Trailing 24-22 after the Hunter Jr. score, Notre Dame now had no choice but to go for the two-point try in an attempt to force overtime. After picking up two first downs through the air - plus the touchdown score - on the final drive, Notre Dame gave Kizer a play with an option to run or pass on the two-point try, based on his read at the line. Kizer elected to run and only picked up one yard, leaving the Irish with the 24-22 final."They were in their bracket defense, so they were three-on-two on our X and Z, and they were two-on-one on our W and they gave us a six-man box," Kelly said. "So it was six for six and we led the back up inside and we didn't do a very good job capping off the three technique. So we kind of stretched the play and we did a poor job of blocking their nickel. We really had a favorable look, it was the look that we were hoping to get. After throwing the ball successfully down there, they went into their pass-coverage defense. So it was the right thing to do was to run the football down there, and they executed better than we did on that particular play." - See more at: https://notredame.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1810262#sthash.92nqzDh7.dpuf
Kelly on the final play...Clemson executed, ND didn't.
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