The holidays are officially upon us, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have already gifted us an impressive 31-17 win over the dangerous North Carolina Tar Heels. In what is becoming a favorite Thanksgiving-weekend tradition of mine, I enjoyed this game while chowing down on leftovers and sipping my first Christmas beer of the season (the Wintervention, courtesy of Peticolas Brewing Company - check that one out if you haven’t already, DFW-area readers).
This was an entertaining and thoroughly gratifying game to watch as the Irish weathered the first-quarter storm, made crucial adjustments to stabilize the game, then gradually strangled the life out of the Heels on both sides of the ball.