The smartest we've ever played?

[mw98gt]

yep- we only had 1 mental mistake all game when Giddens jumped off sides on that FG attempt.

its nice having all those personal foul penalities being against the other guys for once.

After watching Kelly on the sidelines, reminding me of leavitt, perhaps worse, I am starting to conclude that personal fouls all start with the head coaches attitude. 

[Jihme]

no bad play from BJ, and we stuck with the game plan.  it's no surprise we won.  GO BULLS!

[LETHALWEAPONMV]

was there only 1 dropped pass? The one I recall was the one on 3rd that would have made it a 1st down. I think it was T-Rex that dropped it but not sure

[Bulls On Parade]

They played very smart just wish those field goals were touchdowns wanted to see this team blow away nd.

[NCBull]

was there only 1 dropped pass? The one I recall was the one on 3rd that would have made it a 1st down. I think it was T-Rex that dropped it but not sure

Deonte Welch.

[MikeG]

In general, we do seem to be playing smarter, more controlled.

I believe part of the reason is having a coach who has been groomed specifically to be a head coach (Holtz) versus a high energy position coach who excelled at motivation (Leavitt).

There are pros and cons to either side of this equation or a mixture of them. And I agree that an aggressive, explosive coach does correlate to penalties.

the best part to me though is being able to watch a game and not walking away thinking we got out-coached rather than simply outplayed.

[MikeG]

was there only 1 dropped pass? The one I recall was the one on 3rd that would have made it a 1st down. I think it was T-Rex that dropped it but not sure

Deonte Welch.

yep-- but I think he made up for that drop later in the game with a key catch

[Kizarvexis]

BJ's sneak play on the ND goal line (3rd down) w/Darryl Scott behind him.

I'm not sure this was dumb.  They may have felt that ND would be keying on Scott.

IIRC, USF had thought they had scored on the play before and was late lining up. I remember Coach Holtz jumping on the sideline trying to get them to line up. I felt at the time that Coach Holtz should have called a timeout to get everyone back on track instead of rushing with the play that was called that they were late in running.

[DELdaBull]

We played good football

[Kizarvexis]

This is only one game, but we'll have to see if the trend continues.

9 penalties for 43 yards vs The Conference of Notre Dame.

Pen    Yards  Year

5.92 46.58 2010

7.25 60.08 2009

8.67 67.67 2008

8.67 72.75 2007

8.17 71.33 2006

9.27 73.73 2005

9.64 82.55 2004

9.36 83.00 2003

11.64 98.73 2002

10.00 88.00 2001