Welcome to Notre Dame Football 2023 folks. It’s off to a great start. Even I, who has a reputation for being hard on Notre Dame at times, can’t find too much to complain about after the Irish routed Navy 42-3 in front of a Notre Dame-heavy Dublin crowd. Irish fans couldn’t really ask for a much better start. And as a bonus, they remained healthy in the game as well. Very successful overseas trip indeed.
Everyone realizes that Navy is rebuilding this year and is always at a talent deficiency vs. Notre Dame. But the Irish deserve credit for doing exactly what they should do. Win. And win big. But for today, I was paying close attention to how the Irish won. This team is built differently in all the right ways and it shows. Let’s examine how so.