Holy smokes, Notre Dame just did it again. They absolutely ran over Stanford with a ridiculous 58-7 victory on Saturday, marking their 16th consecutive win dating back to last season. And get this: every single one of those wins has been by double digits. Yeah, you heard that right.
The Irish Offense Is Unstoppable, Again
Honestly, this one was over before halftime even hit, with Notre Dame already up 37-0. It was just unfair. The Irish running backs were putting on a show, scoring in highlight reel fashion right from the jump. Nolan James ripped off a 31-yard run. Aneyas Williams turned a catch into a 70-yard dash down the sideline. And then there was Jonaz Walton, who basically just walked through a 97-yard burst, practically untouched. Seriously, the run game was cooking, and those guys were locked in all week.
“Silly Saturday” Means the Defense Is Just Showing Off
But it wasn’t just the offense having a field day. The defense was pulling off some truly wild stuff. Early in the second quarter, defensive coordinator Chris Ash called for defensive end Boubacar Traore to drop into pass coverage. Not five or ten yards, but like, twenty! Traore picks off Stanford QB Davis Warren and then turns into a running back, churning out 18 yards after the pick to set up a Spencer Portah field goal. Can you even imagine trying to tackle a 6-foot-5, 253-pound defensive end who just intercepted the ball? Yikes. Talk about unfair. Traore was everywhere in that first half.
And then there was Jaden Greathouse. This dude is split wide right, all alone, waving his hand for QB CJ Carr to snap the ball, like he’s just chilling out there. A Stanford safety, Darrius Davis, rushes over, but it doesn’t even matter. Carr hits Greathouse for a three-yard touchdown slant. Greathouse already had himself a season in the first quarter, with three catches on four targets for 30 yards and that score. This whole game was just another beatdown of an overwhelmed opponent. Remember when the Notre Dame-Stanford series used to be competitive? Now, Stanford looks like a junior varsity squad. Poor Andrew Luck, the GM, has another long flight home to think about what just happened.
So, the first half of the season, what Notre Dame is calling “warm-up games,” is officially done. It’s about to get real, about to get difficult. Not a moment too soon for a team that was nearly a 40-point favorite in what used to be a slugfest. How in control was Carr? He literally let the play clock expire at the end of the first quarter while backed up on their own 3-yard line. Then, first play of the second quarter, Walton just barrels through what they called a “semitruck-sized hole.” Get ready, college football, because Notre Dame isn’t playing around, and now the real tests begin.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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