Inside Ohio State’s Unstoppable Strategy That Crushed Notre Dame’s Championship Hopes
But throwing this time to Smith, Howard did not miss:
After it was the nation’s best team in both burn-allowed percentage (46.5) and open-allowed (62.3) percentage, Notre Dame surrendered a 76.2% burn-allowed rate and a 85.7% open-allowed rate against the Buckeyes.
At least the Irish got beat by a worthy opponent.Â

4. Without a Will Howard turnover, Notre Dame had little chanceÂ
Notre Dame technically won the turnover margin 1-0, thanks to a bit of luck and a late fumble by Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka. A botched snap that deflected off a Notre Dame motion man in the first half wound up back in the Irish’s hands, a bit of good fortune the Buckeyes didn’t get when Egbuka later put the ball on the ground.


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