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When it rains it pours Finding the words to describe Saturday’s ‘game’

Irish unable to adjust on offense against Wolfpack

By ZACH KLONSINSKI

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RALEIGH, N.C. — I’m really not sure there’s a way to properly describe the asininity of Saturday’s game.

If you simply played the principal’s response to Billy Madison — you know, the “I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul” one — it would probably do a better job than this column will at describing the appropriate response to Notre Dame’s rain-soaked, 10-3 loss at North Carolina State on Saturday.

But before we address the issues with what 2-4 Notre Dame did Saturday — yes, that’s 2-4, formerly top-10 Notre Dame — let’s start with the most asinine part of that game: that it happened.

The weather that presented itself Saturday wasn’t a surprise. W hen officials from Notre Dame, N.C. State and the ACC met for the first time Tuesday, the conditions we got were perhaps expected. W hile the forecast improved Thursday, when a final decision was made to play the game Saturday, it worsened overnight Friday into Saturday morning.

The result was, between midnight and the end of the game, a 16-hour window in which more than five inches of rain fell in Raleigh, North Carolina, with wind gusts in the area topping out at 51 miles per hour. As the game ended, the National Weather Service described the weather conditions as “life threatening,” going on to describe it as a situation “that should not be taken lightly.”

But hey, who doesn’t love a football game, right?

Unlike Clemson last year, though — and ignoring any danger in the decision to play — the conditions were entirely relentless Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.

The rain didn’t let up, nor did the wind. Significant portions of the field were covered in puddles, not grass. see CARSON PAGE 3

right position. You had two guys back there [on the punt block]. You second guess yourself. Maybe we should have been in a three-man wall there instead of rugby.”

The Irish offense struggled all day long. Junior quarterback DeShone Kizer finished just 9-for-26 on the day, throwing for only 54 yards and an interception, while at one point, the unit had run more plays than yards it had gained.

Yet, with 9:33 to play, Kizer and the Irish offense got the ball back, down 103, 80 yards away from a tie game.

The drive started well, as Kizer hit sophomore receiver Equanimeous St. Brown for his first completion of the half, before the Irish ground game got moving for the first time all day, gaining 44 yards on 10 rushes in an 11-play sequence — two of which were successful fourth-down completions to keep the drive alive.

RALEIGH, N.C. — W hile Hurrica ne Matt hew battered Ra leigh, Nort h Ca rolina, on Saturday, at t he end of t he day bot h Nort h Ca rolina State a nd Notre Da me headed to t he locker room dripping wet a nd covered in mud; t he Wolf Pack perhaps more so a f ter players took celebrator y slides across t he Ca rter-Finley Stadium grass — or la ke, more accurately. “[The of fense] was sloppy, a nd when it’s sloppy like t hat t here’s no room for error,” Irish senior of fensive linema n Mike McGlinchey sa id a f ter t he ga me. “A nd we had to tighten it up a litt le bit a nd I t hink we did t hat on t he last drive. Unfortunately we fell short, but t hat’s t he way footba ll is.”

Now Notre Da me (2-4) is sta ring at t he strong possibilit y of 5-7 season w it h t hree ga mes rema ining aga inst ra nked opponents still seek ing a nswers.

The only a nswer found in Saturday’s debacle in Hurrica ne Matt hew was conf usion.

Conf usion f irst at why t he ga me was even played — but t hat’s a not her stor y.

Conf usion caused by t he brief delay to sta rt t he second ha lf, or when t he ga me would be f inished, if at a ll.

A nd, most of a ll, conf usion from Irish fa ns at Notre Da me’s of fensive play ca lling.

The questions sta rted on t he f irst series of t he ga me when t he Irish, sta ring direct ly into Matt hew’s w indy a nd ra iny teet h, chose to t hrow t he ba ll on t hree stra ight plays. They went t hree-a nd-out.

By ha lf time, junior qua rterback DeShone K izer was 6-of-14 for just 38 ya rds a nd a n interception. The pick ca me on a second qua rter drive t hat sta rted at N.C. State’s 22-ya rd line, a drive where K izer t hrew t he ba ll f ive times, completing one, before his si xt h attempt was intercepted at t he goa l line.

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Irish junior quarterback DeShone Kizer is tackled by a North Carolina State defender in one of the puddles that formed at Carter-Finley Stadium as Hurricane Matthew soaked the Raleigh, North Carolina, area.

By ALEX CARSON Assistant Managing Editor

RALEIGH, N.C. — Coaches and analysts love to discuss the importance of special teams. But it’s rare that the units have more of a direct impact on a game than Notre Dame and North Carolina State’s did Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Amidst heav y rain and high winds that lasted the entire game, played on the edges of Hurricane Matthew, every point was scored by a special teams unit as N.C. State downed Notre Dame, 10-3.

Each side got on the board with a field goal — the Wolfpack (4-1, 1-0 ACC) on a 39-yard try from sophomore Kyle Bambard in the first quarter, the Irish (2-4) on a 40-yard kick from sophomore Justin Yoon in the third — but with the game on the line in the fourth quarter, it was the N.C. State punt unit that stepped up to win the game.

Early in the game’s final stanza, with the Irish facing fourth-and-14 from their own 25, Wolfpack redshirt junior Pharoah McKever blocked Irish sophomore Tyler Newsome’s punt; the loose ball was snatched up

by Wolfpack redshirt sophomore Dexter Wright and returned 16 yards for the only touchdown of the game for either side. Bambard sent through the extra point, ultimately closing Saturday’s scoring.

The block came as Notre Dame unveiled a new punt scheme Saturday, switching to a two-man, rather than a three-man protection system in front of Newsome, enabling him to try rugbystyle punts. For Irish head coach Brian Kelly, it was an opportunity to second guess his tactics.

“I feel terrible that we let them down,” Kelly said. “ …

They were excited to play today, and you want to be there for them. You want to make the right call. You want to put them in the

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Irish freshman defensive lineman Julian Okwara, top, joins freshman cornerback Julian Love, middle with cleats up, and sophomore running back Dexter Williams in tackling the N.C. State kick returner Saturday in the Irish loss. This was a common sight throughout the day as players landed in puddles or slid for five yards after falling or diving.

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But that final Irish drive fell short. The Irish would pick up one more first down, on a Kizerto-St. Brown 11-yard gainer, but facing fourth-and-8 from the 16-yard line, junior center Sam Mustipher snapped the ball over Kizer’s head, creating a broken play that effectively finished Notre Dame’s chances of a comeback. “[Mustipher] thought he heard something,” Kelly said.

“We were trying to scan the play.

We were trying to get a peek at what it was, and he heard something and the ball got snapped.”

Despite just putting up three points, it wasn’t as if the Irish offense didn’t have the opportunity to put points on the board: On three occasions, Notre Dame started on or inside the Wolfpack 25-yard line. It scored just the singular field goal.

In the first half, after an N.C. State fumble forced by Irish freshman linebacker Daelin Hayes and recovered by junior linebacker Nyles Morgan, Kizer and the offense took the field on the Wolfpack 22. The drive started well — Notre Dame moved to first-and-goal from the 6-yard line — but a false start penalty, a sack and an incompletion brought up fourthand-goal from the 19.

There, Kizer was intercepted

by Wolfpack redshirt freshman safety Jarius Morehead, looking for senior receiver Torii Hunter Jr. It left the Irish with nothing on a once-promising drive.

“When the ball left my hand it was supposed to hit before the safety,” Kizer said. “Lost the ball a little bit, and it hit after the safety. Safety made a play.

Torii’s open, very small window.

Once again, we’re not going to shy away from calling a play that we’re going to have open receivers on. He was an open receiver at that time. I just wasn’t able to get the ball in his hands.”

Notre Dame got its only points after a bizarre play when Wolfpack sophomore punter A.J. Cole III took a knee after catching the snap, giving the Irish great field position on the N.C. State 25-yard line. While the offense moved the ball just two yards, Yoon delivered when called on with his 40-yard effort.

After another forced fumble on the ensuing drive — this one caused by junior defensive lineman Daniel Cage and recovered by senior linebacker James Onwualu — the Irish stagnated after taking over on the N.C. State 22. But instead of letting Yoon attempt a 41-yard try, just one drive after he hit from 40, Kelly kept his offense on the field for fourth-and-12. Kizer’s pass attempt fell incomplete.

“The ball came out so low [on

the make],” Kelly said of the decision to go for it. “I didn’t want a block in that situation, and [Yoon] was past what we felt like was his distance there. You start flirting with low kicks in that situation, and I thought we were just outside his range.”

Aided by the extreme weather conditions, the Irish defense forced six fumbles Saturday, recovering two, holding the Wolfpack offense to just three points.

At the end of the day, though, the biggest story from Saturday’s game, which endured a short delay at halftime, will likely be that extreme weather. Playing in a driving rain and high winds from Hurricane Matthew, players often slid across the field with standing water visible in multiple places. Despite the weather, Kelly wasn’t making excuses for his squad, which now sits in legitimate danger of missing out on bowl eligibility.

