When Brandon Wimbush was replaced as the Irish starting quarterback prior to week four, you knew this was coming. It was always going to go like this. The former starter, forced into action for an undefeated team, in what could be the last home game of his career. This is just the way the universe works.
This isn’t to paint all of this as a positive thing. It is clearly not. Ian Book is the superior player, and losing him for this week is not a good thing. That said, there is reason to believe the Irish offense won’t simply revert back to the slog that we saw in the first three games.