Arnaz Battle

I think this is Brandon Lloyd's first or second year.

Same with Arnaz Battle.

Johnny Morton, remember him from the Lions? Jason McAdily? Who? And Otis Aimee will give a what the fuck.

These five receivers combined for 108 catches and eight touchdowns.

The Irish were ranked 21st and coming off a heartbreaking 27-24 overtime home loss the week before to number one ranked Nebraska.

The Irish were also without starting quarterback Arnaz Battle for this game.

Battle had suffered a broken bone in his left wrist in the Nebraska game.

Tight end and high school quarterback Gary Godsey got the start for Notre Dame-

And from that we would all out blitz or we would drop into cover three.

And so- You know, you knock, like I said, you knock Dr- Drew Brees on his butt a couple times, quarterback thinks, or the coordinator thinks a little bit differently about calling those five wide, um, throwing plays

Now, heading into the game, as big a matchup as the defense against Brees was, a lot of the attention, if not most of it, was understandably paid to, paid to the fact, uh, that you had lost Arnaz Battle.

And that year Notre Dame had an offense that heavily relied on option football.

And Reese, uh, what's happening with Florida State and Notre Dame?

Well, Mark, Trev Alberts and I sitting here watching the game, and we know that Arnaz Battle caught all eight completions for Notre Dame against Air Force, and certainly you're gonna cover Arnaz Battle on the first play.

What a great play call.

You're thinking a quick run first play of the game.

Play action, roll 'em out.

Arnaz Battle, 65 yards, touchdown Notre Dame.

Irish on their first offensive play, up by a touch.

touch.Meanwhile, Reese, back here, not a good sign for the Michigan Wolverines.

The Irish were ranked 21st and coming off a heartbreaking 27-24 overtime home loss the week before to number one ranked Nebraska.

The Irish were also without starting quarterback Arnaz Battle for this game.

Battle had suffered a broken bone in his left wrist in the Nebraska game.

Tight end and high school quarterback, Gary Godsey, got the start for Notre Dame-

You- if you look at our defensive game plan, there was a, a lot of plays where we had 11, 11 men within three yards of the line of scrimmage, and from that we would all out blitz or we would drop into cover three.

And so, you know, you knock, like I said, you knock Drew- Drew Brees on his butt a couple times, quarterback thinks, or the coordinator thinks a little bit differently about calling those five wide, um, throwing plays.

Now, heading into the game, as big a match up as the defense against Brees was, a lot of the attention, if not most of it, was understandably paid to, paid to the fact, uh, that you had lost Arnaz Battle.

And that year Notre Dame had an offense that heavily relied on option football.