“Both teams turned the ball over in very difficult conditions,” Kelly said. “Both teams had a hard time moving the football. Both field goal kickers managed to eke one up over the uprights in sloppy conditions. And we give up a flipping blocked punt for a touchdown.

That’s the difference in this one.”

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Irish junior punter Tyler Newsome gets off a punt during Saturday’s game. N.C. State returned a blocked punt for a touchdown late to win.

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N.C. State’s Blocked punt and RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN

N.c. state redshirt sophomore quarterback jalan mcclendon

With Notre Dame facing fourth-and-14 from its own 16-yard line, Wolfpack redshirt junior Pharoah McKever got a hand on Irish junior Tyler Newsome’s punt and blocked it. N.C. State redshirt sophomore Dexter Wright scooped up the loose ball and carried it into the end zone to score the game’s only touchdown. Notre Dame switched its punt formation last week, a decision Brian Kelly said he second guessed after the game.

McClendon entered the game in the third quarter as N.C. State shifted into more of a wildcat offense. The 6-foot-5, 212-pound Charlotte, North Carolina, native changed the momentum in the game, helping move the Wolfpack deep into Notre Dame territory despite driving straight into Hurricane Matthew’s wind. McClendon finished the game with 56 yards rushing on 10 attempts and 14 yards on 2-for-2 passing.

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Students react to presidential debate Third all-campus debate watch of year prompts discussion among ND community members

By RAY REN and RACHEL O’GRADY News Writer and Associate News Editor

The LaFortune Student Center Ballroom was packed Sunday night as Notre Dame students gathered to watch the second presidential debate in a series of three leading up to the 2016 presidential election. The debate watch was part of this year’s Notre Dame Forum, which is centered around the election and, specifically, the debates of the 2016 election cycle.

ND Votes co-hosted the debate watch.

Sophomore Olivia De Sonne Ammaccapane said she believes watching the debates is a necessary component of being a good citizen

and staying abreast of current events.

“It’s definitely a civic responsibility to be as informed as possible,” De Sonne Ammaccapane said when asked why she came to the debate watch.

During the debate, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump responded to questions from debate moderators and pre-selected audience members spanning a variety of topics, including the recently released recording of Trump making lewd comments about women from 2005, Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as secretar y of state, see DEBATE PAGE 4

Librarians discuss acquisition process

By MEGAN VALLEY News Writer

This fiscal year, the total materials acquisition budget for Hesburgh Library is $12.3 million. W hile this number f luctuates year to year depending on endowments, which currently account for 53 percent of that budget, it is still enough to allow the library to grow.

“Over the year, we add around 50,000 [print books] to the collection, although that number is kind of fuzzy,” Robert Simon, head of acquisition services, said. “Is it new things we’ve ordered, is it gift books that have come in, have we maybe purchased a large collection? Not all of those are one-off purchases.”

Simon said the “very intensive process” of acquiring books is left largely up to the over 30 librarians devoted to various subjects.

“The librarians make the decisions on what to purchase,” he said. “They’re evaluating the collections,

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they’re looking at the research that’s being done on campus, trends and making decisions accordingly. They’re submitting suggestions.

“The way those orders get placed can come across many different ways. It could be individual orders, it could be approval orders — there’s lots of different methods on how we get the things, but the decisions on what’s purchased are made primarily by the subject librarians or a group of subject librarians doing the collection development work.”

Currently, more than half of the books being added to the collection come in “on approval,” which means books that fit a certain profile are automatically sent to the University, a practice that Simon said has been around for decades.

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Students gather in the LaFortune Ballroom to watch the second presidential debate Sunday. The Notre Dame Forum and ND Votes hosted the debate watch, the third in a series of four debate watches this year.

Belles Against Violence sponsor ‘It’s On Us’ Week

By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer

The Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) will sponsor It’s On Us Week, a national campaign to raise awareness for sexual assault.

BAVO ally Gabrielle Holland said It’s On Us is a nationwide campaign and students are encouraged to sign a pledge recognizing non-consensual sex as sexual assault.

“It’s On Us is a national campaign to put an end to sexual assault,” Holland said. “Everyone is encouraged to sign a pledge stating they will recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault, be able to identif y situations where it might occur and intervene in those situations to create an environment that will not stand for sexual assault.”

BAVO ally Carmela LaGambina-Lockwitz said It’s On Us was created to support survivors of sexual

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assault.

“It’s On Us really highlights the idea that every person has a role to play in stopping or preventing sexual assault,” LaGambinaLockwitz said. “W hether they see one about to occur or see someone pour something in someone’s drink, everyone is called to be an active bystander.”

BAVO ally Emily Scott said the campaign is for all students and promotes safety throughout college campuses.

“It’s On Us is very important to me because it makes everyone responsible for preventing sexual assault and promoting a safe environment on college campuses,” Scott said.

Throughout the week, several events are planned to help raise awareness, including a Town Hall Climate Study Forum, Belles for Strength yoga and a soccer game.

Holland said Monday’s forum will focus on a campus

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climate survey taken by Saint Mary’s students.

“President Cervelli will be announcing the results to our climate study,” she said. “The climate study is taken by Saint Mary’s students and is a list of questions pertaining to sexual assault and violence. From there, the study is compared to other schools and our results are measured from there. This gives students the opportunity to see how prevalent sexual assault is on or around our campus.”

Holland said there will also be a soccer game in honor of domestic violence awareness on Wednesday.

“Our soccer team will be supporting It’s On Us and promoting our message,” Holland said. “There will also be donations towards a local charity.”

LaGambina-Lockwitz said Thursday is a special day for It’s On Us week.

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Water cascades down a set of stairs at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, as Hurricane Matthew slams the area.

Notre Dame football fell to North Carolina State, 10-3, on Saturday, bringing its record to 2-4 on the season.

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NDSP chief aims to deepen community bonds

By COURTNEY BECKER News Writer

Recently appointed Notre Dame Securit y Police (NDSP) chief Keri Kei Shibata is focusing on strengthening the bonds bet ween NDSP and the Notre Dame communit y this year.

“I’m a person who w ill receive feedback … about how we’re doing our job and how we’re ser v ing [students].

Because it’s rea lly a partnership to ma ke sure that it’s a safe communit y and that we interact in a way that really builds communit y, and the kind of communit y that we want to have,” Shibata said.

“It’s my job to ma ke sure that a ll that’s happening — that we understand the needs of members and segments of the Universit y communit y as well as the Universit y as a whole — and then also to build partnerships so that we can work w ith the people that we need to work w ith well.”

Shibata, whose promotion to chief of NDSP took effect July 1, joined NDSP as a nonsworn officer in 2004 and

was promoted to police officer in 2005 before eventually ascending to the role of deput y chief.

“I came to this area to go to Bethel College for my undergraduate. My major was biblical literature and my goal was to be either a college Bible professor or a pastor,” she said. “I needed other work to support myself so I started doing some different jobs at Bethel. One of them was securit y and then another was a residence hall director, their equivalent of our rectors. So when there was a job posting at Notre Dame for the residence hall squad … I was hired as one of those folks probably because I had that dual background of residence life and securit y.”

Shibata said she v iews her biggest responsibilit y as chief to be prov iding guidance for her officers so they can better perform their jobs.

“I think my role is to make sure that our officers know what is expected of them and what their role is, and that they have ever y thing

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that they need to do that really well,” Shibata said.

“They’re the ones who w ill be out there interacting w ith students most directly — and w ith facult y and staff, as well — and I want to make sure that they understand what the Universit y expects of them and what I expect.”

Shibata’s more specific duties consist of meeting w ith other campus leaders and evaluating NDSP’s performance, she said.

“Notre Dame is a ver y collaborative campus and so we work together on a lot of different initiatives. So sometimes [the job] is meeting w ith our other partners. …

Or if it’s responding to some sort of issue that’s come up and making sure that we’re handling whatever comes up appropriately, that’s how I spend a lot of my time,” she said.

Shibata said she also tries to make time to personally check in w ith her officers and make appearances around campus herself.

“I like to go to our staff roll calls,” she said. “They have a roll call at the beginning of ever y shift and so when I can, I like to tr y to go to roll calls and see all of our officers and things like that, and when I can get out and around campus and if there are events going on — major events like football or pep rallies or things like that — I’ll stop in and check in on how those things are going.”

Shibata has discovered this aspect of her job is particularly important during home football game weekends.

“On game day it’s all hands on deck, so all of our staff are here and we actually

bring in a lot of officers from other police departments in the area as well. A nd so we have a few different teams that work on different things,” she said. “I go to a ll those different roll ca lls and then k ind of just check in on things around campus … and then I a lso spend some time in the command post.”

None of this has particularly surprised Shibata, however, ow ing to her prev ious experience as deput y chief.

“I don’t think there was any thing rea lly unexpected [about this job],” she said.

“My last job was deput y chief so I worked ver y closely w ith our chief. … So I don’t think that there was much that was rea lly unexpected.”

Shibata said she hopes to improve communication bet ween NDSP and the Notre Dame communit y and other organizations NDSP works w ith.

