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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Coach Brian Kelly isnt ready to declare the two-quarterback system dead yet at No. 18 Notre Dame. At least not officially.He is also not about to panic after the Fighting Irish gave up 50 points in the opener to a Texas team starting a freshman quarterback in a season-opener for the first time since 1944.Kelly blamed the 50-47 double overtime loss to the 11th-ranked Longhorns to an inability by the Fighting Irish to finish the game off on offense, defense or special teams.Offensively we had two opportunities to close out the game or at least put us in a really good position on the last couple of drives, and we came up with nothing. And defensively, obviously, we couldnt come up with a stop, he said Tuesday. And special teams we werent able to flip the field like we thought we could.DeShone Kizer appeared ready to claim the role as the top quarterback heading into Saturdays game against Nevada (1-0). Kizer outplayed Malik Zaire against the Longhorns, throwing for five touchdowns and running for another, and guided Notre Dame within field-goal range two other times on 13 possessions. The Irish failed to score on the three possessions Zaire played.Kizer was 15 of 24 passing for 215 yards with a pass efficiency rating of 206.5 and rushed for 77 yards on 13 carries. Zaire was 2 of 5 passing for 23 yards with a 78.6 rating and had no yards rushing on three carries.Kelly, though, said only that the Irish plan on having two really good quarterbacks the rest of the year.I havent sat down and talked with to either one of them, so before we do that we dont have any plans to make any decisions, he said.He is more emphatic about the Irish defense, saying the widespread criticism of the unit by the media and fans was Monday morning quarterbacking and suggested everybody needs to tap the brakes. He warned against reading too much into the Texas game.What really happened in the Texas game was you had the offense that had a chance to win the game. Youre going to have to play some games where you outscore people, he said. Now if were 10 or 11 games into the season and we have to outscore everybody, Ill take the questions. And I would say fair enough ... If were 10 games into this and were giving up 50 points a game, Ill have to answer your questions. Right now, as I said yesterday, I think yall should relax a little bit.It marked just the eighth time Notre Dame has given up 50 points, all of them losses. The last time the Irish gave up that many points was in a 55-31 loss at Arizona State two years ago.Kelly said the Irish coaches need to do a better job of coaching and players need to do a better job of executing.If we just do the ordinary things ordinarily well were in good shape. 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David Ross Jersey . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers. The popular refrain is that Oklahoma has nothing to play for after losing two of its first three games.Sooners coach Bob Stoops isnt the least bit interested in advancing that theory.Stoops feels winning the Big 12 title would rate as a big accomplishment and Oklahoma begins its hunt for the conference crown when it visits No. 21 TCU on Saturday (5 p.m. ET, FOX) at Fort Worth, Texas.Weve won a lot of championships around here with a couple losses, said Stoops, who has won or shared nine conference titles since becoming coach in 1999. Keep fighting, keep improving. The better teams improve through the year and thats what we have to do. We have to keep improving this week to next week.The Horned Frogs (2-1, 1-0) also find themselves in must-win mode if they want to have a chance at becoming part of the College Football Playoff discussion.TCU suffered a home loss to Arkansas earlier this season and there isnt any remaining wiggle room.Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson has been selling his team on the importance of the Big 12 title since the nonconference loss to the Razorbacks and his message only increased this week.There is also the matter of starting a new home venue winning streak. TCU had won 14 straight at home prior to the Arkansas loss.One of the things you cant take for granted, the home crowd can give you emotion, but it cant be your emotion, Patterson said. Thats one thing as a young football team youve got to learn. You can feed off of it, but you already have to have it.The Horned Frogs certainly are proficient on offense again this season -- averaging 42.8 points per game -- and junior quarterback Kenny Hill has led the way.The Texas A&M transfer has been a solid passer by completing 66.1 percent of his throws for 1,487 yards and six touchdowns. He has topped 400 yards passing in two of his four games for TCU.Hill also has been a potent force in the running game with 166 yards and six touchdowns. His rushing yards are second behind junior Kyle Hicks (314).Another SEC transfer, junior John Diarse, has also made an impact. TThe former LSU wideout caught six passes for a career-high 139 yards in last Fridays victory over SMU, including a 75-yard catch-and-run touchdown.ddddddddddddHe has caught 16 passes already this season after totaling 28 in two seasons at LSU.Diarse has been in big ballgames at LSU, and he transferred here because he wanted to catch more balls, Patterson said. The bottom line is hes done a great job.The Sooners have also been productive offensively while averaging 35.3 points. Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield has passed for 793 yards and seven touchdowns against two interceptions.Mayfield sees the potential to do more individually. Hes also got the same view as Stoops when hearing all the naysayers pontificating about how Oklahoma has nothing to play for.I mean, we can still end up playing in a New Years Day bowl in one of the big-time bowl games, Mayfield said. Its not discouraging at all. If you can go end up and play in something like the Rose Bowl or the Orange Bowl again -- I mean, I know the playoffs are in Atlanta and Arizona -- but other than that, yeah, one of the other big-time bowl games is obviously a big accomplishment that we can go do.The Sooners have been suspect on defense and are one of seven teams nationally without an interception. Oklahoma is allowing 31.7 points and was drilled for 33 and 45 points in losses to Houston and Ohio State, respectively.TCUs defense just got its first two interceptions of the campaign in the 33-3 rout of SMU. The Horned Frogs have allowed just 23 points over their last two games and getting torched for 82 over their first two.Sophomore outside linebacker Ty Summers leads TCU with 39 tackles after recording a combined 29 over the past two games.Oklahoma leads the series 10-5 and has won five of the six previous matchups in Fort Worth.The Sooners won 30-29 at home last season and led by 17 points in the fourth quarter before the Horned Frogs staged a rally. ' ' '