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...
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...
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.
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.
