These predictions for Notre Dame’s 2019 have formed over a few weeks, scribbled onto a legal pad as they are pondered, in no particular order. Before moving from paper to screen, some order is developed, intended to work from September to November and from one side of the ball to the other.
Coming up with 40 takes some time, as does beefing up an initial phrase into a sentence or a paragraph. For example …
“Young No. 2 in TD catches, prorate weeks 4-9 into full season of stats.”
That was written in early August, before junior receiver Michael Young broke his collarbone.