There was concern about if Notre Dame would be interested in playing Saturday, how much their heads were in preparing for the Camping World Bowl and attention was only drawn to that this week as Brian Kelly called out his team publicly multiple times for not being focused.
Maybe it was a motivational technique or maybe it was just a lion playing coy, but that in no way, shape or form wound up being how things played out Saturday as Notre Dame steam-rolled Iowa State – to win the Camping World Bowl.
The Fighting Irish finish the year 11-2 have a chance to perhaps finish the year around the top 12, not that any ranking short of one really matters much.
Here are my five takeaways from Saturday’s blowout win.
1: Clark Lea Owned Matt Campbell