They've played Kurtis Rourke, Dillon Gabriel x2, Nico Iameava, Drew Allar, Dylan Raiola, Quinn Ewers. OSU has faced a tougher slew of QB's this year and a tougher schedule overall. Drew Allar was terrible in every big game he played. He's innaccurate, he's a turnover machine, and he pads his stats against the worst teams on the schedule. He averaged 157 passing yards per game against the 6 ranked teams he faced with 6 TD's and 4 INT's, 3 of those TD's coming against Boise State. Is that good QB whisperer?
PSU QB is the best ND has faced. He is the real deal.
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The Bucks are a good team and I won’t deny that. I hope Notre Dame wins but with the injuries, I just don’t see it happening. Good luck brother. The only thing I have to offer is this Notre Dame team is built differently than the previous ones. This team fights for one another.
Notre Dame definitely has an uphill battle in this game. I don't see many matchup advantages they could exploit especially for your offense. Ohio State has been elite at all 3 areas of the defense this year they don't give up much rushing or passing yards. I think ND has a good DL and can make things difficult for the OSU OL the same way Texas did. I know ND has a good secondary but you guys play a lot of man coverage and the OSU WR's usually eat up man coverage. Texas played a lot of zone coverage and bracketed our best receiver all game. I think if ND is going to win they need to win the turnover margin by 2 or 3 and chew up some clock and score TD's in the redzone not FG's, definitely a tall task.
1. Nico only passed for 100 yrds against osu and Rourke passed for only 66 yrds. Does that make them bad QBs? Allar is as good if not better than both of these guys.
2. You had a tougher schedule? Not sure how this pertains to the topic?
3. Allar is a turnover machine? He only had 5 picks in the regular season and ended with 8 total. He only had 1 pick vs osu. That is not a turnover machine.
4. Allar is the same if not better than Howard. You say Allar is not accurate? Ok, He was 67% while your guy is sitting at 73% this season with a career 64%. Having 2 NFL ready WRs has really helped his accuracy. Against Michigan the biggest game on the osu schedule, he was 58%.
Lets talk about the game Monday night. Who wins and why?
Excellent is a stretch.
Are they good? Yes
Are they the best team ND has faced all season? Yes
Excellent? No
