It’s 7-0 Irish after one but ND’s on the doorstep now. Soon to be 14-0.
Notre Dame waltzed down the field with its first possession. Jimmy Clausen completed 6-of-7 passes for 54 yards on the drive, including an 8-yard pass to Golden Tate for the game’s opening score.
The Irish faced only one third down on the whole drive…that would be the play in which they scored. A good play fake by Clausen froze the UConn linebackers and Tate beat Jerome Junior to the post.
UConn went three-and-out on its first drive. The Huskies managed one first down (a nice pitch-and-catch from Zach Frazer to Marcus Easley) on the next drive before another punt. They also got another lone first down on their third drive, after a nice punt return from Robert McClain, but ended up punting again.
– FYI, a moment of silence was held before the game for former UConn CB Jasper Howard.
Nice touch.
– Another FYI. The field looks kind of beat up.
Now, it’s not Rentschler Field after the Rolling Stones or after that Asian Bird Seed flu the grass in East Hartford picked up a few years ago, but it’s certainly not good.
Where’s Charles S. Dutton when you need him?
- Neill
