Entering Saturday’s game at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame’s defense looks as strong as ever. The unit has been superb at preventing points, yardage, third-down conversions and high passing efficiencies from opposing quarterbacks. Offensively, their strength remains their rushing attack, success on third down and holding onto the ball for extended periods of time. Add in the fact that the Irish have taken few penalties, and you have a team that is right to put itself in the College Football Playoff conversation.
By contrast, the Yellow Jackets don’t have many areas of obvious strength. The one that’s absolutely certain is the leg of punter Pressley Harvin III, who is one of the best college players at his position. The Yellow Jackets also are decent at running the ball and picking up first downs. However, it’s going to take a lot more than that for them to upset the Irish at home.