Inside Ohio State’s Unstoppable Strategy That Crushed Notre Dame’s Championship Hopes
3. Jeremiah Smith wasn’t a game-breaker, until he wasÂ
In the CFP championship, Notre Dame followed the not-quite-revolutionary strategy laid out by Michigan and Texas, who both kept the best receiver in the country to low numbers amid a span when he torched Tennessee and Oregon.
The Irish assigned a mix of cornerbacks to cover Smith, and they had their All-American safety, Xavier Watts, keep a close eye on him. For most of the night, this plan worked OK.
Smith scored Ohio State’s opening touchdown after coordinator Chip Kelly confused Notre Dame with misdirection over the course of the drive. But he did not dominate against cornerbacks Leonard Moore and Christian Gray, and Ohio State had to (and did) find other outlets to move the ball effectively.
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