Notre Dame wraps their 2022 football season on Friday as they take on South Carolina in the Gator Bowl. The annual contest, played in Jacksonville, Florida, hasn’t featured the Irish since Tyrone Willingham’s first year concluded with a disappointing loss to North Carolina State.
I’ve decided to try something different in previewing this game. Sure, we have all the stat comparisons available for you at Fighting Irish Wire as Geoffrey Clark does those before each game, and Michael Chen gives his pregame thoughts in a variety of ways, too. FIW’s 2022 Freshman of the Year John Kennedy gave his confidences and concerns for the game, too.
However, the way my mind tends to work is that I find myself asking a bunch of questions before a game. Those lead to other thoughts or more questions. Instead of keeping those to myself I decided to put them into words as we await kickoff for the final time in 2022.
With that in mind, here is my stream of consciousness preview for the Gator Bowl between Notre Dame and South Carolina.