Hartman dazzled against Navy in his first Notre Dame game after transferred from Wake Forest. How far can the veteran QB take the Irish?
It would be harder to play much cleaner in an opening week than Notre Dame did, never mind the change at quarterback and offensive coordinator. The Irish had built-in excuses for a clunky reintroduction under Freeman but didn’t need them. Notre Dame committed just one penalty. It never punted. It scored touchdowns on his first five possessions. The Irish defense allowed two double-digit yardage runs in Navy’s first three carries.
And even that comes with a caveat. Liufau said Navy came out in a formation Notre Dame had not practiced against all camp, not off Navy film, not off Kennesaw State tape from the Midshipmen’s new offensive coordinator. But once Al Golden smoked out the scheme change, the Mids had no counter. And Notre Dame had too many haymakers to throw against a Navy team too willing to take a punch.
“The ability to hear a coach say, ‘OK, write it down, draw it up, let’s adjust on the sideline,’ and then go out there and implement it? I mean, that’s what’s more impressive than anything,” Freeman said. “Man, the adjustments were tremendous.”Twenty-one players made tackles. Six wide receivers caught passes. Five running backs got carries. Freeman pumped up Notre Dame’s improved depth all August, hoping there would be truth in advertising when the lights came on. There was, in abundance.
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