIUM.
>> Dan: SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY
FOOTBALL BUT HE STARTED PLAYING
BASEBALL BECAUSE HE KIND OF SAW
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.
OH, HE BOBBLES IT HERE AND TAKES
IT DOWN AT THE 30 FOR A BIG LOSS
AS BIG LOUIS NIX WAS IN THERE.
NIX, WHO WORE NUMBER 9 LAST YEAR
HAS CHANGED HIS NUMBER TO 1.
>> Mike: HE SAID IT WAS
SLIMMING.
>> Dan: THERE IS THE SLIMMING
NIX AT 357 POUNDS MAKING SURE
THAT REILLY DID NOT GET UP.
HE IS A CHARACTER, LOUIS NIX.
IN ADDITION TO BEING WHAT KELLY
SAYS IS THE BEST NOSE GUARD IN
AMERICA.
SECOND AND 18 ON THE LOSS.
WHISTLES COME IN TO STOP THE
PLAY AS WILLIAMS GRABBED IT FROM
REILLY.
A TIME-OUT IS CALLED BY TEMPLE.
>> Referee: FIRST CHARGED
TIME-OUT.
>> Dan: THEIR FIRST OF THIS
HALF.
MATT RHULE AND THE TEMPLE OWLS
TRAIL 14-0 IN THE SEASON OPENER
AT NOTRE DAME STADIUM.
T'S GO!
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>> THIS WAS THE SPRING GOLD GAME
IN APRIL.
LOUIS NIX, ALL 357 POUNDS OF
HIM, WANTED TO GET IN AND RUN
THE OFFENSE.
HE GOT HIMSELF A CHANCE IN THE
TWO-POINT CONVERSION AND GOT IT
DONE AS IRISH CHOCOLATE MADE
HISTORY AT THE SPRING GAME.
>> Mike: I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE
TOUCHDOWN.
I LOVED THE WAY HE GOT BACK
THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC,
POINTING TO THE RECEIVER'S LEFT,
TO THE RIGHT.
YOU SIT DOWN WITH THIS KID IN A
CLASSROOM AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION AND THE ENTIRE ROOM
LIGHTS UP.
>> Dan: WELL, TEMPLE NOT MUCH IN
THE FIRST COUPLE OF DRIVES BUT
WORKING ON A SEVEN-PLAY, 50-YARD
DRIVE HERE.
ALTHOUGH IT IS SECOND DOWN AND
LONG.
SECOND DOWN AND 18 FROM THE
NOTRE DAME 30.
THEY TRAIL IT 14-0.
>> Mike: DON'T BE AS CONCERNED
ABOUT A FIRST DOWN, BUT DON'T
LOSE A POTENTIAL FIELD GOAL.
THAT'S THE TASK RIGHT NOW FOR
TEMPLE.
>> Dan: NO PENALTIES, NO SACKS,
NO INTERCEPTIONS.
JUST GET THE PLAY OFF.
AND REILLY GOING OVER THE
MIDDLE.
JUST OUT OF THE OUTSTRETCHED
ARMS OF ROMOND DELOATCH, THE
TIGHT END, WHO HAD A LITTLE
SPACE.
>> Mike: DELOATCH IS A FORMER
WIDE RECEIVER.
HE'S BULKED UP AND PUT A LITTLE
WEIGHT ON.
HE'S STILL ONLY 225 POUNDS.
HE'S GOING TO BE ISOLATED ON
MATTHIAS FARLEY.
THEY REALLY WANT TO GET DELOATCH
INVOLVED.
FORMER WIDEOUT, GOOD SPEED.
HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A
HEIGHT AND SIZE ADVANTAGE OVER
THE NOTRE DAME SAFETY.
>> Dan: SO THEY GET NOTHING OUT
OF IT AND NOW THIRD AND 18.
OVER THE MIDDLE, IT'S COMPLETE
TO HARPER, WHO GETS A PRETTY BIG
CHUNK BUT SHORT OF THE FIRST
DOWN.
AFTER A GAIN OF 15.
>> Mike: AND I APPLAUD THAT
DECISION BY QUARTERBACK CONOR
REILLY.
DON'T HAVE IT, DON'T FORCE IT,
DUNK IT IN THERE AND PRESERVE
THE THREE-POINT OPPORTUNITY.
>> Dan: SO TEMPLE WITH A CHANCE
TO GET ON THE BOARD FOR THE
FIRST TIME WITH A FIELD GOAL.
THEY'LL SPOT IT AT THE 22.
IT WILL BE A 32-YARDER.
AND THIS WILL BE JIM COOPER WHO
ATTEMPTS THE FIELD GOALS, WE'RE
TOLD, INSIDE THE 40.
HE'S THE ACCURATE, MORE
CONSISTENT OF THE TWO KICKERS.
>> Mike: OH, BOY.
>> Dan: AND THIS ONE IS NO GOOD.
>> Mike: ONE OF THE MORE
POSITIVE GUYS I'VE EVER BEEN
AROUND.
>> Dan: AND THAT BRINGS US TO
THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
TEMPLE UNABLE TO GET ON THE
BOARD WITH A MISSED FIELD GOAL.
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