SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Dayne Crist is in a hurry. He’d better be, that’s what Notre Dame’s new offense demands of its quarterback. No time to huddle, not even on the first day of practice. Take the snap and make a play.
Under first-year coach Brian Kelly, the Irish are speeding things up. Crist is in the middle of it all, at the control of an offense that is based on reaction and variety.
Crist will have to be able to make split-second reads in a system that will give him options: keep the ball, pitch it, hand it off or throw it. And as the successor to Jimmy Clausen, Crist also must do something else for Notre Dame to be a winner this fall — stay healthy.
