[stupac2]

ND had an outstanding front seven.  I'm not sure they sold out to stop Mac.  Instead,  just beat our guys a bunch of times

I think the Irish be our biggest test.

Did they have a subpar back 4 or did Hogan just go super sayian for that game? His stat line is ridiculous: 17/21 (81%!) for 269 yards, 4 TDs, and an absolutely absurd 251 efficiency rating (30 points better than his next-best game). I had assumed that ND was loading the box and using both numbers and talent to stop the run, so Hogan picked it up. After all, if the DL was just winning there's basically 0 chance Hogan gets those kind of numbers because he'd be getting pressured on every snap.

I'm unaware of publicly available charting numbers that would help show whether ND was committing more players than normal to stopping the run, so short of re-watching it would be hard to know for sure.

[stupac2]

ND had an outstanding front seven.  I'm not sure they sold out to stop Mac.  Instead,  just beat our guys a bunch of times

I think the Irish be our biggest test.

Did they have a subpar back 4 or did Hogan just go super sayian for that game? His stat line is ridiculous: 17/21 (81%!) for 269 yards, 4 TDs, and an absolutely absurd 251 efficiency rating (30 points better than his next-best game). I had assumed that ND was loading the box and using both numbers and talent to stop the run, so Hogan picked it up. After all, if the DL was just winning there's basically 0 chance Hogan gets those kind of numbers because he'd be getting pressured on every snap.

I'm unaware of publicly available charting numbers that would help show whether ND was committing more players than normal to stopping the run, so short of re-watching it would be hard to know for sure.