Yesterday at Brian Kelly's Notre Dame press conference he was asked what he thought of Vanderbilt's "blocking" technique on ND TE Alizé Mack in the 22-17 win on Saturday. Kelly did not mince words...
Here's what Brian Kelly had to say about Vanderbilt's cut blocking of Alizé Mack this past weekend. Clearly not happy.— Matt Randall (@mattrandall_) September 18, 2018
"It's bad football and I don't have a problem saying it." #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/pdk43LwNrs
Today Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason was asked what he thought of Kelly's accusation of "bad football" and you could say he wasn't pleased about it...
Derek Mason on Brian Kelly’s accusations about dirty play from #Vanderbilt: “He can take his comments and keep it moving. If he has something personal with me, he can come see me.”— Clint Lamb (@ClintRLamb) September 19, 2018
Let's take a look at one of the plays Kelly described as "bad football."
This looks pretty cut and dry. The Vanderbilt defensive end goes straight at Mack's knees with his helmet basically tackling him. Mack doesn't have the football and he is trying to block so clearly this is dirty football on Vanderbilt's side. It might not be an ejectable play in the referees handbook but it should be one that draws an unsportsmanlike penalty. You don't go spearing opponent's knees especially when the opponent lacks possession of the football. Sorry but not sorry Mason but Kelly has a genuine gripe here.I don't know how many times this happened, but this is the first instance I saw a Vanderbilt player go low on Alizé Mack. I believe this is what Brian Kelly was referencing. pic.twitter.com/RT7IcA0qzt— Tyler James (@TJamesNDI) September 19, 2018
Notre Dame has moved on with a hard fought 22-17 win and remain undefeated at 3-0. I would recommend to Mason to keep his SEC mouth breathers comments to himself next time especially when he is clearly in the wrong.
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ReplyDeleteNot dirty. Many defenses do this - cut whoever is making the kickout block and create a pile of bodies at the point of attack. Same thing happens to MSU fullback every game when he kicks out on the power-o.
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