Notre Dame Defense Should Dominate vs Wake Forest
Notre Dame Defense Should Dominate vs Wake Forest
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00:03 And Notre Dame has gone out and really performed well in each of those instances.
00:08 And they shut Duke down before Duke really had their injury issues.
00:11 And so this part of the team has just been excellent all year.
00:14 They rank 11th in scoring offense or scoring defense.
00:17 They rank 7th in total defense, 9th in fewish yards per play,
00:20 5th in red zone defense.
00:22 Overall, 5th in red zone defense from a touchdown standpoint.
00:25 They're 13th in fewest big plays allowed, and they rank 5th in turnovers.
00:28 Now that 5th in turnovers means a lot more now than it did in past weeks,
00:32 because Notre Dame always had at least one more game on most people.
00:36 Well, when it comes to now,
00:37 that Notre Dame's on track now with everybody,
00:39 because Notre Dame's already had their second pie.
00:41 And so the defense just overall has been really outstanding this season.
00:45 And Wake Forest, as you can see in the numbers,
00:47 is offense is just falling off a cliff.
00:50 They lost Sam Hartman, obviously that was huge for them.
00:53 They lost AT Perry, that was huge for them.
00:55 Donovan Green got hurt at the beginning of the year.
00:57 Their offensive line's been a problem.
00:59 And so when you look at it, it's just a really rough group.
01:03 Rank 112th in scoring offense, 103rd in yards per game,
01:08 120th in yards per play, 114th in third down offense,
01:13 88th in red zone defense, 129th in red zone touchdowns,
01:18 119th in big plays, and 120th in turnover.
01:21 So what it is, they don't move the ball very well, they don't create big plays,
01:26 and they turn it over a lot.
01:28 That should be a recipe for success for Notre Dame.
01:31 >> Okay.
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