“The biggest goa ls are engagement and partnership,” she said. “In law enforcement in genera l there’s a lot of conversation right now about trust and relationships bet ween members of the communit y and police departments, and we think that we have a prett y good relationship w ith the Notre Dame communit y. … But we want to continue to rea lly foster and build that trust and deepen those relationships while things are good in case something becomes not good, and then there’s that trust there and we can have rea l communication.”

Shibata said she is a lso aiming to develop leadership w ithin NDSP. “Even though I’m just starting in this new position

I want to ma ke sure that the people that work in our department are prepared if I can’t be here or if their super v isor can’t be there to step in and ma ke sure that we’re able to continuously prov ide the k ind of serv ice that the Universit y requires,” she said.

Shibata made histor y as the first fema le chief of NDSP, something she said would not have been possible w ithout the support of the Notre Dame and NDSP communities.

“I’m ver y fortunate that I have been supported throughout my career here at Notre Dame — both by the Universit y administration and by the indiv idua ls w ithin this department — and so I’ve had a ver y positive experience throughout my career,” Shibata said. “I’m honored to fill that role and I believe that it is important to have a ll k inds of diversit y w ithin the police department and the leadership w ithin the police department, and so the fact that that is happening, I think, is a good thing.”

Shibata said it is this support that has made her fa ll in love w ith Notre Dame.

“I’m ver y proud and honored to be a part of this communit y, and the more I get to k now the Notre Dame communit y the more I rea lly love it,” she said. “I didn’t come here because I was a huge Notre Dame fan or any thing like that … but I’ve rea lly fa llen in love w ith Notre Dame and the people — mostly the people — who are here.”

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The Notre Dame endowment pool was $10.4 billion for fiscal year 2016, remaining essentially f lat at a -0.3 percent return, vice president and chief investment officer Scott Malpass said, according to a University press release.

The average return among university endowments reported so far this year is a loss of 2.7 percent, according to the management firm Cambridge Associates.

Over the past 10 years, Notre Dame has ranked among the highest institutional

investors, according to the release, earning an annualized return of 8 percent. The endowment pool grew from $5.1 billion to $10.4 billion.

During the same period of time, global equity markets and global bond markets were measured to be increasing by 4.5 percent and 4.6 percent respectively, according to the release.

Almost 33 percent of spending from the endowment is allotted to support student financial aid through scholarships and fellowships following requests from donors, according to the release.

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Nearly 20 percent supports professorships and teaching, and another 20 percent is designated for academic, religious and student programs.

Other endowment funds are used for general University purposes or to support specific departments or programs requested by donors, according to the release.

“I am delighted to see the impact of these returns in the advancement of the academy and student life, and especially in the financial aid resources available to our students,” Malpass said in the release.

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depends,” he said. “Ever y subject’s different as far as what the funding levels are and what they’re looking for.

For example, in theolog y — large program here, Catholic universit y — we have several endow ments to support that. If we’re going to buy all the universit y press books in theolog y, instead of us placing all of those orders, one off and that, they’re just sent on approval. They’re sent automatically.”

Sarah Kasten, super v isor of interlibrar y loan and acquisitions ser v ices, said librarians pick and choose the rest of the books being added, which account for 40 –50 orders a day.

“There are a lot of different way that vendors selling books to libraries make suggestions for purchases,” she said. “They can send our selector librarians list of indiv idual titles ever y week and people can pick and choose from that.”

Recently, the Librar y opened a shelv ing annex off-campus to account for the expansion of the collection, as well as the one million volumes Simon said had to be moved during the renovations. The books moved include journals that are available online, all the backfiles of journals and books that haven’t been checked out in a certain amount of time.

“W hen this building was built 50 years ago, Fr. Hesburgh said it would last 50 years and we’d be able to fill it for 50 years and we essentially did,” Simon said.

“We had over 4 million volumes in the building and its original capacit y was only [2.5 million]. … Ever y major

research librar y has one or more off-site storage facilities. Materials kept out there are accessible w ithin a day.

They’re not being discarded, they’re just being kept there because they’re less-used.”

Just like in any industr y, Simon said the Librar y needs to stay up to date on changes, which means a lot of materials are being made available online — only four to five percent of the Librar y’s funds are spent on print journal subscriptions.

“There a re a lot of ideas, especia lly w it h e-books, t hat a llow dif ferent forms of acquisition — we ma ke a lot of e-books ava ilable in t he categories, but we don’t pay until people read t hem a nd t hen we add t hem to t he collection,” he sa id. “That’s somet hing t hat wasn’t even a n option ten yea rs ago, but now it’s extremely common.”

Each purchase the librar y makes is a commitment, Kasten said. W hile students and facult y can request purchases online, the librarians also need to consider the place of the volume in context of the entire collection.

“I think there’s a lot of push to redesign acquisition processes so they’re more responsive to patron needs, but I think on our end, because we’re a research librar y, we want to create access to the materials the students and the facult y want, but there’s also that question of what’s going to be important to have in this librar y in 20 or 30 years,” she said. “Balancing the immediate needs of the students and the researches versus what this librar y is and what this collection is and should be, is a line we walk.”

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Muslim immigrants to the U.S., tax provisions and the landscape of the energy industry, among others.

Sophomore Jeffrey Murphy said the debate was a decisive win for Trump.

“While this debate was not as policy-focused as one would hope, Trump finally took the opportunity to capitalize on the hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign,” Murphy said in an email. “As expected, much of this debate revolved around the latest public obstacles faced by both campaigns: the tape of Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005 and the release of hacked emails by WikiLeaks divulging excerpts of Secretary Clinton’s private Wall Street speeches.”

Murphy said he wished the

debate had focused more on policy.

“At a time when the American people are craving a discussion of policy and law, it was unfortunate that this meeting between the candidates left little time for policy specifics,” Murphy said. “ ... It is especially unfortunate that this debate was not more focused on policy discussion, because that is where Trump, and his America-first policies, really shine.”

Sophomore Jackson Hignite, who also attended the debate watch, named Clinton as the winner of the debate.

“Clinton performed better; it was hard to follow Trump as his responses were erratic,” Hignite said.

Although the debate was filled with jibes, interruptions and attacks from both sides, Greg Wall, a chef who works at Legends, said the debate

ended on a note of graciousness when an audience member asked each candidate to give a compliment about the other. Clinton responded by complimenting Trump’s children, while Trump praised Clinton’s persistence.

“The last question was a really nice change of pace, they actually said something genuine,” Wall said.

Preceding this debate watch, there were two previous watches held on campus: one, hosted by the Notre Dame Forum and ND Votes, for the first presidential debate, and the other, hosted

by ND Votes, Notre Dame College Democrats and Notre Dame College Republicans, for the vice presidential debate.

Contact Ray Ren at tren1@nd.edu and Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu

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Students pack the LaFortune Ballroom on Sunday night to watch the second presidential debate as part of a debate watch hosted by the Notre Dame Forum. This is the third all-campus debate watch.

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Purple’ day to boost awareness because purple is the color that represents domestic violence,” LaGambinaLockwitz said.

Students will also get the opportunity to sign a pledge promising to be an active bystander during Friday’s pledge drive, LaGambinaLockwitz said.

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Hesburgh Library’s $12.3 million budget this year for materials acquisitions allows the librarians to add to the library’s collection.

The pledge will be inside the Noble Family Dining Hall and available online at itsonus.org.

Scott said students are not limited to raising awareness solely for this week.

“Students can attend the events for the Week of Action, take the It’s On Us pledge, attend BAVO events and trainings, like and share BAVO posts on social media and educate themselves on the issues of sexual assault,

relationship violence and stalking,” she said.

LaGa mbi na-Lock w it z said she hopes all students decide to participate and become active in raising awareness for sexual assault and domestic violence. “‘It’s On Us’ to stop sexual assault and change the statistic from 1 in 4 to 0 in 4,” LaGambina-Lockwitz said.

Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu

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Inside Column

The girl in yellow Kathryn Marshall News Writer

Tr y as I might, I can’t help but fall into the categor y of people whose complexion takes on an unf lattering sheen when the color yellow is adorned. However, there is one nameless lady in particular who rocks the color yellow, and I’ve been admiring her dress for years.

The French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard called her “A Young Girl Reading” in his 18th-centur y Rococo style painting, which currently hangs in the National Galler y of Art. My mom loves the painting, hence the copy currently hanging on our dining room wall.

I still recall lugging that painting with its thick wooden frame to writing camp because I wanted to write about her, the girl in yellow. Little seventh grade Kathr yn loved pondering the question “W hat is she reading? ” At that time, I decided the little pink book was one of poetr y, because (for all I knew) poetr y books are small and fun to read.

Walking past the painting was one of many daily habits of which I thought nothing when I moved away to college.

She didn’t reappear until my third week of freshman year, when I made a wrong turn on the way to German class and found myself face-to-face with a copy hanging in the hallway.

My f lustered state collided directly with the graceful, content persona of the girl dressed in yellow. Tearing up was the last reaction I expected, as I still don’t pride myself on being overtly sentimental, so the over whelming wave of emotion caught me off guard. Upon ref lection, I think it’s because I turned that corner at the peak of my first ever frantic exam week, right as college was becoming a reality.

