What are Notre Dame’s best weapons against Cincinnati? When comparing the programs, your best bet is to look at every special teams category, turnover margin and passing offense regardless of who’s playing quarterback. However, there isn’t any huge advantage in any category that favors the Irish. Whether that makes a difference or not will be interesting to watch.
The Bearcats, on the other hand, are superb at a bunch of things nationally, especially on defense. They include defending the pass, protecting the red zone, preventing first downs, and limiting points against. The question is whether they will generate enough offense to support that defense and send most of the crowd at Notre Dame Stadium home unhappy.
This is not an easy game to predict, and it has real potential to come down to the wire. It would be appropriate for a season that has had too much nail-biting for the Irish already.
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