ND's Tommy Rees Has A Heck Of A Final Game In Pinstripe Bowl, Offensive Lineman Wins Game MVP

Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees is know as "The Closer" because many times Rees has come off the bench to rally the Irish to victory.

In his final game as the Notre Dame quarterback Rees faced a Rutgers defense that's 122nd our of 125 NCAA FBS teams defending the pass.

Let's just say Rees took advantage of that completing 27 of 47 passes for 319 yards and to lead Notre Dame to a 29-16 Pinstripe Bowl win over Rutgers.

Here are the highlights, Thanks WatchND:



"He's so smart." Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said of Tommy Rees.  "You can go in and run a system with him. He's so bright.  He just has the ability to pick up all of the things that we can do offensively."

With that performance Rees did not win the game MVP award.  That honor went to Irish offensive tackle Zack Martin.

"I was giving Tommy a hard time," Martin said.. "I think he got snubbed a little bit."

Here's coverage from WNDU-TV, South Bend, Indiana with sound bites from Tommy Rees.

Pitt Pulls Off The Upset Of Notre Dame 28-21

When you throw a pair of interceptions in the fourth quarter of a close football game it usually results in a loss.

Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees threw two picks each by Pitt's Ray Vinopal that helped the Panthers rally to a 28-21 upset of the Irish.



"Our mantra is you can't start winning until you stop losing and we did things tonight that caused losing," Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said.

It wasn't just Rees interceptions that doomed the Irish, two Pitt touchdown drives were extended because of Notre Dame penalties.

Then Pitt quarterback Tom Savage fumbled the ball in the fourth quarter but Notre Dame couldn't pounce on the loose ball and the Panthers recovered.

"It was just a lapse, a bunch of inexperienced guys out there not seeing that they should have been on the ball.” Kelly said.

Savage was extremely efficient completing 22  of 35 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns both to Devin Street.



He wasn't perfect." Pitt head coach Paul Chryst said., "I thought he made some big throws. He competed and that kind of rubs off on the rest of the team. I thought he did a lot of good things."

"Our offensive line and running backs did a great job of really running the ball down there and it made it easy for the team and to control the clock." Savage said.  "It was fun."

Savage and the rest of his teammates had fun because not only was Heinz Field rockin' Saturday night but Pitt ended a three game losing streak to Notre Dame.

Paul Chryst finally has his signature win as Pitt's head coach.

"That was a good win." Chryst said. "We were able to do enough things tonight to win. It was a great atmosphere and it was fun. I know it fueled our kids."

ICYMI: Notre Dame Wins Game Loses Spellcheck

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Ooopsie....

It's a good thing spelling doesn't count in football.

Take a look at the photo to the right....what do you see wrong with it?

Yeah.

Pretty funny. It's a good thing the Fig-Thing Irish were better on the field as they beat the Temple Owls 28-6 behind Tommy Rees's 3 touchdown passes.

However, these days nobody gets a pass on mis-spelliings, including the company who made these stadium cups...

ICYMI: Notre Dame Starting QB: Gone (Updated)

It's good to be king.

But it's probably not so good to be Brian Kelly, a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish or now former starting QB Everett Golson.

That's because Golson is mysteriously "no longer enrolled" at the school.

The belief is that Golson is an academic casualty, but thus far the school, nor anyone else is confirming that "on the record". All the school would say is that he's "No longer enrolled".

Golson was pretty good this past year as a redshirt freshman, leading the Irish to the BCS title game, which they lost to Alabama.

Options are a bit slim for Irish coach Brian Kelly as prized recruit Gunner Keil bailed out on him over the summer leaving him with the questionable Tommy Rees and a couple other recruits to battle for the starting job on a team most pollsters will still over-rate whether they are any good or not.

((Updated 4:00 p.m 5/26--ESPN's Twitter feed states that according to Tom Rinaldi, Golson was suspended for academics and wants to come back))

ND QB Rees and another player arrested

Tommy Rees and Carlo Calabrese/Ctsy: St. Joseph County Jail

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We wonder how noted disciplinarian Brian Kelly is going to handle this one....

Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese were arrested early Thursday morning in South Bend, Indiana after police were called to a home they were at.

The South Bend Tribune reports Rees and Calabrese were arrested for: Public Intoxication, resisting law enforcement, minor consumption (Rees is only 20) and battery to law enforcement.

Ooops.

Read more from the Tribune RIGHT HERE

Uh...not a good thing here for Rees, who started 12 games for the Irish last season. He faces some stiff competition for the starting job this season and is no lock to win it.

However, considering coach Brian Kelly didn't do a whole lot to the now graduated Michael Floyd after his 2nd DUI arrest, we suspect he probably won't do much here either.

As for Calabrese, he plays, but isn't a starter.

Both dumbasses bonded out of jail, expect them to be put on probation and maybe sit for a game or two.

Here's early returns from our friends at WNDU-TV in South Bend