Many times in sports, it doesn’t matter if a given achievement comes against an inferior or weak opponent. What matters more is that an athlete or a group of players gains confidence. So what if they fattened up against a tomato can? They played well. They saw good things happen. They scored lots of touchdowns and shut down the opposing team’s offense. Doing good things and playing well can feed confidence regardless of how weak the opponent is.
That’s what Notre Dame did against Boston College. It’s also what happened for USC’s Korey Foreman against Colorado, which fed his confidence heading into the UCLA game and fueled him with the belief needed to make that huge play in the final two minutes against the Bruins.
With that in mind, let’s look at Notre Dame after the Irish’s blowout of Boston College. Fighting Irish Wire editor Nick Shepkowski provided analysis of the game, and you will want to follow Fighting Irish Wire throughout the next seven days.