Notre Dame Aims for Big Win to Secure Playoff Spot

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00:00with the big game, the late-night special in Palo Alto.

00:04It's a 10-30 kick.

00:05Notre Dame needs to win to make it to the college football playoff.

00:09They put up a 70 spot last week at home

00:12against the Syracuse Orange, won by C3.

00:17Third and a half, Coach, they're on the road against the Cardinal,

00:21laying 32-and-a-half.

00:22They've won five of the last six in the series,

00:25including last year, 49-7.

00:28I think there's no doubt that Notre Dame wins,

00:32but Stanford's been a little spunky covering these big lines at home.

00:36They did it against Boston College.

00:38They did it against Florida State, winning both of those games outright,

00:41and they knocked off their arch-rival, Cal.

00:45I'll take the 32-and-a-half

00:46and hope that the Cardinal keep it within the number.

00:49Well, I'll be on the other side on this one.

00:51I'm going to tell you, Notre Dame scored seven.

00:53They scored seven.

00:54I mean, I wasn't on Notre Dame's side last week

00:57because I thought the line was so high,

00:59and they put 70 on Syracuse,

01:02and they can do it again, and they will do it again.

01:04The problem with Stanford is they can't score.

01:07123rd in the country in scoring the average 18 points a game.

01:12Love will get 150.

01:13Jeremiah Love will get at least 150 yards.

01:15I think Notre Dame sees what's out there for them.

01:19They understand what pretty points or beauty points mean,

01:22and they're going to score as much as they can.

01:25It bugs me when I start thinking,

01:28can you guarantee they're going to win by 30-plus points?

01:30But in this circumstance, in this situation,

01:34Stanford cannot score.

01:36Notre Dame can.

01:37They can almost pick their score.

01:40Absolutely.

01:41And, again, C.J. Carr has stepped up.

01:43He's made some plays.

01:44The rushing attack has been a huge benefit,

01:47which Darian Price and Jeremiah Love,

01:49both of those players could also catch the football out of the backfield.

01:53And on top of that, we've seen the defense as well, Coach,

01:55bounce back into last year's type of form.

01:58They're playing at a playoff caliber,

02:01playing very good opportunistic football,

02:03forcing turnovers, winning the turnover battle,

02:06and getting off the field on third down.

02:08That type of recipe against an anemic offense

02:11definitely will carry through in this ballgame.

02:15Do you give any benefit to Frank Reich,

02:17an NFL coach going in this matchup

02:20with all the chips in the middle of the table?

02:23Do you think he looks to slow down the tempo

02:25against the top-ranked Irish?

02:27I think he's smart enough to know that

02:30if he's got the football in his hands,

02:32that Notre Dame cannot score.

02:34I don't know that he feels like they can win the football game,

02:37but I know they can't win it unless they can keep the score lower.

02:41They can keep Notre Dame from having the ball on offense

02:43because they can't stop Notre Dame.

02:46And they can't get him to a scoring match.

02:48So I think because of his experience, his experience in the NFL,

02:52I think he knows what they've got to do.

02:54The question with Stanford is can they do it?

02:56Notre Dame's such a better football team right now.

02:59And Notre Dame knows that they're in the hunt,

03:01and Miami are the bad guys.

03:03And Miami beat them.

03:04So every week they've got to play better

03:07and look better than Miami does.

03:09And Miami's had three pretty good wins the last three games too,

03:12and Miami beat them.

03:14So look for Notre Dame to know going in,

03:17they want to score as often as they can and as much as they can.

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