While waiting for Ian Book and Dexter Williams to meet with the media following Notre Dame’s 38-17 win over No. 7 Stanford on Saturday, another reporter paused our conversation to ask me, “You’re still not convinced, are you?”
I do not remember what I said to spark the question, but it was an accurate assessment of the meanderings of my mind.
“Can they do it against a good run defense?” I replied. “Will they face a good run defense?”
That question has knocked around in my head since. Digging through the numbers, the answer to the latter wondering is very clearly, “Yes, the No.