That week I again asked “W hat is she reading? ” I determined she was reading a prayer book of some sort. Because there is no way I look as composed as her as I tr y to skim-but-also-analyze large academic texts for class ever y night.

Since then, the painting continues to appear at the most unexpected moments in the most unanticipated places.

Yesterday, my senior-self again made that wrong turn and found myself studying the girl in yellow. This time, I just smiled and mentally said thank you for the reminder of the peace one can find the pages of a book.

And of course I again asked, “W hat is she reading? ” I’ll never know. But right now, I like to imagine she’s re-visiting a journal written by her ten-year-old self and pondering how in the world she became the person she is today.

Or maybe she’s just looking past the book and pondering whether or not the vibrant yellow color suits her. Either way, I still think she rocks the dress.

Contact Kathryn Marshall at kmarsh02@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Letter to the editor

Dear Father Jenkins Dear Father Jenkins, We write to broach the topic of Notre Dame’s recently announced sustainability strategy. We believe that this topic should have been brought to us during strategy development since, as you know, we are deeply invested in the outcome of this strategy as current students at the University, as members of the local community and as citizens of the planet.

Despite the press release describing this as a “new” and “updated” strategy, we are fully aware that Notre Dame’s carbon reduction goal remains exactly what it was in the first strategy, released six years ago in 2010. At that point, it was shamefully the least ambitious carbon reduction goal to be found among the nation’s top 20 universities or the top Catholic universities across the country. Now in 2016, in the context of Laudato Si, the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it is even more shameful.

We applaud the long overdue decision to abandon the use of coal by the end of the decade. However, the alternative should not be increased reliance on natural gas, given the risk that fracking poses to our drinking water and the mounting evidence that fracking releases quantities of methane that put its carbon footprint on par with that of coal. A commitment to 25 percent renewables by 2050 only sounds impressive to those unaware that other major research universities, including Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, have committed to achieving carbon neutrality well before 2050.

As current students of the University, we realize that by the time we are in our 40s, Notre Dame will only be a quarter renewable. This timeline is incredibly disappointing, short-sighted and demonstrates irresponsible leadership given the immediate action this crisis demands.

We are particularly disappointed that divestment of the University endowment from fossil fuels has no place in the updated strategy. We find disingenuous in the extreme your repeated excuse that it is hypocritical to divest from fossil fuels while continuing to use them. Parishes, colleges and cities that have divested around the world are aware that they use fossil fuels, but also aware that fossil fuel companies utilize their enormous profits to sow doubt about basic science, to make personal attacks on climate scientists, and to maintain and create public policy that propagates the fossil fuel economy through massive campaign contributions. In short, they are waging war on the scientific method, civil discourse and the basic functioning of our democracy. By remaining invested, Notre Dame is aiding and abetting this war on science and democracy in the interest of profits.

Additionally, the “activist shareholder argument”

is specious. It asserts that by keeping investments in fossil fuel companies, Notre Dame has proportional rights to vote on motions put to the ownership, either by the board or shareholders, and can urge from within that fossil fuel companies transition to renewable technology. The argument fails because while that strategy has had impact in some instances, in this case, Notre Dame is not taking on the role of an activist shareholder, and fossil fuel companies are not listening. By joining the divestment movement, Notre Dame could make the only statement that fossil fuel companies can hear, and could begin to provide actual leadership in creating a world unleashed from our destructive and systemic addiction on fossil fuels in our everyday lives.

Lastly, we are not ignorant to the notion that divesting Notre Dame endowments from fossil fuel companies will not necessarily bankrupt the companies, halt fossil fuel consumption and prevent climate change. However, we cannot underestimate the scope of Notre Dame’s inf luence in changing attitudes and providing leadership on the urgency of addressing climate change. Under USCCB guidelines, Notre Dame has already committed itself to ethical investing by refusing to financially support companies that are, for example, in the business of firearms sales or manufacturing, or in the business of providing abortion or contraceptives, or pornography.

These companies, just like fossil fuel companies promote business practices that stand in stark contrast with Notre Dame values. If you are truly concerned about the hypocrisy, you need not look further than Notre Dame’s claim to being a moral institution while profiting from the wreckage of God’s earth.

Pope Francis has told us, “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.” And yet, the sustainability initiative on this revered Catholic University campus is staffed by amateurs and relegated to a backwater of University operations. It belongs in your office, and should be considered in every aspect of University planning. It is not acceptable to us that the University’s sustainability initiative has achieved little of note since the 2010 strategy was publicized, and it should be unacceptable to you as well. We urge you to take up the mantel of leadership in protecting the sustainability of God’s handiwork and begin prioritizing the health of people and planet over profit.

Carolyn Yvellez Fossil Free ND club member Oct. 7

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To the Progressive Faculty/Staff Alliance Liam Stewart Conservative Conscience

Last Monday, the Observer published a Letter to the Editor regarding Fr. Jenkins’ recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. The letter was signed by forty-eight members of the Notre Dame Progressive Faculty/Staff Alliance. The signatories expressed their disagreement with Fr. Jenkins’ comments regarding the NCAA’s decision to pull all neutralsite conference championship games out of North Carolina.

In his editorial, Fr. Jenkins argued that the NCAA does not have the right to “employ the economic power it derives from member universities to attempt to influence the outcome of the legal process.”

I fully respect and support this view, as I believe the NCAA’s actions constitute a blatant abuse of power. The role of the NCAA is to regulate collegiate sports, not to impose contentious moral values on its members.

Evidently, the signatories of Monday’s letter disagree with this view. In their letter, they applaud the NCAA for “taking this stand,” but say nothing of the precedent it will establish in doing so. Such a stance is shortsighted and poorly reasoned. Does the Progressive Faculty/Staff Alliance genuinely believe that the NCAA should have the authority to impose its views on member universities? Would the Alliance still consider the NCAA’s actions justified if it were to push a conservative, rather than liberal, agenda? It seems unlikely.

The Alliance accused Fr. Jenkins of “privileg[ing] the rights and feelings of cisgender, heterosexual people over transgender and gay people.” This is an unfair characterization of a man deeply committed to the fair and equal treatment of all people. The views he expressed in his editorial were temperate,

well-reasoned and entirely respectful. While acknowledging the need to “attend to the rights and sensibilities of transgender persons,” he correctly points out that the safety and privacy of all students must also be taken into account.

In the context of these editorials, it is important to distinguish between legal “rights” and personal “feelings.” Gender identity is not a federal statutory protected right, nor is there some constitutional right to use the bathroom of your perceived gender.

The claim that HB2 is about “civil rights” is therefore a subjective argument and not a legal reality.

The free exercise of religion, on the other hand, is an inalienable and constitutionally protected right.

Notre Dame, like all private religious institutions, has the legal right to implement policies that are consistent with its own values and beliefs. The efforts of an unelected, private sports organization to usurp this role should be considered a direct affront to the religious liberty of our nation’s universities.

It is the position of the Catholic Church that man is made in the image of God, and that He defines gender at birth. Whether or not Notre Dame chooses to adopt this view is a decision for the Board of Fellows, the Board of Trustees and the University’s president, not the federal government and certainly not the NCAA. Although I understand that the signatories of Monday’s letter represent only a small fraction of the approximately 1,200 faculty members at this University, I am still deeply troubled by their assessment of Notre Dame’s campus. This is an institution that places enormous value on diversity and inclusion. Our students and faculty are exceedingly compassionate, charitable and overwhelmingly accepting of one another. The University offers a broad array of courses that address complex social issues — including the mandatory First-Year Experience — and it dedicates enormous resources toward

fostering a positive and inclusive culture on campus.

Beginning with Fr. Hesburgh and his march alongside Rev. King in 1964, Notre Dame’s presidents have consistently fought for the rights of marginalized groups. It is untenable to claim that Fr. Jenkins has failed in this regard based on his critique of the NCAA and his call for a more nuanced approach to resolving contentious social issues. In truth, it is irresponsible to suggest that the University hastily adopt gender-neutral facilities without also addressing the safety and privacy concerns of many students.

If the University decides to substitute biological sex for gender identity, it would not only affect our dorm system and campus amenities, but also call into question our understanding of the human psyche. This is an issue that undoubtedly warrants serious discussion, but these discussions must be grounded in respect, objective reason and deference to the rights of private religious institutions.

While the NCAA has the legal authority to schedule events and implement policies as it sees fit, it should not be allowed to leverage its power to influence politics and infringe on the autonomy of private universities. In a nation increasingly divided by political polarization, sports offer a neutral sphere for fans to come together and set aside partisan grievances.

Public and private institutions alike should keep this in mind when they consider acting on politically divisive issues. Simply put, keep politics out of sports.

