After dismantling New Mexico in non-dramatic fashion, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish descended upon Athens, GA for one of the most anticipated non-conference match-ups of the year. The Irish fought hard and kept well closer than the gambling spread of fourteen points, but came up short in an early blow to their College Football Playoff aspirations. If this is your first time taking an advanced analytics look at the game, please follow this link back to the first installment of this series for a primer on the terminology that will be used. Let’s begin with the game’s win probability chart.