Hidden plays that helped Notre Dame comeback against South Carolina

The Irish didn’t just use big plays to get a Gator Bowl win

That was fun, wasn’t it? Now that the Irish have their bowl victory in hand, we can all breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate into New Year’s Eve tomorrow night.

Notre Dame didn’t make it easy on themselves early, but hung in there and eventually secured a 45-38 victory over South Carolina in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. It game Marcus Freeman his first bowl win and a 9-4 record this season.

The Irish used plenty of big plays to get back into this game, but here were some plays that helped dictate the outcome that weren’t huge and these are those plays.

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