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FWIW, someone (respected analytics guy Bill Connelly) crunched some numbers and thinks that based on the game stats, ND “should” have won:

[tweet] https://wwe.twitter.com/ESPN_BillC/statu...6377096192[/tweet]

We outgained Notre Dame (by a fair bit) and had two fewer turnovers than they did.  Usually that is a recipe for beating the opponent.  I guess if you start looking at more granular stuff, like yards per play, maybe they look a bit better, but at the end of the day, Notre Dame had exactly two drives of any significance in the game.

BC

[BostonCard]

FWIW, someone (respected analytics guy Bill Connelly) crunched some numbers and thinks that based on the game stats, ND “should” have won:

[tweet] https://wwe.twitter.com/ESPN_BillC/statu...6377096192[/tweet]

We outgained Notre Dame (by a fair bit) and had two fewer turnovers than they did.  Usually that is a recipe for beating the opponent.  I guess if you start looking at more granular stuff, like yards per play, maybe they look a bit better, but at the end of the day, Notre Dame had exactly two drives of any significance in the game.

BC