None of 3 Notre Dame QBs Can Muster Offense, Irish Fall 33-3

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None of 3 Notre Dame QBs Can Muster Offense, Irish Fall 33-3

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(WSBT/AP) Notre Dame used all three of its quarterbacks, but none could drive the Irish to a touchdown as they fell Saturday 33-3 to Georgia Tech.

Yellow Jacket running back Tashard Choice rushed for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns.

The Georgia Tech defense had little trouble with any of Notre Dame's replacements for Brady Quinn, shutting down the running of sophomore Demetrius Jones and the passing of Evan Sharpley and Jimmy Clausen.

Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis kept his choice of starting quarterback secret until game time, hoping that preparing for three quarterbacks would make it tough on Georgia Tech's defense.

It didn't work. In fact, it almost looked as if Georgia Tech knew what was coming.

Demetrius Jones started the game. He ran ran the ball 12 times for 28 yards, was 1-of-3 passing for 4 yards and fumbled the ball away twice. Sharpley entered the game for the final series of the second half. He stayed in until the fourth quarter when highly-touted freshman Clausen entered the game.

The only score for Notre Dame (0-1) came on a 24-yard field goal by Brandon Walker in the third quarter.

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