Notre Dame Football Game Day

Notre Dame Football Game Day

Storm clouds rolling and blocking the stadium meets the match. The stadium was evacuated until further notice. Does thunder and lightning clean up the area? Is it as dangerous as what happened to Notre Dame in the field? No. 16 Irish, who brought BCS aspirations into their season opener Saturday, which looked at 16-0 deficit thanks to South Florida for the first half of the show almost every possible self-inflicted wounds - and a warm round of mockery from the home crowd as the teams left the field during breaks .



And it could have happened when the team came back: Due to storms in the area, fans were told to evacuate the stadium and head for shelter in neighboring buildings, the team did not return to the field until officials consider safe for play.



Less than an hour delay, a spokesman for Notre Dame finally took the microphone press box to announce that another "storm far ore serious this time" is bearing down on the area and an indefinite delay will continue until the elapsed. After that, officials will make a decision about whether it is feasible to continue playing.

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Notre Dame did two red zone turnovers, muffed punt and had a touchdown taken off the board in holding penalty, a convoy of miscues that would create an even more gaping hole has no rigid Irish defense at critical moments.



There seems to be little resistance early Irish high expectations, because they took the opening kickoff all the way to the goal-to-go situations in the first game of the series. Then the backup tailback Jonas Gray fumbled down the third, with South Florida Kayvon Webster scooped up the ball and rambling 96 yards for a touchdown the other way. South Florida then added two field goals from Maikon Bonani - the second after a goal line stand from the Notre Dame defense to prevent total disaster.



Notre Dame actually has a golden opportunity to get right back in goal-to-go scenario on the following possession, but made two horrible mistakes the red zone. First, the holding penalty on Michael Floyd removed Cierre Wood touchdown run.



Then, quarterback Dayne Crist Ireland underthrew Theo Riddick horrendously in the end zone, and the pass was shot dead by South Florida to end the threat.



But potrential for total disaster and then came back two series later, when Riddick muffed a punt that the Marc Victor South Florida recovered at the Notre Dame 20-yard line. Again, to prevent bloodshed total defense, forcing another field goal Bonani and keep the deficit manageable 16-0.