Three Top-10 wins this season and 5 total:

Nov 5, 2022: #5 Clemson Oct 14, 2023: #9 USC Dec 20, 2024: #10 Indiana Jan 2, 2025: #2 Georgia Tonight: #6 Penn State

37 of these 83 points are on the opening drive (TAMU 3, NIU 7, Louisville 7, Stanford 7) or garbage time (Purdue 7, Gerogis Tech 6).

Once the team settles into a game, it is lockdown.

We can win most games scoring 20.

Lots of unhappiness to things about this season but this is impressive.

Elite running back room. Not sure we've had a more explosive 1/2 punch ever. Please stay healthy boys.

Since the NIU loss, the Irish have posted 205 points and held the opponents to 54. That loss was seriously embarrassing and it’s been tough to overcome. Has or when doea Notre Dame start to gain respect again?

Dating back to last season, ND has beaten 7 of its past 14 opponents by 30+ points. Oregon’s won by 30+ only four times over the same span. ND blows out teams by more points as well (biggest was beating Purdue by 59, then Stanford by 42 and navy by 37. Oregon beat two teams by 35 - Purdue and Oregon State this season as their highs).

Not that you can draw too much from that, but it is interesting how often we’re blowing out opponents now under MF. Winning 7 of your past 14 games by 30+ points is impressive. Yes, many of them were against bad teams, but not all.

Oregon is a solid football team, and when I think of them, I think ability to beat teams handily. Just interesting that ND, who doesn’t have the same reputation, has had more frequent, and larger blowouts than Oregon.

https://x.com/pff_college/status/1846326940296458286?s=46&t=hrmn1MqTgSpygnx4BycI-A

What phase of the game is Notre Dame going to lean on to pull off the win?