All they can do at Notre Dame is talk about potential and then work to get the obvious talent up to speed on both sides of the ball by eliminating mistakes.
Despite having three touchdowns called back because of penalties, the Irish won 39-10 over visiting Chattanooga Christian. Notre Dame’s defense pitched a second-half shutout.
“The first half they were running a lot of motion and our defensive backs were having a hard time. Coach (Chandler) Tygard came up with a great scheme at halftime and we were able to get the second-half shutout,” said senior linebacker Tyler Enos, who was credited with a sack and a lost-yardage tackle as the Irish held the Chargers to 183 total yards. CCS got just 36 second-half rushing yards.
“It’s always great to get a shutout, even if it was just the second half,” Enos said. “Penalties killed us. I don’t think we’ve had that many penalty yards since I’ve been in school here.”
Despite having a 76-yard rushing touchdown, an 11-yard rushing TD and a 34-yard TD pass nullified by penalties, the 2-1 Irish wound up with 433 yards of offense.