GAME THREAD: NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF GEORGIA TECH 33
NOTRE DAME 3 3:40 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF GEORGIA TECH 33
NOTRE DAME 3 3:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF GEORGIA TECH 33
NOTRE DAME 3 0:34 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GEORGIA TECH 6 10 3 14 33
NOTRE DAME 0 0 3 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - FG, TRAVIS BELL 32 YD, 3:45.
GEORGIA TECH 3-0
GEORGIA TECH - FG, TRAVIS BELL 29 YD, 8:13.
GEORGIA TECH 6-0
2ND QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - FG, TRAVIS BELL 40 YD, 5:16.
GEORGIA TECH 9-0
GEORGIA TECH - TD, TASHARD CHOICE 22 YD RUN
(TRAVIS BELL KICK), 12:16.
GEORGIA TECH 16-0
3RD QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - FG, TRAVIS BELL 39 YD, 4:38.
GEORGIA TECH 19-0
NOTRE DAME - FG, BRANDON WALKER 24 YD, 10:22.
GEORGIA TECH 19-3
4TH QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - TD, TASHARD CHOICE 7 YD RUN
(TRAVIS BELL KICK), 1:54.
GEORGIA TECH 26-3
GEORGIA TECH - TD, JONATHAN DWYER 7 YD RUN
(TRAVIS BELL KICK), 6:08.
GEORGIA TECH 33-3</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
GEORGIA TECH 33
NOTRE DAME 3 FINAL</div>

 

SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- Notre Dame may miss Brady Quinnmore than anyone in South Bend could have imagined.

Tashard Choice rushed for a career-high 196 yards and TravisBell kicked three field goals Saturday, leading Georgia Tech toa 33-3 season-opening rout of the sputtering Fighting Irish.

Avenging a 14-10 loss to Notre Dame in last season's opener, theYellow Jackets held the Fighting Irish to their lowest pointtotal in a season opener since a 3-0 loss to Missouri in 1978.

Quinn's departure left Notre Dame inexperienced at quarterback,and it showed as the Irish appeared confused and disorganized.Notre Dame's first six possessions resulted in two fumbles andfour punts.


The Fighting Irish (0-1) were held to 122 total yards, includingminus-eight yards rushing.


Notre Dame's defense kept the Irish in the game in the firsthalf as the Yellow Jackets (1-0) settled for field goals of 32,29 and 40 yards to grab a 9-0 lead early in the second period.

But Georgia Tech wore down the Irish, led by Choice, who scoredon runs of 22 and seven yards.


Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis, who opted not to name hisstarting quarterback during the week, used all three of hissignal-callers.


Demetrius Jones started but was benched in favor of EvanSharpley midway through the second quarter before highly toutedfreshman Jimmy Clausen made his first appearance with 8:46 leftin the fourth period.


None of the quarterbacks could get anything going as GeorgiaTech's defense dominated throughout, recording 16 plays forlosses - including eight sacks.

 

SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- Notre Dame may miss Brady Quinnmore than anyone in South Bend could have imagined.

Tashard Choice rushed for a career-high 196 yards and TravisBell kicked three field goals Saturday, leading Georgia Tech toa 33-3 season-opening rout of the sputtering Fighting Irish.

Avenging a 14-10 loss to Notre Dame in last season's opener, theYellow Jackets held the Fighting Irish to their lowest pointtotal in a season opener since a 3-0 loss to Missouri in 1978.

Quinn's departure left Notre Dame inexperienced at quarterback,and it showed as the Irish appeared confused and disorganized.Notre Dame's first six possessions resulted in two fumbles andfour punts.


"I'm not happy with us (not) taking care of the football," NotreDame coach Charlie Weis said. "I'm not happy with ourprotection. But I have to wait to see how many of those errorsare quarterback related and how many of them are protectionrelated, and how many of them are route related.


"There's a whole litany of problems right there that we have tofix. The problem is when you have so many issues - it wasn'tlike even though we knew they were going to throw the kitchensink - it wasn't like anything that was unfamiliar territory asfar as what they were doing."


The Fighting Irish (0-1) were held to 122 total yards, includingminus-eight yards rushing.


Notre Dame's defense kept the Irish in the game in the firsthalf as the Yellow Jackets (1-0) settled for field goals of 32,29 and 40 yards to grab a 9-0 lead early in the second period.

But Georgia Tech wore down the Irish, led by Choice, who scoredon runs of 22 and seven yards.


"I'll be honest with you folks, I did not see this coming,"Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said. "I thought we would playpretty well defensively. I did not think we would be able torun the ball as well as we ran it today. I didn't know that."

