Alabama’s dispatching of Notre Dame was a game almost totally devoid of storylines, drama, or even massive highlights. Which, if we’re being honest, was what absolutely everyone in the nation expected to happen. But a playoff is EXACTLY what we need to determine the best team in the nation, right guys?
Notre Dame’s biggest chance in this game was to shorten the clock as much as possible, get a few stops in the run game, and hope for a few turnovers or busted plays to go their way. And in the first three drives, Alabama made absolutely sure that the high-variance game plan was something that the Irish would NOT be able to rely on.