Notre Dame builds big halftime lead, blows out Navy 44-22

Navy took a four-game losing streak into Saturday night's game against No. 3 Notre Dame in San Diego SAN DIEGO – ESPN College GameDay analyst Lee Corso didn’t pull any punches when asked to forecast the Navy-Notre Dame matchup.

Corso opined that Navy had two chances – “none and none.”

That might seem like a harsh assessment by Corso, a former Navy assistant who has always been very supportive of the program. However, it proved spot-on as the Midshipmen mustered almost no resistance to the powerful Fighting Irish.

Quarterback Ian Book directed an offense that marched up-and-down the field at will while safety Alohi Gilman spearheaded a defense that pitched a first-half shutout as No. 3 Notre…