Through two games, on 3rd down runs between 1-3 yards, Notre Dame has eight carries for -3 yards, with a long of one, and zero first downs.
8 carries.
-3 yards.
0 first downs.
So Notre Dame in short yardage. Not good! Everyone is focused on the upcoming game against Georgia, but being a lousy short-yardage team is a problem for anyone against any competition. The conventional wisdom is Notre Dame should be able to overwhelm any opponent with their running game with power football, to hell with deception and misdirection. This is of course not how it works, although there is a place for power football of course.