Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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But The Record Can Be Nobody's Perfect, THE FIFTH QUARTER LOU SOMOGYI Sophomore quarterback Everett Golson had his best all-around game at Oklahoma, but room for improve- ment always exists. Oklahoma Oct. 27. The Irish committed no turnovers, O PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA n paper, it seemed like Notre Dame played almost a "perfect game" during its 30-13 victory at No. 8 had only one penalty for five yards and had negative yardage on only three of their 66 plays. Last week's effort nearly matched the showing of the 1997 Irish team that won at No. 11 LSU (24-6) as the only Notre Dame performances without a turnover or a penalty. However, a coaching staff judges a game far differently. One of the targets of head coach Brian Kelly and his staff when they grade the game tape is to keep mental errors at 15 percent or un- der. That happened only once in the first eight games — and it wasn't Oklahoma, ball was out that it should have come out, and it didn't," Kelly said. Other areas included missed reads son put forth an extraordinarily poised and efficient effort on the road after se- nior linebacker Manti Te'o asked per- mission from Kelly to give "the other" No. 5 a private pregame chat, but the staff remained mindful that he was still continuing to carry the ball too loosely. "There were five occasions where the where the Irish were at 18 percent. Sophomore quarterback Everett Gol- on passes, a fumble by senior slot man Robby Toma that senior offensive guard Chris Watt recovered, a busted Irish coverage right before halftime in which Oklahoma running back Brennan Clay dropped a pass across the middle that