It’s a shame there isn’t more juice to this matchup. LSU and Notre Dame are similarly ranked teams, relatively evenly matched. While this may not be one of the more aesthetically pleasing New Year’s Day bowl games, if you’re a fan of line-of-scrimmage play, this really is a splendid matchup. The Tigers are a slightly favorite, but will still need a strong effort to come away with this thing with win No. 10.
And a tenth win would be significant. LSU hasn’t won that many games since 2013, and only has a relative handful in more than 100 years of football.