Notre Dame Is Looking To Get Its Run Game Back On Track
Notre Dame Is Looking To Get Its Run Game Back On Track
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00:00 Let me give you some numbers, Ryan.
00:05 >> Yep.
00:06 >> I talked about the pass game, right?
00:08 Gave you those 6.9 yards per pass attempt the last four games,
00:12 only 11.6 yards per catch.
00:14 Both are bottom of the national rankings numbers if they were over the course of
00:18 a season.
00:19 Ground attack the last four games, 126 yards per game, last four games.
00:25 Even if you take out the Louisville game, which was the anomaly, which was 44 yards.
00:30 Even if you take that out, they're only averaging 153 yards per play, per carry.
00:35 And they're under five yards per attempt, or excuse me,
00:39 they're 153 yards per game, and they're about 4.6 yards per carry.
00:44 Even if you take the Louisville game out, if you add the Louisville game,
00:47 which happened, you're at 3.9 yards per attempt.
00:51 And to your point, there's issues within the run game,
00:56 which we'll kinda transition into next, that need to get addressed.
01:00 But a big part of it is, your run game has no protection.
01:03 You're back to where you were a year ago.
01:05 But unlike a year ago, when Notre Dame could still go out and
01:09 find ways to run the football in some weeks, they were very up and
01:13 down, this year, in the last four games especially, there have been no ups.
01:17 It's just downs.
01:19 You could argue the Ohio State game was pretty good.
01:20 And I think, I mean, 176 yards against Ohio State.
01:23 >> Second half especially, yeah.
01:25 >> Yeah, I mean, Nate, that was like 123 or something like that in the second half.
01:29 You got it going.
01:30 But the last three games, you just haven't been able to find your way.
01:33 There's issues, the O-line's gotta play better in the run game.
01:35 That's the biggest thing for me, O-line's gotta play better.
01:38 You gotta get back to being a little bit more diverse with your run game, but
01:41 also being willing to be more aggressive attacking downhill.
01:45 Just everything got slow with the run game the last three, four games.
01:50 Being able to get back to some quick hitters, figure out who your dudes are,
01:55 get them the football.
01:56 The run game's gotta get going in the last four games, Ryan.
01:59 But
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