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Notre Dame Football: 5 reasons why Brandon Wimbush will be better than DeShone Kizer

By Trevor Jossart

GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 01: Quarterback Brandon Wimbush #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish warms up before the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 1, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 01: Quarterback Brandon Wimbush #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish warms up before the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 1, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /
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SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 19: Bucky Hodges #7 of the Virginia Tech Hokies catches a tpouchdown pass in front of Julian Love #27 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium on November 19, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 34-31. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 19: Bucky Hodges #7 of the Virginia Tech Hokies catches a tpouchdown pass in front of Julian Love #27 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium on November 19, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 34-31. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

4. Team expectations

DeShone Kizer will be remembered for a lot of things at Notre Dame, but overall team success will be at the bottom of his totem poll when it comes to overall accomplishments.

After taking Zaire’s spot as a freshman, Kizer ended his career at Notre Dame after two seasons with just a 12-11 record, with one bowl appearance and zero postseason wins. Because of this, anybody that can lead the Irish to a better place as a team will be more successful in the eyes of the fans.

Of course we are all aware of the media spotlight that the Irish receive every year, and when they are losing — it escalates even more, with the focus going strictly to the head coach and the quarterback.

Wimbush will enter a season with a lot of question marks, and frankly- not a lot of people are expecting Notre Dame to be a threat nationally. A relatively brutal schedule that features four games against nationally ranked team, it would not be surprising to see the Irish struggle to make it to a bowl game again.

With that being said, Wimbush will have nothing to lose and everything to gain, and with that mentality comes confidence. As a quarterback who has thrown just five collegiate passes ever, there is no question he might struggle at times, but at the same time — any team success that proves to be better than last year will be credited to him.

With the team no where ready to make a national championship run (that we know of), there will be no holding back for Wimbush and the offense and that sort of freedom can help a quarterback a lot more than it can hurt.

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