Nick Petrus
Sunday, Sep 20th 2015 at 02:02pm EDT
SOUTH BEND, IN – When looking for an assessment of Saturday’s performance in South Bend, one did not need to finesse an answer from Georgia Tech players and coaches following the game. Patrick Skov’s version was unsurprisingly blunt, “We didn’t execute. We had a great opportunity today to put some good things on film and we did the opposite. We put a lot of bad things on film.”
Skov’s summary was a seal on an offensive performance that many would just as soon file away and forget. Georgia Tech’s “prolific offense”, as oft repeated by Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly, was stymied by a stout Irish defense throughout the game. The end result was a 30-22 Irish victory.
The Yellow Jackets’ offense, which had not tasted a single three-and-out in its first two games, was forced to punt after three plays on its first two drives of the game. “I thought right from the start we kind of got rattled a little bit,” said Head Coach Paul Johnson. “When it wasn’t going good at first, we didn’t respond very well… I think you have to give Notre Dame some credit. They had something to do with that.”
