Blue and Gold Illustrated

Dec. 2, 2013 Issue

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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under the DOME Coaches Target Rule Change Irish head coach Brian Kelly hopes to help iron kinks out of a new penalty for head-to-head hits By Dan Murphy E ventually Brian Kelly could do nothing more than throw his hands in the air and shake his head. In the wake of losing his second player to the NCAA's targeting ejection rule this season, Kelly joined a growing group of head coaches and players befuddled by the new penalty and its opaque implementa- tion. Notre Dame played three quarters of its Nov. 9 loss to Pittsburgh without star defensive end Stephon Tuitt after referees ejected him for targeting on the first Junior defensive end Stephon Tuitt was ejected for targeting Pitt quarterback Tom Savage in a controversial call at the start of the second quarter in Notre Dame's 28-21 loss to the Panthers Nov. 9. Photo by Bill Panzica

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