Notre Dame Defense Should Throttle The Pitt Run Game

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00:02 >> Awesome, come out, do what you've been doing, turn the D line loose,

00:07 let your linebackers run free.

00:09 And they're gonna rack up a lot of tackles, a lot of negatives.

00:13 And then you're gonna put pin into a lot of we have to throw the ball situations,

00:16 Ryan. And to your point,

00:18 that matchup is the biggest mismatch that Notre Dame has had all season and

00:24 will have all season against Power 5 team.

00:27 When you look at the numbers of the Notre Dame pass defense against the pit pass

00:32 offense. So yeah, make it about that Ryan to your point.

00:35 And I feel really good about this game for Notre Dame.

00:39 >> It's crazy what one offseason does, man.

00:41 I know you lost Izzy Abaconda from last year, who was a really good running back.

00:45 But it's like, dang, one player has turned you from a pretty dang good

00:51 rushing offense to a bad rushing offense in one offseason.

00:54 Cuz they didn't lose, they lost Matthew Gonkels at left tackle to injury this

00:59 year, which was a big loss.

01:01 But other than that, they lost Marcus Minor,

01:04 nobody substantial from an offensive line perspective.

01:07 But they're struggling up front, man.

01:09 And when a team is struggling, continue to let them struggle,

01:13 make them struggle more.

01:15 That's the biggest thing for me, right?

01:17 So Notre Dame's defensive line, get after it this week, man.

01:21 That offensive line is, you can have your way with that one.

01:25 You can have your way with that one, give the linebacker some easy reads,

01:29 get into the backfield as well.

01:30 Get downhill, post trigger, and it should be a good time, man.

01:35 issue.