Liam Stewart is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in political science. Liam was born and raised in the beautiful Irish city of Dublin, although he has been proud to call Seattle home for the past six years. He enjoys country music, hardback books and binge-watching TV shows. He can be reached at lstewar4@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Whoops Julian Mancini Milquetoast & Me

“W hat does W hoopi Goldberg actually do?” I was about halfway through Ron Howard’s recently-released music documentary “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years” when I came to a sudden realization: Somebody thought that the most capable person available to discuss The Beatles’ success during the early 1960s was the American W hoopi Goldberg, who was not even 10 years old during the Fab Four’s first American tour. But, Goldberg is not only the authority on British rock bands. Seen narrating, hosting or making cameo appearances on almost every talk show, entertainment awards ceremony and bigand small- screen documentary filmed in the past 25 years, I suppose the ubiquitous celebrity’s anomalous appearance in Ron Howard’s documentary really shouldn’t have come as a great surprise.

Goldberg is front-and-center in the ranks of Holly wood’s finest who made news earlier this year by threatening to leave the United States if Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected president in November (a list that includes such accomplished political authorities as Rosie O’Donnell and Lena Dunham). W hile W hoopi seems to have since rescinded her anti-patriotic travel plans (to the great relief of every documentary filmmaker whose subject involves anything that’s occurred on this planet during the last 50 years), the perceived “newsworthiness” of the political stance of this actress with a good agent means that we might be taking celebrity-worship too far.

Given the two f lawed candidates currently running for the highest office in the United States, it’s obvious why so many celebrities have expressed their opinions so vocally. Holly wood elites including Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney and Beyoncé have all spent months fundraising for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. And, the cast and director of Marvel’s “The Avengers” recently circulated a viral video campaign in support of the “Never Trump” movement. Even Notre Dame’s own Coach Lou Holtz has chimed in, endorsing Trump and publicly expressing his thoughts on the election. There is certainly no shortage of celebrity opinions available for consumption — just check any entertainment or political news source for your daily dose.

In the development of our entertainmentcentric culture over the past half-century, celebrity has created an inf luence on the adolescent and young adult population more powerful than anything in history. W hile some political and religious movements have brought success, few can compare to the unabashed mania that captured America during the Beatles’ “more famous than Jesus” appeal to the baby boomers. Even the short-lived hysteria that followed the release of “Pokémon Go” earlier this summer points to the impact popular culture can have on global politics, the judicial system and social order. The overwhelming inf luence of celebrities on the lives of average Americans undeniably exists, but it also raises some questions.

Clearly, there are a number of celebrities who sometimes use their fame and fortune for virtuous social causes; the nobility of philanthropists has benefitted our society for centuries. But celebrities (who are essentially humans like the rest

of us), have, like all of us, opinions and personal views shaped by their own lives and interests. The difference is, unlike the rest of us, their words are heard by a large global audience instantly. In addition, too many celebrities unfortunately have specific agendas and abuse their reach and power.

Letting people know what is on their mind is practically a second profession for most – regardless of their actual qualification on a given subject. The world is their captive audience, and they know that whether you agree or not, you will have no choice but to listen.

With the future direction of our country at stake, we should know better.

Not all opinions are equal. The current political climate is an ideal circumstance for the young generation to prove that we are not defined simply by the headline-making political opinions of our favorite musician or movie star. Take this opportunity to ignore the unnecessary noise. Read facts on the issues and develop your own informed opinion.

W hoopi Goldberg shows us the entertainment industry’s idea of an opinion: a marketing campaign based around the persuasive phrase “I’m a celebrity, so you can trust me.” It is our duty as citizens to keep this celebrity evangelization in check. Just don’t tell Ron Howard.

Julian Mancini’s column is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Mr. Elias Howe, who, in 1846, invented the sewing machine. He is a sophomore at Notre Dame studying civil engineering with a minor in collaborative innovation. Send amusing Photoshops and sarcastic remarks to jmancin1@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: You’ll face some emotional situations, but in the end, the outcome and rewards will help to ease any discomfort you encountered along the way. A change in your financial situation looks promising. Focus on personal papers, legalities and health. Protecting your interests and keeping up to date on issues will help position you for a better future. Your numbers are 8, 15, 23, 26, 38, 42, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): ARIES (March 21-April 19): Work hard, say little and avoid discord. Put more into your performance and the way you present what you can do. Subtle changes will make a difference to the outcome of a situation that revolves around a personal relationship.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t go overboard when dealing with personal or physical challenges. A realistic attitude will help you reach your goals and get along with others. Talking to an expert will pay off. An unexpected offer will be made.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be sensible regarding investments and expenditures. Do as much of the work yourself as possible if you want to make home improvements.

Negotiations will be tough and could result in some last-minute changes to your plans.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A unique situation will develop due to a discussion with someone you look up to or respect. Listen carefully and make a personal decision based on your gut feelings and your ability to deal with whatever results unfold.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Use your strength, courage and wherewithal to get things done on time. Your ability to react quickly to whatever situation you face will help you achieve what you set out to do. A personal change will lead to compliments.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep the peace. Do things that will help you gain knowledge and allow you to view your position and options thoroughly before you make a decision that will affect your personal life. Don’t overreact regardless of what others do or say.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Gather information and get involved in projects or events that you deem worthwhile. The people you connect with will change the way you view your personal life. Don’t let anyone bully you into settling for less.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look for unique, unfamiliar or unusual ways to solve problems, help others and take care of your personal and professional interests.

Choosing to take the road less traveled will separate you from anyone who tries to steal your thunder.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Refuse to let what others do or say daunt you. Put everything you’ve got into the pursuits that suit you best. A personal change will increase your happiness and boost your standard of living. Romance will lead to a closer bond with someone special.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Make up your mind based on the research you do on your own. Don’t feel the need to make a hasty decision to accommodate someone who is pushy. An unusual opportunity to make a personal gain is apparent. Emotional issues will surface.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take care of financial, medical and legal issues.

Don’t let anyone bribe or push you into something that isn’t a good fit for you. Be diplomatic and you will be able to bring about the changes that will make your life better.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Expect to face an unusual roadblock. Don’t trust anyone to take care of your responsibilities for you. Put your energy into taking action and honoring your promises. Leave nothing unfinished and you’ll avoid criticism. Don’t complicate your life.

Birthday Baby: You are courageous, proactive and tenacious. You are hardworking and dedicated.

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Niumatalolo should get offers Alex Carson Assistant Managing Editor

Ask any number of college football fans, insiders or analysts who the biggest coaching target this offseason will be and, more than likely, they’ll agree on a consensus pick: Houston head coach Tom Herman.

What Herman has done at Houston in two seasons is impressive — he’s taken his team to the center of both Big 12 expansion chat and the national conversation as a whole — and when the nation’s top coachless programs go looking for a new man this winter, there’s little doubt Herman will have the pick of the openings.

While other trendy picks will fall into place for jobs further down the pecking order — Western Michigan’s P.J. Fleck is a name that comes to mind — by and large, this winter will feature the Herman sweepstakes. Herman is the quintessential guy to land a big-time job — hyper-successful at the now-“Group of Five” level, showing all the tendencies of a guy who’ll have success at the highest level.

And I won’t argue that Herman isn’t going to be successful at LSU, Texas, USC or any of the other potential spots he might land at this offseason if he chooses to leave Houston.

But what about the guy that beat his Cougars on Saturday?

I’ll be honest: Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo is not your typical major college football coaching candidate. And if a big-time program was to hire America’s best triple-option mind (sorry Paul Johnson), it’d mean a long, tough, hard transition period.

The payoff at the end of it, though? It could be massive.

As someone who loves himself a good triple option, I love the idea of seeing Niumatalolo’s offense running with four- and five-star talent, rather than the limited talent he gets to work with at a service academy.

But I’ll admit something else: None of college football’s blue bloods are going to go after Niumatalolo.

For any top-tier program parting ways with its coach between now and January, it’s doing so because recent results haven’t been good enough; because there’s a “win now” mentality that isn’t being fulfilled.

Niumatalolo does nothing to fix that in the short-term — moving from a more conventional offense to a triple option will take time (that’s code for a lot of losses).

So with that in mind, perhaps I should address this thought to a different type of schools.

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Yes, I’m looking at you, Purdue, who despite a win this week should plan to part ways with Darrell Hazell. Maybe I’m looking at you, Kansas, who is 1-16 under David Beaty. Possibly the fine folks at Boston College could be interested in my advice? Steve Addazio isn’t cutting it.

If we’re talking about the programs that are perennially terrible — the ones who start each season with a slim chance of reaching a bowl game in the first place — what exactly is there to lose?

When Purdue finally dumps Hazell, if it sticks to trend, it will hire a mid-major coach that’s had some success. The Boilermakers won’t get Fleck, who’ll have better options, but let’s say (for the sake of the argument) they get Scott Satterfield, who’s in charge at Appalachian State.

After Satterfield arrives, one of two things happens: Either Purdue continues down the same path, relegated to the bottom tier of college football, or Satterfield has a great year, leads the Boilers to a 9-3 record before leaving for a better job.

One like Nebraska, Missouri or Kansas State, let’s say.

Purdue, then, regardless of outcome, goes back out and tries again. Three or four years later, it happens once more.

You get the picture.

But what if Purdue tried something different? Playing a triple-option offense forces opponents to design a defensive scheme specifically for your team. One week doing something entirely different than normal, simply because they have to stop you.

