5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame v. Pitt ’18

Notre Dame DE Julian Okwara (Photo: Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire)Notre Dame survived the first upset Saturday of the college football season on Saturday with a come from behind win over unranked Pitt. While no Irish fan likely walked away from yesterday’s game feeling anything other than a sigh of relief, Notre Dame did hold on to win and walked into their bye week 7-0 and firmly in the playoff race. After a few weeks of these columns being a ton of fun, this one took a little more work this week as the Irish did more to not like. Even in a close victory though, there were plenty of good things done by Notre Dame.

1. Winning ugly vs. the alternative

Winning ugly is always better than the…