Notre Dame hosts rival Stanford this week, with the Irish fresh off a bye and Stanford limping into Notre Dame Stadium. The Irish sit at 4-1 and ranked #11 in the latest AP poll, with the Cardinal sporting a 2-3 record. Notre Dame will be looking to shake off their slow home starts as they enter the second half of the season with a playoff birth still very much in their sights. Will they finally beat up on a 20+ point underdog at home?
What worries me this week
Mike Denbrock trying too hard to force passing plays
In the loss to Northern Illinois, it felt like Notre Dame was treating the game like a glorified scrimmage from a playcalling perspective.