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Notre Dame vs. Indiana: Historic In-State Showdown Preview
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12/14/2024
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And that starts Friday night, Kev, in South Bend.
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In-state showdown between the 7-seed Notre Dame and the 10-seed Indiana with a generational
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and historic season.
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Seven and a half points spread in favor of the Irish.
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We have all talked about IU's strength of schedule and their step-up spots all season
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long.
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Can they step up to match the occasion in South Bend on Friday?
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Look, I think Indiana's certainly getting some love out there.
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I think people think the Hoosiers are going to be within the mix of this.
00:34
If I may register one more complaint, though, because I agree with you, the pageantry, and
00:39
that's where I'll lean on you to look at these stadiums.
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The reality is, and this is my maybe more aggressive thing, if we got rid of conference
00:48
championship games and we took what the committee had 1 through 16, and everybody got a home
00:54
game, the games we would have had, then we would have had those bangers.
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We would have had Ohio State hosting Alabama.
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I didn't move anything around.
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We would have had Georgia hosting Miami, Oregon would have hosted Iowa State, Oregon gets
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to have that home game there.
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Missing out on those things, I think, is very, very unfortunate ultimately here, but to go
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back to the game, Lacey, for Notre Dame, a victory here isn't enough, I think, when we
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talk big picture, because Indiana's one spot against a championship-level contender.
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They were destroyed by Ohio State, so we've been wondering for a long time now, because
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the Notre Dame schedule's obviously really opened up to be easier for them, is can Notre
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Dame be as impressive as Ohio State was in their game against Indiana?
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I think they can be, but again, I expect Indiana to be within margin in this game.
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With the extra week of preparation and the fact that it is an in-state rivalry per se,
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I think they're going to bring everything but the kitchen sink to Notre Dame.
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That doesn't mean Notre Dame wins this game and moves on.
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I'm not saying that.
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I think Notre Dame potentially wins a very close game.
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I do believe it's lower scoring in the area of 24 to 20, and the reason why I say that
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is Indiana, with the best turnover margins in all of college football, plus 15, in playoff
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type of games, the teams that can create turnovers and run the football effectively, ultimately
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win or are within margin, Indiana can do that.
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Now that being said, Notre Dame has won nine straight and has one of the best secondaries
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in all of college football, going to be a very intriguing matchup.
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And you'll see some rather lofty spreads for our opening round games.
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Texas, the heftiest favorite, double digits as they will host Clemson, the ACC champs,
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and even in the 8-9 matchup, Ohio State at home in the shoe, more than a touchdown favorite
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next Saturday night against the Volunteers.
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If there is an upset, do not plant that flag, Tennessee!
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