Film Forecast: Miami at Notre Dame- Irish Defense Preview, 11/7 – State of The U

Film Forecast: Miami at Notre Dame- Irish Defense Preview, 11/7  State of The U

The Miami Hurricanes (8-0) are headed to South Bend, IN on Saturday, November 7th to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-1) at 7:30pm on NBC/Peacock. This is the ND defense preview for the week. The ‘Canes are 5th overall in SP+ while ND is 3rd. The Irish kicking game is 17th while UM’s is ranked 19th. Per ESPN, ND has a 61.3% win expectancy as 4.5 point favorites at home. The Doppler ND ranks 8th in the country in SP+ Defense. The Irish scoring defense allows only 13.4 PPG which is 3rd in FBS. On the other side of the ball the Miami offense is 1st in PPG with 43.4. Miami’s offense is also 1st in SP+.

On 3rd down, Miami is 2nd in the nation by converting on 55% of their tries, and on 4th down they’re only 73rd by converting on 50% of their attempts. ND is 1st in penalty yards per game with just 28.9 while Miami is 107th at 66.4. The ‘Canes will be on the road so that won’t help Mario Cristobal’s bunch very much. The Irish 3rd down defense is 64th in FBS by allowing 38% to be converted by opponent offenses. The Film For obvious reasons I’m looking at ND’s lone loss to BYU and their win over UNC. ND lost to