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SOUTH BEND — After surviving an emotional, penalty-filled season-opener at Texas A&M, Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman vowed to double down on the details.
Notre Dame’s 11 assessed penalties were the second-most of Freeman’s 28-game head coaching career. The only higher total (12) also came against a Mike Elko-coached foe on the road in last year’s win at Duke.
The 99 penalty yards marked off against the Irish were the most of the Freeman era.
“It’s the lack-of-focus penalties that were the ones that you get frustrated,” Freeman said Monday. “You have to see the ball snapped if you’re on defense and you can’t jump offsides. It’s easy for me to say that, but we have to continue to drill that in practice, over and over and over.”
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Four of Saturday’s penalties were pre-snap flinches, including two offsides calls on the opening defensive series (Boubacar Traore and Rylie Mills). Another defensive offsides was declined, and the Aggies moved after Jordan Botelho jumped across the line but got back in time.
Despite the 107,315 in the stands, the fourth-largest home crowd in A&M history, the only two false starts against Notre Dame’s young offensive line came against freshman left tackle Anthonie Knapp late in the first half and redshirt freshman left guard Sam Pendleton early in the fourth quarter.
Ten different players were flagged for the Irish, with Knapp also incurring a holding penalty. Tight end Cooper Flanagan and center Ashton Craig also were called for holding against a ferocious front seven.
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Author : South Bend Tribune
Publish date : 2024-09-02 20:47:53
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