We’ve seen Niumatalolo’s Navy teams beat Notre Dame and put a scare into Ohio State.

In his eight seasons at the helm, the Midshipmen have won fewer than eight games once; last year, they won their division in their first year in the American.

He is, simply put, one of college football’s best coaches.

Saturday’s upset over No. 6 Houston proves that.

And if Niumatalolo has success at your program, for the same reasons big-time programs won’t touch him in the first place, he’s not going to leave after a couple seasons on the job.

Take a gamble. Try something different. For some Power Five programs, it can’t possibly turn out worse than what you’re at right now.

Contact Alex Carson at acarson1@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Irish sweep Dennis Stark Relays

By BRENNA MOXLEY Sports Writer

Notre Dame swept both the men’s and women’s competitions in a strong showing at the 52nd annual Dennis Stark Relays in Rolfs Aquatics Center over the weekend.

The Irish women’s team posted 154 points to receive first place and created space between them and second place Bowling Green, who tallied 98 points. The Notre Dame men’s team matched the women’s score of 154, securing them the top spot over runner-up Oakland (90 points).

The teams took first place in all of the 22 events on the day. The women’s squad set meet records in three events: the 3x100-meter butterfly, 3x100-meter breaststroke and 4x100-meter medley relay.

Irish head coach Mike Litzinger acknowledged that this team has continued to grow and improve since last season.

“We are a different team than we were a year ago, especially on the women’s side with an influx of 11 first-year student athletes,” he said. “I expect us to be

much better than we were a year ago and I think that showed this weekend.”

Day Two of the Dennis Stark Relays brought more success for Notre Dame. The Irish men bested Oakland 175-107, while the women defeated Indiana State 179-81.

Representing the women’s squad, freshman Katie Smith earned first in all three of her events: 200-yard medley relay (1:41.95), 50-yard freestyle (23.00) and 100-yard freestyle (51.29). For the men, junior Robert Whitacre also won three of his events: the 200-yard medley relay (1:31.01), 100-yard backstroke (49.12) and 200-yard backstroke (1:46.48).

Litzinger said one unique feature of the weekend’s competition was the timing of the events and said the format will help prepare the team for future competition.

“We set [the meet] up for back to back competitions — Friday night and Saturday morning — on purpose because it duplicates what we’re going to face at the end of the year with the ACCs and the NCAAs,” he explains. “It causes us to have to refocus and reset pretty quickly.”

Litzinger also said he was proud of his squad for its performance in the weekend dual events.

“They stepped right into the role that we asked them to: to be aggressive and competitive and to not let a late night and early morning bother them,” Litzinger said.“They responded to the conditions that were presented and they certainly did what we asked for.”

The Irish head to Atlanta for a two-day ACC meet against Georgia Tech and Emory on Oct. 21. Litzinger said the ACC competition will introduce new hurdles and raise the stakes for his team.

“We’re going down to Georgia Tech for a two-day meet and they’ll be ready for us; they always swim well at home so it will present a different set of challenges on the road,” Litzinger said.“It’s going to be different going up against ACC competition.

The stakes are certainly higher, the environment will definitely be more intense and the expectations will rise with that.”

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NFL | Falcons 23, Broncos 16

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DENVER — Quarterback Matt Ryan and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan have plenty more in the vault than just superstar receiver Julio Jones — and maybe there’s a lot more to these Atlanta Falcons than just some early season feasting on the NFL’s defensive dregs.

The Falcons deciphered Denver’s dazzling defense and wrecked Paxton Lynch’s first NFL start with a 23-16 win over the Broncos on Sunday, snapping the Super Bowl champs’ nine-game winning streak with a dominant and perhaps prescient performance.

They did it without coming close to the numbers that Ryan and Jones put up last week when they became the first duo in league history to sport a 500yard passer and a 300-yard receiver in the same game.

A week after setting a franchise record with 503 yards passing in a runaway win over Super Bowl 50’s other participant, the Carolina Panthers, Ryan threw for 267 yards Sunday and only two of those (covering 29 yards) went to Jones.

“Today, they came out and doubled me. They took me away and they were like, ‘All right, you’re not going to beat us today,’” said Jones, adding he welcomed such attention because “everybody else is going to step up.”

That, they did.

Using a steady diet of I-formation runs and short passes that put Denver’s linebackers in coverage, the Falcons (4-1) handed the Super Bowl champs their first loss since Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh and left the Minnesota Vikings (5-0) as the NFL’s last unbeaten team.

The Broncos (4-1) were on

their heels having to respect the play-action because Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman were so effective running the ball, combining for 119 yards and a 4.4-yard average.

Denver’s “No Fly Zone” defense was unimpressed with Jones becoming the sixth 300-yard receiver in NFL history. They dismissed that performance as a bad day by the Panthers, and they stifled Jones all afternoon in Denver.

Not that it mattered.

Coleman, who played despite having sickle cell trait, which can sometimes be exacerbated at altitude, showed off his breakaway speed by catching four passes for 132 yards to go with his 31 yards on six carries. He caught a 31-yard touchdown pass following Ricardo Allen’s interception at the Denver 42 in the third quarter that made it 20-3.

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were from very far out, and they scored from very far out … A tie was possibly a fair result because that was a good advert for ACC soccer.”

Wake Forest’s first score was from about 20 yards out by freshman forward Ema Twumasi who caught a rebound from a Demon Deacons corner kick and fired the ball right past senior goalkeeper Chris Hubbard, who didn’t react to the shot zooming towards the left of the net. The Demon Deacons had a chance to push the advantage 2-0 in the first half when they were given a penalty kick following a foul in the box.

But senior Demon Deacons midfielder Ian Harkes shot the ball out too wide left as it ricocheted off the left post back into the box where the threat was eventually cleared out.

Gormley tied the game up in the 38th minute after receiving a pass from senior midfielder Oliver Harris that set him up one-on-one against a defender.

Gormley headed the ball over the defender and launched a shot about 12 yards out underneath the goalie’s diving save attempt.

The Irish wasted no time in taking the lead in the second scoring in the 48th minute. Senior captain midfielder Evan Panken lobbed a free kick with precision towards the right post from the sideline towards the Wake Forest box, and Aubrey put the Irish up 2-1 with a diving header towards the left corner of the net.

“Evan put in a great, great ball,” Aubrey said. “That was a perfect spot, and I was a little late on my run, which is why I had to dive.

I really should have been walking to that. There’s not an easier header in the game than that.”

Aubrey’s eighth score of the season ranks second on the team behind junior forward Jon Gallagher’s 10 goals.

Wake Forest responded to the quick second half Irish goal with one of their own in the 68th minute of the game. Demon Deacon senior forward Jacori Hayes used his formidable quickness to split the Irish defenders and score 16 yards into the left upper corner of the net.

In the 20 total minutes played in the overtime periods, both teams had several opportunities to close the game out with a golden goal, but the defense held strong on both sides. The Irish managed to get off three shots and a corner kick in the overtime periods while the Demon Deacons took two solid shots on goal.

“I thought in the overtime we were the team that was going to win it,” Clark said. “We looked as though we really wanted to win it, but they were quite happy that they got out with a tie.”

Looking to notch a victory in a non-conference matchup, the Irish will face off against Michigan at U-M Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night.

the starting trio of freshman Jennifer Westendorf, junior Kaitlin Klawunder, and senior captain Kaleigh Olmsted worked hard, the final product was lacking. As the half went on, Romagnolo brought on juniors Meghan Doyle and Karin Muya in hopes of sparking some production, but it was much of the same, and as the clock wound down, Muya’s cross f lew harmlessly into the hands of senior Cavalier goalie Morgan Stearns to close a disappointing half for the Irish offense.

The second half was a different story, however. After halftime adjustments, the game became much more open, and chances were there for both teams. The Irish started brightly, as senior midfielder Sandra Yu intercepted a pass and found Olmsted, whose cross was pushed out by Stearns. It was then Virginia’s chance, as freshman forward Meghan McCool had a good chance, but Yu made a crucial tackle to keep the game scoreless. Westendorf then had a good chance, as junior defender Monica Flores found her on the left wing with a crisp through-ball, but Westendorf’s low shot was right at Stearns. Virginia then came close when a free kick was whipped in dangerously, missed everyone, and careened off the post.

A few minutes later, the deadlock was finally broken.

Virginia freshman forward Taylor Ziemer drove into the box with the ball, was taken down by junior defender Ginny McGowan, and the referee called a foul. Senior midfielder Alexis Shaffer stepped up and finished calmly to give Virginia the

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Irish junior Taylor Klawunder kicks the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to Virginia on Sunday at Alumni Stadium. Klawunder has two goals and one assist on the season.

lead in the 60th minute.

Notre Dame pressed for an equalizer over the final half hour, but just couldn’t find the back of the net.

The Irish came closest from a free kick in the corner, which was headed goalbound by junior midfielder Taylor Klawunder, but was denied by a diving save from Stearns. In the final seconds, Notre Dame had a free kick in a dangerous position, but the subsequent delivery was cleared and the clock ran out on the Irish.

“We had some good chances,” Romagnolo said.

