Notre Dame had its fifth practice of the spring this morning (March 21) inside the Loftus Center.
Part one of the practice report focuses on the offense:
QUARTERBACK
Neither quarterback was overly sharp during today’s practice. Senior starter Ian Book wasn’t overly sharp during the practice. He threw some really top-notch throws, like a couple of back shoulders to Chase Claypool and a deep post route to the senior wideout, but his timing wasn’t good for much of the practice and he was had some bad misses as well.
Book threw a number of deep balls today, and for the most part he had good success. He was late throwing a deep corner to Chris Finke and a post route to Claypool, but he got good distance and was relatively accurate throwing the ball down the field. Notre Dame also seemed to focus on attacking the middle of the field during today’s practice, and while Book was inconsistent with his accuracy, he was more than willing to get to that part of the field.
A bad miss on a slant route to Finke during a team period was an example of Book being erratic, as was another off target throw to Claypool on a cross route during team.
