... Blue Gold Game at Notre Dame Stadium in front of 27,000 of the Irish faithful. First year head coach Brian Kelly's offense was displayed in spades as the Gold beat the Blue, 27-19.

The offense itself deviates from a traditional spread, or it did Saturday, in that there were a good number of plays from under center. Expected starter Dayne Crist and Junior walk-on Nate Montana operated from the single-back shotgun set that will become familiar to all Irish fans as the year progresses, and also out of a single back "ace" set that featured a wide variety of WR and TE combinations.

Despite high passing yardage, the offense does not look like a pure "fun and gun" spread. With a deep stable of running backs, the offense looks to feature...

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