Very early in the opener against Florida State, there was a sense of “oh, this is going to be one of those games.” Notre Dame was moving the ball on offense, but then they’d drop a pass or throw the ball in the dirt. And then they were giving up an inexplicable big play for a touchdown, and it was close going into the second half. There was also the sense that at any moment Notre Dame was going to prove too much for the Seminoles in the packed Doak Campbell Stadium, and that’s how it was playing out.
In Notre Dame’s Win, Everything Was Good Until It Wasn’t
