Notre Dame Routs Iowa State: 5 Takeaways

I didn’t love everything early but he did do what my pre-game requests were in being able to isolate one of Claypool, Lenzy or Kmet and to exploit an Iowa State defense who didn’t have play-makers that could defend any of those three one-on-one.

Well, not exactly if you’ve been watching Notre Dame all season long but if you were someone who is just checking out the Irish for the first time all season or watching them extensively for the first time then you had to walk away impressed as can-be by Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah.

JOK was a menace this season as he entered the game with three sacks and nine and a half tackles for loss on the season.

He exits the Camping World Bowl with two years of eligibility remaining at Notre Dame and having been the best defensive player on the field this afternoon.

His forced fumble on Iowa State’s first possession of the game and was busy making plays all afternoon in the dominating Irish win.

The outside linebacker will enter 2020 with sky-high expectations.

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