The Notre Dame Fighting Irish avoided a 1993 repeat on Saturday by defeating Phil Jurkovec and the Boston College Eagles 45-31. The offense hummed in the win despite three turnovers, and will now get two weeks to prepare for a critical test against Sam Howell and UNC. The Irish will want to be better defensively to beat UNC, but if Ian Book continues to play like this it is going to be tough for anyone to beat them. For a primer on the analytics used in this article please follow this link to definitions and context for the statistics used.
Notre Dame Football: Boston College Analytics Driven Recap
