Notre Dame Quotes
Syracuse Football vs. Notre Dame
Notre Dame Head Coach Quotes
Metlife Stadium
September 27, 2014
Brian Kelly
On Everett Golson’s performance:
“I think there’s a lot to learn from. He does so many really good things, but there are things he has to experience and he experienced some things tonight that I think are going to make him a better quarterback. So, what is it 16 starts? Some of the things that happened tonight are things that he’s going to be able to take and build off of and be a better quarterback because of it.”
On whether Everett Golson was able to explain what he did wrong on some of the turnovers:
“We have a very good line of communication where we can talk about the things that are going on in the game. We made some adjustments that allowed him to throw 26 consecutive completions, but we also made some mistakes. But again, he is level-headed to the point where he wants to get better and he’s learning and seeing things out there that he is learning and going to get better from. We just can’t duplicate them and he knows that.”
On the defense overcoming five turnovers:
“Not that it’s a good thing, but we turned the ball over three times on the 20- yard line. So we never put them on a short field. Everett’s (Golson), well I guess it was ruled technically not a forward pass on the fire fire situation, was on the 26 yard line. His fumble was inside the 20. So they had long fields there. Again, the running back fumble was again on a long field, so I’d say we were driving the football, and shooting ourselves in the foot more than cataclysmic kind of mistakes where we put them in plus field situations.”
On Notre Dame’s approach to combatting Syracuse’s blitz game:
“They went three down. They had been a four-down team on first and second down at about 92 percent over the last two years and then just totally went all three down in fire zone pressure. With those kinds of pressures, we went to our now game, which is getting the ball out on the perimeter to combat it. I think it slowed it down, neutralized it and allowed us some looks that we could control the football and move the ball without putting Everett in a position where we got sacked. I wasn’t going to put him in and open up the formations and put him in that situation.”
On the consistency of his Notre Dame defense:
“We have some big guys in there. We have some athletic guys. We’ve lost a lot of good players. We feel like we’ve got some big physical players that can stop the run. We’re built for it. We’ve got to do a better job on the edge of our defense, our corners have to play better. We got a little soft in the third quarter and we have to play better out there. You can be great at stopping the run, but if you’re giving up big plays on the perimeter that’s not a good situation.”?
Student-Athlete Quotes
Everett Golson, Senior, Quarterback
On the game plan against Syracuse’s defense:
“We knew they would throw some three down at us, and it was pretty successful early in the game so I think the coaches did a great job of putting in those situations, whether it was seven-man protections or just really trying to get the ball in the air.”
On what he thought he saw on the interception returned for a touchdown:
“Really they just rolled down. In my better judgment I probably should have maybe moved to the back side. The corner was playing soft so I was just trying to compensate for that.”
Jaylon Smith, Sophomore, Linebaker
On what things went right for the Notre Dame defense:
“The main thing was just having great leverage all game, just trying to be physical. Obviously we had some mental errors and things like that where it kind of got us off track, but that was the whole motto, making sure we stay physical as much as we could.”
On the offense turning the ball over but not allowing more than one touchdown:
“You talk about a great offense like we have, and when they’re not doing so well they got to rely on us, and it’s always good having that extra pressure and we succeeded.”
Notre Dame Head Coach Quotes
Metlife Stadium
September 27, 2014
Brian Kelly
On Everett Golson’s performance:
“I think there’s a lot to learn from. He does so many really good things, but there are things he has to experience and he experienced some things tonight that I think are going to make him a better quarterback. So, what is it 16 starts? Some of the things that happened tonight are things that he’s going to be able to take and build off of and be a better quarterback because of it.”
On whether Everett Golson was able to explain what he did wrong on some of the turnovers:
“We have a very good line of communication where we can talk about the things that are going on in the game. We made some adjustments that allowed him to throw 26 consecutive completions, but we also made some mistakes. But again, he is level-headed to the point where he wants to get better and he’s learning and seeing things out there that he is learning and going to get better from. We just can’t duplicate them and he knows that.”
On the defense overcoming five turnovers:
“Not that it’s a good thing, but we turned the ball over three times on the 20- yard line. So we never put them on a short field. Everett’s (Golson), well I guess it was ruled technically not a forward pass on the fire fire situation, was on the 26 yard line. His fumble was inside the 20. So they had long fields there. Again, the running back fumble was again on a long field, so I’d say we were driving the football, and shooting ourselves in the foot more than cataclysmic kind of mistakes where we put them in plus field situations.”
On Notre Dame’s approach to combatting Syracuse’s blitz game:
“They went three down. They had been a four-down team on first and second down at about 92 percent over the last two years and then just totally went all three down in fire zone pressure. With those kinds of pressures, we went to our now game, which is getting the ball out on the perimeter to combat it. I think it slowed it down, neutralized it and allowed us some looks that we could control the football and move the ball without putting Everett in a position where we got sacked. I wasn’t going to put him in and open up the formations and put him in that situation.”
On the consistency of his Notre Dame defense:
“We have some big guys in there. We have some athletic guys. We’ve lost a lot of good players. We feel like we’ve got some big physical players that can stop the run. We’re built for it. We’ve got to do a better job on the edge of our defense, our corners have to play better. We got a little soft in the third quarter and we have to play better out there. You can be great at stopping the run, but if you’re giving up big plays on the perimeter that’s not a good situation.”?
Student-Athlete Quotes
Everett Golson, Senior, Quarterback
On the game plan against Syracuse’s defense:
“We knew they would throw some three down at us, and it was pretty successful early in the game so I think the coaches did a great job of putting in those situations, whether it was seven-man protections or just really trying to get the ball in the air.”
On what he thought he saw on the interception returned for a touchdown:
“Really they just rolled down. In my better judgment I probably should have maybe moved to the back side. The corner was playing soft so I was just trying to compensate for that.”
Jaylon Smith, Sophomore, Linebaker
On what things went right for the Notre Dame defense:
“The main thing was just having great leverage all game, just trying to be physical. Obviously we had some mental errors and things like that where it kind of got us off track, but that was the whole motto, making sure we stay physical as much as we could.”
On the offense turning the ball over but not allowing more than one touchdown:
“You talk about a great offense like we have, and when they’re not doing so well they got to rely on us, and it’s always good having that extra pressure and we succeeded.”
