Tennessee
The day after: Lasting thought’s on Notre Dame’s win against Tennessee State
Steve Angeli’s first @NDFootball TOUCHDOWN! #GoIrish
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— Notre Dame on NBC (@NDonNBC) September 2, 2023
Thoughts
This is how you build teams from year to year, getting your next wave of players valuable experience, even when the game is out of hand. You just can’t replicate facing off against another team in practice. Against Navy, I clamored for more reps for this group and we saw a full half of it against the Tigers. Steve Angeli was great, and so was Kenny Minchey in his limited time, but great experience for the backup quarterbacks. Plenty of reps went around for the defensive line, with Brenan Vernon, Tyson Ford, Gabriel Rubio and Donovan Hinish all getting some time. Linebacker Jaiden Ausberry and Jaylon Sneed were flying around making plays. A win is at the top of the importance list, but getting young players experience is right below it in my book.