If Ian Book had not offered the best game of his season, if not his career, at No. 3 Georgia a few weeks ago, then Notre Dame would likely have been run off the field. Perhaps that feels odd considering that was the only game this season in which he threw an interception, in fact throwing two, but that comes with the territory when attempting 47 passes against an excellent defense because the Irish offense had no choice but to be one-dimensional.
At some point in the next two months, No. 10 Notre Dame is likely to be forced to the air like that again, be it because of defensive scheming or simply an ineffective running game, even with this weekend’s expected return of junior running back Jafar Armstrong.