“I thought we had some decent chances, it’s just almost like we didn’t get the break today. I felt like it would just get caught under our foot, or it would just bounce to them, the keeper just made the save, so we were close, but we just couldn’t get that final product … I thought it was a great game, again I’m really pleased with our team and the direction we are moving in, so I think we just have to have a short memory

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about this one, and move on.

We’ve got to take care of our bodies this week, get sleep, take care of school, and be ready for the next one, because we have Carolina coming here Friday, and that’s going be another great battle.”

Notre Dame looks to get back on track next Friday when the Irish welcome North Carolina to South Bend.

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Irish freshman outside hitter Jemma Yeadon gets ready to spike the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Duke on Sept. 30 at Purcell Pavilion. Yeadon tallied 18 kills, 29 digs and seven blocks in the match.

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sweeping Syracuse, the Irish headed for Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where they faced off against another ACC rival in Boston College (5-11, 0-6 ACC).

Yeadon continued to turn heads as she picked up her sixth double-double of the season and fourth in as many matches. Sophomore outside hitter Rebecca Nunge also

tallied up 10 kills, while Kuhn ended the match with nine kills.

The Irish handled the Eagles easily, putting them away in three sets: 25-18, 25-21, 25-12.

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College, Ryann’s primary focus was on helping her team to the best of her ability. Notre Dame’s stain-free ACC record cruised through the road trip, as the Irish remain undefeated in conference play.

This Friday, the Irish will take on No. 9 North Carolina on Friday, which will be Notre Dame’s first match-up against a ranked team since falling to Purdue 3-1 on Sept. 3.

The Irish will take the court against the Tar Heels at 7 p.m. on Friday.

offensive production.

“I thought, especially early in the game, we were using our speed really well,” Jackson said.

“I thought that was putting them on their heels, and that’s how we have to play. We want to play fast and push the puck out of our zone and into the neutral zone as quickly as possible.”

The overpowering speed of the Irish forced the Sun Devils into many hooking penalties throughout the game. Notre Dame outshot ASU, 51-19, mainly because the Irish outnumbered the Sun Devils on the ice much of the game due to the ASU penalties.

The Sun Devils racked up 116 minutes in penalties, and the Irish capitalized, with six of their goals coming on power-play opportunities, which Jackson thought were executed well throughout most of the game.

“When we stayed with our structure, I thought we were really good,” Jackson said. “In the second period we got a little too creative, a little individualistic — we weren’t as sharp passing the puck – but that’s what happens when you get a three goal lead. I thought we were good moving the puck. Different guys were a threat, and that’s what a good power play does. It’s not just one guy, it’s got to be three guys.”

On Saturday, Notre Dame picked up where they left off the night before with a goal by junior forward Connor Hurley off an assist by Bjork 62 seconds into the game. ASU quickly responded no more than 20 seconds later to tie it up, and that would end the scoring for the period, although Notre Dame did generate some exciting chances. ASU would take a couple of penalties in the last minute of first-period action that ultimately carried over to the second.

The game stayed tied at 1 and it seemed that the Sun Devils would be staying in this one.

Starting off with a 5-on-3 advantage, Notre Dame was able to take back the lead early in the second with power-play goal by Bjork 50 seconds in. A Notre Dame penalty five minutes later allowed ASU to generate some strong chances,

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and it would finally convert off a goal in front that just cleared the shoulder of junior goalkeeper Cal Petersen. The two teams would go back-and-forth for a solid stretch of the second as each side tried to take the 3-2 edge in the game. As the second period began to wind down, the Sun Devils presented themselves with a couple of huge opportunities, but thanks to a tremendous save by Petersen and a disallowed goal due to a penalty, the game stayed at 2-2 and the Irish continued to fight to avoid the upset.

The second intermission did Notre Dame well as the team came out with a flurry of chances right off the bat, and capitalized on a rebound less than two minutes into the period to reclaim the lead. The goal would come yet again off the stick of Bjork, making it his second of the night. Leading the offensive effort throughout the weekend for the team, Bjork recognized how important the strong starts to the period were for the Irish.

“I think that’s a big objective of ours and something we’ve been focusing on, [is] just coming out strong and setting the tone for the period,” Bjork said. “We haven’t always done that, so the leaders on the team have really stressed it and that’s helped us to make it happen.”

Notre Dame would stay on the attack and didn’t let up as they continued to press the Sun Devils in an effort to extend the lead.

Eventually after tacking on an empty netter, the Irish survived the upset bid and walked away with a 4-2 victory. Jackson said he was pleased overall with the weekend and recognized that the team now faces a tough test next weekend as it take on No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth.

“We’re playing a very good hockey team come this weekend and we’re going to have to eliminate some of the things that hurt us this weekend,” Jackson said.

“We committed too many turnovers this weekend and against a team like Duluth, that’ll kill you, so we have to just be a little bit smarter with the puck at the offensive blue line specifically.”

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Irish freshman defenseman Tory Dello looks up the ice in Notre Dame’s 4-2 victory over Arizona State on Saturday.

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men’s soccer | ND 2, Wake forest 2 (2OT)

ND women’s soccer | Virginia 1, ND 0

Irish settle for tie at home against Demon Deacons

Notre Dame falls to Virginia

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Before embarking on a fourgame road trip, No. 2 Notre Dame tied 2-2 in double overtime against visiting No. 11 Wake Forest at Alumni Stadium on Saturday.

In front of more than 1,500 fans, the Irish (9-1-1, 3-1-1 ACC) recovered from a 1-0 deficit early in the first half to take a 2-1 lead in the second half. Senior forward Mark Gormley and senior defender Brandon Aubrey, who scored their second and eighth goals respectively, put Notre Dame in a position to win their fourth conference matchup, but the Demon Deacons (8-2-2, ACC 3-1-1) goal in the 67th minute left the match in a stalemate all the way through two overtime periods.

“I thought we started the game very well,” Irish head coach Bobby Clark said. “Then I thought they did well in the second half. All of their shots

In front of a big crowd at A lumni Stadium, t he 20t h-ranked Irish faced off against eight h-ranked Virginia, look ing to continue t heir perfect record at home.

But af ter t he dust cleared, t he Cava liers (10-2-2, 3-1-2 ACC) emerged v ictorious, t hanks to a controversia l pena lt y ca ll t hat gave t hem t he lead and ended Notre Dame’s 10-match unbeaten strea k. Irish head coach Theresa Romagnolo was disappointed w it h t he result, but happy w it h her team’s effort.

“I t hought ever ybody played well,” Romagnolo said. “I mean I t hink it was a tough game to play, t wo good teams, just t he possession turned over on bot h sides ... as a whole I t hink ever yone played prett y well, but yea h, [it’s] just annoy ing to lose on a ca ll like t hat.”

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Irish junior forward Jon Gallagher lines up a shot during Notre Dame’s 4-0 victory over Indiana on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium.

ND volleyball | ND 3, Syracuse 0; ND 3, BC 0

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Notre Dame’s perfect ACC record remains intact after a successful East-Coast road trip this weekend, as the Irish took down Syracuse in straight sets on Friday, before sweeping Boston College on Sunday.

Freshman outside hitter Jemma Yeadon stole the show once again, picking up a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs in the match against the Orange (4-12, 3-3 ACC).

The Irish (15-3, 6-0 ACC) dominated the first set, coming out hot versus Syracuse.

The team went on a 5-0 run early to gain a four-point lead and never looked back. The Irish took the first set 25-16 on a kill from Yeadon.

The Orange stuck with the Irish throughout the second set, creating a nerve-wracking environment. The two teams matched each other pointfor-point throughout the set.

The Orange and the Irish were tied 12 times during the set and the lead changed five times. The Orange had the

chance to serve the set, but were prevented from taking the set on a kill from senior middle blocker Katie Higgins, who was assisted by junior setter Caroline Holt. This was one of Holt’s 41 assists in the match. Notre Dame was then able to turn the tide of the set, winning 26-24. The Irish dominated the final set of the match, 25-10. Errors courtesy of the Orange, as well as powerful and well-placed kills from Yeadon and junior outside hitter Sydney Kuhn allowed the Irish to take various sizable leads throughout the game, the largest of which was the 15-point margin between the two teams at the end of the match.

Notre Dame’s sweep of the Orange also marked a milestone for Notre Dame head coach Jim McLaughlin: his 600th career coaching win.

McLaughlin is also the lone collegiate coach to have won national championships on both the men’s and women’s side of the sport. After see VOLLEYBALL PAGE 11

Bot h teams came out rat her cautiously, not wanting to give up t he early goa l, and t he game turned into a bit of cat-and-mouse game, as neit her team could get a good look of fensively. As t he ha lf progressed however, Virginia’s of fense began to get t he upper hand, and t he Cava liers had severa l decent chances but failed to get a good shot on goa l, t hanks to t he stout Irish defense, which has been t he streng t h of t he team a ll year. A ny time a Virginia player was in a position to score, an Irish defender was t here to ma ke a tack le or block a shot. Kaela Litt le was largely untroubled, but did ma ke a good save when she tipped a def lected cross over t he bar.

