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No. 8 Notre Dame should roll over the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday.
So say the experts.
Let’s start with The Athletic’s Pete Sampson, who has Notre Dame winning 35-14.
“After two-plus seasons of searching, it feels like Freeman has found his groove on the sidelines. Mentions of his inexperience are down. Consistent performances are up. That reliability should carry through the regular-season home finale,” he writes. “It’s hard to see the Cavaliers finding much success against one of the nation’s best defenses. It’s also hard to see Virginia bottling up Leonard. It all means the Irish will pull away in the second half, continuing their push toward the Playoff.”
Notre Dame wide receiver Jayden Harrison (2) celebrates making a catch during a NCAA college football game against Florida State at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, in South Bend.
Over at Irish Illustrated, we don’t see a pick from Kevin Sinclair this week, but Football Scoop John Brice has Notre Dame walking away with a win.
“Notre Dame moved up another notch this week in the College Football Playoff Rankings and has a fairly straightforward path to be positioned to not only make the CFP’s first-ever 12-team field but also to host,” he writes. “That mandates taking care of business. Notre Dame has played one atrocious half in 36 quarters of football. I’ll take that body of consistency, and a mature Notre Dame team to handle its business in what ordinarily would be its last time inside Notre Dame Stadium till the Blue-Gold Game but should not be the case this year.”
Brice has the Irish winning 38-10.
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