Weis did not see it coming either.


"I thought that in this opener - with our team - I thought thatwe would play the game, you know, more of a low scoringmentality than one I've had in the past," Weis said. "Usuallywhen I'm trying to score a whole bunch of points, we're throwingit a whole bunch."


The Fighting Irish posted their lowest offensive output sincemanaging just 109 yards in a 41-10 loss to Southern Californiain 2004.


"I think there definitely was a negative residual effect of thedefense having to be on the field because of the lack ofconsistent drives by the O," Weis said.


Notre Dame failed to score a touchdown in a season opener forthe first time since 1985.


"I don't know," Weis said of the last time a team he coachedfailed to score a touchdown. "I mean, we've had some awfulgames in the past, but it's been a while."


Weis, who opted not to name his starting quarterback during theweek, used all three of his signal-callers.


Demetrius Jones started but was benched in favor of EvanSharpley midway through the second quarter before highly toutedfreshman Jimmy Clausen made his first appearance with 8:46 leftin the fourth period.


Weis said his indecision was not a distraction for the team.

"The whole team knew what we were doing for weeks," he said."So for the team, it wasn't a negative and for those players, itwas just to make sure that those guys weren't under thescrutiny of all the Notre Dame fans across the country."

None of the quarterbacks could get anything going as GeorgiaTech's defense dominated throughout, recording 16 plays forlosses - including eight sacks.


"We were just trying to beat Georgia Tech," Weis said of thequarterback situation. "And we've been practicing this formultiple weeks. We established our mentality, what we weregoing to do weeks ago, and when I said to everyone that all ofthese guys were involved."


As for next week's road game against Penn State, Weis said theirwill be a definite starter announced ahead of time.

"I think that once I know what I'm doing, I think I'm going toneed 48 hours," Weis said. "I think I'm going to need at least24 hours. I might not be ready by the press conferencetomorrow, but by the time I meet with you Tuesday, I'll tellwhat you we're doing."

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA TECH at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GEORGIA TECH 6 10 3 14 33
NOTRE DAME 0 0 3 0 3 FINAL

GEORGIA TECH-FG, T Bell 32 YD 3:45 1st Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-FG, T Bell 29 YD 8:13 1st Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-FG, T Bell 40 YD 5:16 2nd Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-TD, T Choice 22 YD RUN (T Bell KICK) 12:16 2nd
Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-FG, T Bell 39 YD 4:38 3rd Qtr
NOTRE DAME-FG, B Walker 24 YD 10:22 3rd Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-TD, T Choice 7 YD RUN (T Bell KICK) 1:54 4th Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-TD, J Dwyer 7 YD RUN (T Bell KICK) 6:08 4th Qtr


GEORGIA TECH NOTRE DAME
First downs 20 10
Rushed-yards 43-265 41--8
Passing yards 121 130
Sacked-yards lost 1-10 9-69
Return yards 33 -1
Passes 11-24-0 15-22-0
Punts 3-46 7-38.3
Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-3
Penalties-yards 6-53 3-25
Time of possession 29:40 30:20


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: GEORGIA TECH-Tashard Choice 26-196, Jonathan Dwyer 5-27, Greg
Smith 1-18, Jamaal Evans 5-18, Tyler Evans 1-8, Josh Nesbitt 3-7,
Taylor Bennett 2-MINUS 9. NOTRE DAME-Demetrius Jones 12-28, Armando
Allen Jr. 3-25, James Aldridge 6-19, Asaph Schwapp 1-MINUS 1, Travis
Thomas 7-MINUS 7, Jimmy Clausen 2-MINUS 14, Evan Sharpley 10-MINUS
58.

PASSING: GEORGIA TECH-Taylor Bennett 11-23-121- 0, Demaryius Thomas
0-1-0- 0. NOTRE DAME-Evan Sharpley 10-13-92- 0. Jimmy Clausen 4-6-34-
0. Demetrius Jones 1-3-4- 0.

RECEIVING: GEORGIA TECH-James Johnson 2-42, Greg Smith 3-31, Tashard
Choice 3-22, Colin Peek 1-9, Demaryius Thomas 1-9, Mike Cox 1-8. NOTRE
DAME-Robby Parris 3-30, John Carlson 3-29, George West Jr. 2-29, Duval
Kamara 2-19, Will Yeatman 1-10, D.J. Hord 1-5, David Grimes 1-4,
Junior Jabbie 1-3, Armando Allen Jr. 1-1.


Att: 80,795</div>