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APWeis finally bailed out Quinn with quick throws to the wings to slow down the blitzes.
But while Quinn didn't throw well downfield, his decision-making was superb, especially with 16 seconds left in the first half. On first down at the Tech 5, Quinn had the option of throwing or a quarterback draw.
Weis warned him on the sideline, "Don't make me look bad."
An incompletion was ok, but if Quinn was nailed on the run with the clock running it could have been 10-0 Georgia Tech at the half.
When the defense spread out to cover the wings and did not put a linebacker or strong safety in the tackle box in front of Quinn, the Notre Dame quarterback darted into the end zone on a quarterback draw.
That cut the Irish deficit to 10-7. Darius Walker's 13-yard run in the third quarter made it 14-10 and the Notre Dame defense sat on Calvin Johnson in the second half confident they wouldn't get beat by anybody else in a Tech jersey.
It probably shouldn't have been that close anyway. Some of the calls against Notre Dame were abominable. The Irish were whistled for 11 penalties to five for Georgia Tech.
On the fourth play of the game a Quinn pass to Jeff Samardzija goes for 22 yards to the Tech 21, but was called back for alleged holding. Samardzija was six yards beyond Rhema McKnight, who was whistled for the penalty. A bogus call that ruined early momentum.
Kicker Carl Gioia missed field goals of 42 and 36 yards, which easily could have made it 20-10.
Notre Dame ran 78 plays to Georgia Tech's 52, suggesting this should have been a 14-point win, not a four-point win.
The closeness of the game will cause you to want to wait and see on Notre Dame because the Irish certainly didn't look like the No. 2 team in the country.
That goes for the defense, as much as the offense.
It took a while for the light bulb to go on, but when it did, Jonas Gray finally showed the talent many had expected from the blue-chip prospect from Detroit. In a recent interview, Gray, who is rehabbing an ACL injury to get ready for the NFL Scouting Combine, expressed the confidence and support he has for head coach Brian Kelly.
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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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