Newsstand: Where Notre Dame stands in ESPN post-Week 6 bowl projections
ESPN experts projected Notre Dame to travel to opposite ends of the country in their respective bowl season forecasts after Week 6. Both Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach have the Irish outside the New Year’s Six bowl games.
Bonagura has Notre Dame back in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, which will be played at noon ET on Friday, Dec. 29 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Irish would face Florida on ESPN in Bonagura’s projection, while Schlabach predicts the Gator Bowl to include Duke vs. Texas A&M.
Would Florida have home-field advantage in a bowl called Gator? Yes, but not for that reason. The crowd would likely be pro-Gator in a game played in Jacksonville, only an 80-minute drive from Florida’s campus in Gainesville, Fla.
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Schlabach forecasts the Irish to play in the Holiday Bowl at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 27 at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif., against Oregon State. Bonagura has Duke and Utah in that game.
Bowl season is less than 10 weeks away.
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“I was really proud of our guys. I think our whole staff was proud of the way they fought, because there were some tough situations. And instead of pouting and giving up, they stood their ground, which was really important. I think there’s a lot to be said about that. And in terms of how we can impact that moving forward, obviously, if we can take the ball away and give our offense shorter fields or more possessions, that’s going to help the whole team. So, we have to do a better job of taking the ball away.”
— Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden on responding to turnovers by the Irish offense
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