There were a lot of frustrating moments during Notre Dame’s tilt against Temple this past Saturday.
However, nothing got the hot takes flowing more than Brian Kelly pushing David Grimes back on the sidelines to avoid a 15-yard penalty. Basically, this became Purple Face 2.0. Congrats, football fans, you now have a new ND thing to overuse for your terrible GameDay signs.
Before I start on the incident itself, let’s talk about sideline protocol. I haven’t taken a snap in anything more than a student manager football game, but I’ve worked the sidelines for Notre Dame under two different head coaches (Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis) during my time as a manager and once for the Dallas Cowboys as a ball boy when Bill Parcells roamed the sidelines.