Notre Dame Has A Lot To Prove vs Stanford

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00:04 >> And that's what this game is all about, Ryan, if we're being honest,

00:07 this isn't about Stanford.

00:08 This game is about Notre Dame.

00:10 And we'll get into the specific nature of the matchup and

00:13 all those kind of things.

00:14 But this is still kind of what we've been talking about here for

00:17 the last couple weeks, which this is about, what's Notre Dame going to do?

00:22 What's Notre Dame, what kind of team are they going to be?

00:24 How are they going to finish?

00:26 What sense of pride do they have?

00:28 And just the things that we're going to learn about Notre Dame.

00:30 Cuz look, and we'll get into Stanford, y'all, but they're not very good.

00:36 They're not.

00:37 And it's one of those games where it's not so

00:39 much about whether or not you're going to win.

00:42 I don't think that's really a question.

00:43 And I want to get this out of the way now.

00:46 Because the response is gonna be, well, last year's Stanford,

00:49 I understand all that, y'all.

00:50 But this team is not like last year's team.

00:53 Either side, either team, Stanford's talent level's way down compared to last

00:57 year, Notre Dame is just a different team.

01:00 This is not the kind of team that Notre Dame has struggled with at all.

01:04 This season, Notre Dame has not had one close game

01:07 against a team that's not really talented or really good.

01:11 I mean, look again, Duke, they're not the same team now that they were.

01:15 They're struggling cuz they're banged up.

01:17 Duke was a legit top 20 team when Notre Dame played them.

01:20 Ohio State's a legit top five team.

01:22 Louisville is still, I mean, they're a top ten team now.

01:25 And Clemson is, that was a disappointing loss, but that's still a talented

01:29 football team that has dominated their last two opponents since beating Notre Dame.

01:33 Right, these type of teams, Notre Dame is dominated.

01:36 So it's not so much about whether or not they will or won't win.

01:40 It's about what are they going to look like?

01:43 And

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