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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