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hockey | ND 9, ASU 2; ND 4, Asu 2

Offensive outbursts result in weekend wins vs. ASU

By ALEX BENDER Sports Writer

No. 9 Notre Dame kicked off its 2016 campaign in dominant fashion this weekend, besting Arizona State in the Friday night season opener, 9-2, followed by a 4-2 win on Saturday.

The Irish (2-0) had no trouble with the Sun Devils (0-2) on Friday night, opening the offensive floodgates as soon as the puck dropped. Junior forwards Anders Bjork and Bo Brauer each led the Irish with two goals, and sophomore defensemen Bobby Nardella tallied two as well. Junior defensemen Jordan Gross and sophomore forwards Andrew Oglevie and Dylan Malmquist also chipped in goals for Notre Dame, which by the end of the game had 12 players notch at least one point. Irish head coach Jeff Jackson talked about the speed of his team and how it contributed to their see HOCKEY PAGE 11

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Irish junior Connor Hurley skates up the ice during Notre Dame’s 4-2 victory over Arizona State at Compton Family Ice Arena.

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Simply put, that wasn’t a football game. At best it was an aberration of one. At best.

By playing Saturday’s game Saturday — rather than moving it for ward to Friday night, like Old Dominion did, or pushing it back to Sunday, like South Carolina and Florida Atlantic — Notre Dame, N.C. State and the ACC did a hell of a lot more bad than good.

Now, for the other half.

You know, the “football” part.

Notre Dame’s play calling was, to say the least, bizarre. W hile neither offense put more than three points on the board, N.C. State (4-1, 1-0 ACC) was at least able to move the ball from time to time. The Irish? Not really.

But instead of harping on the play calling as a whole, let’s pick out the key spot of the game. In what would be their final drive, the Irish took over on their own 20yard line with 9:33 to play.

By keeping the ball on the ground, Notre Dame methodically marched down the field, moving the ball in a way it hadn’t all game.

In 12 plays, the Irish had

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The Irish ra n t he ba ll once.

“No, I don’t t hink I would second g uess [ca lling so ma ny pass plays],” Irish head coach Bria n Kelly sa id. “We still had 38 ca rries. I t hink it was prett y ev ident to me t hat we were in need of t hrow ing t he footba ll when we did t hrow it. We just weren’t as ef fective as we could be.

“Wit h t he defense t hat Nort h Ca rolina State was play ing aga inst us, t hey were putting a n extra g uy in t he box,” K izer sa id. “The sa fet y was dropping in, t hey were t hrow ing some blit zes at us. The best way to combat t hat is to t hrow t he footba ll. A nd we stayed tr ue to who we a re, a nd t hat’s to go out t here a nd ta ke what t he defense gives us a nd tonight it was t hrowing t he ba ll. We just weren’t able to do t hat well.”

At t he end of t he f irst ha lf, Notre Da me had of f icia lly a massed just 12 ya rds on 10 ca rries. Statistics ca n be misleading, t hough: t wo of t hose “r ushes” were bad snaps t hat combined for a loss of 10 ya rds a nd a f umble, a nd a t hird was a n eight-ya rd sack.

So at t he end of t he f irst ha lf, Notre Da me had intentiona lly r un t he ba ll

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twice converted in fourthand-2 situations, moving 51 yards downfield to get within striking range. Of those 12 plays, 10 were rushes. Only the opening play, a 9-yard completion, and a first-down sack deviated from that trend.

On first down from the N.C. State 29, the Irish threw incomplete. On second down, they completed an 11-yard pass to senior Torii Hunter Jr. for a first down.

With a new set of downs, Kizer threw incomplete, threw incomplete, scrambled for a 2-yard gain and saw the ball snapped over his head on fourth-and-8.

W hy?

You marched down the field, gaining 44 yards on 10 rushing plays. For the first time in the entire game, you were moving the ball.

Yet when you got within striking distance of the goal line, you tried to get cute, abandoning the ver y thing that put you in position to actually score a touchdown.

It was nothing short of nonsensical.

And despite the f luky nature of Saturday’s game, it counts the same as the loss to a bad Texas team, the loss to a bad Michigan State team and the loss to a bad Duke team. Notre Dame, which has more talent than

ever y team it’s played this year, has now lost four of six games. At this point, underperforming is a trend, not a coincidence.

Notre Dame’s shot at bowl eligibility is in one of those bins you use to carr y your stuff in during move-in, quickly rolling down a hill faster than the Irish can run after it.

A couple weeks ago, Renee Griffin, a fellow Obser ver beat writer, pondered whether or not the Irish had yet hit rock bottom after their 38-35 loss to Duke.

Unless Notre Dame finds a way to upset No. 15 Stanford or No. 10 Miami — and seriously, what gives you the impression it has a chance in either game? — it will go into November 2-6.

Nav y, Army, No. 25 Virginia Tech and USC will follow.

Army should be winnable, but where the other five are concerned, Notre Dame has already lost to worse teams this year.

Remember the 2007 Irish, who went 3-9? They might have some company by season’s end.

seven times for 30 ya rds. In ot her words, t he Irish were averaging 4.3 ya rds per ca rr y.

The passing ga me, on t he ot her ha nd, was having more troubles t ha n just Hurrica ne Matt hew: K izer wasn’t as sha rp as he’s been t his season, a nd t he Irish receivers couldn’t brea k free.

Senior receiver Torii Hunter Jr. sa id t he footing was “actua lly prett y good,” but added t hat he didn’t t hink t he Wolf pack seconda r y locked dow n t he Irish receiv ing corps.

Yet K izer still found himself w it hout a ny where to t hrow t he footba ll. The Wolf pack defense sacked him f ive times a nd hurried him t hree more in addition to forcing ma ny short scra mbles t hat ga ined just a ya rd or t wo. K izer continua lly had to t hrow into sma ll w indows, a nd t he Wolf pack seconda r y broke up si x of his passes. He completed just four of his f ina l 20 pass attempts — including a string of 10 consecutive incompletions — a nd one of t hose four completions was his desperation f lip a fter t he bad snap on Notre Da me’s f ina l of fensive play t hat was snagged illega lly

by McGlinchey but a llowed to sta nd because N.C. State declined t he pena lt y to force t he turnover on dow ns.

By t he time t he Irish sta rted r unning t he ba ll, it was Notre Da me’s f ina l drive of t he ga me. The Irish ra n t he ba ll 11 times on t he f irst 14 plays of t heir f ina l drive, mov ing to t he N.C. State 19 ya rd-line.

A nd t hen, a f ter driv ing 62 ya rds, t he Irish reverted to t he passing attack.

The coaches ca lled four stra ight passes: t wo incompletions a nd a t wo-ya rd scra mble by K izer — a f ter he once aga in had nowhere to go w it h t he footba ll — before a bad snap on fourt h-a nd-8 sea led Notre Da me’s fate.

“I tr ust t he g uys upsta irs.

Our coaching sta f f k nows exact ly what t hey wa nt, what t hey’re look ing for, a nd t hose plays ca me in perfect,” K izer sa id. “They were a ll capable of ma k ing big plays, but t he conditions got t he best of us on a couple of t hem.”

“You second g uess yourself in ga mes like t his where your tea m is ready to play a nd excited to play,” Kelly sa id.

Kelly sa id t he Irish ca me in w it h t he expectation of t hrow ing t he footba ll rega rdless of what Matt hew t hrew at t hem. It was a ga me pla n t he Irish didn’t waver from until it was too late.

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N.C. State 3, Notre Dame 0

Kyle Bambard 38-yard field goal

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NOtre Dame 3, N.C. State 3 Justin Yoon 40-yard field goal

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remaining Drive: Four plays, two yards, 1:48 elapsed

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N.C. State 10, Notre Dame 3 Dexter Wright 16-yard blocked punt return (Bambard kick)

12:43 remaining

statistics Total yards 198 113

rushing yards 157 59

rushing attempts 51 38

Passing yards 41 54

passing completions 7 9

Passing attempts 14 26

total Fumbles (lost and recovered) 6 4

Turnovers 2 3

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Irish senior linebacker James Onwualu, front, and senior defensive lineman Isaac Rochell wrap up Wolfpack senior running back Matthew Dayes during N.C. State’s 10-3 victory Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. Onwualu finished with four tackles and Rochell brought down five ball carriers on the day.

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The Irish offense struggled to put together drives all game as adverse weather conditions and a physical North Carolina State defense hampered Notre Dame. A brief lightning delay at halftime, wind gusts reaching 51 mph and more than five inches of rain in a 16-hour period all contributed to the two teams combining for 10 total fumbles and five turnovers.

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Irish junior defensive lineman Daniel Cage tackles N.C. State’s Matthew Dayes for a third-down stop.

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Irish junior quarterback DeShone Kizer throws the ball away under pressure during Notre Dame’s loss Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.

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Irish sophomore running back Josh Adams turns the corner on a run during Saturday’s game.

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Kizer and N.C. State junior defensive end Bradley Chubb dive for the loose ball after a miscommunication between Kizer and junior center Sam Mustipher. Kizer recovered the fumble, one of four for the Irish.