Notre Dame Vs Arizona State

Day Game in Arizona 3:30 EST ABC TV.

This is a day game in Arizona at 3:30 EST ABC TV. Well, it’s going to be hot, but it is also going to be hot for ASU players as well since they usually play at night.

The only thing troubling me for ND is the pace of the ASU offense. They go uptempo which makes it difficult to substitute and North Carolina ran ND ragged playing uptempo. That together with losing ILB Joe Schmidt will make this game tougher than it should be.

When you lose Schmidt, you lose the brains of the defense. VanGorder is going to have to get plays in fast. So you replace the brains with a bigger, faster and more powerful LB – 5 Star Nyles Morgan.

He played last week so at least he got his feet wet. ND should just use him to blitz thru an assigned gap every play – sorta like high school – see QB, hit QB. The last thing you need him doing is thinking. Just play fast and hit hard.

ASU is 7-1 and just beat #17 Utah 19-16, but in game 5 UCLA lit them up with 62 points. Taylor Kelly is a very good QB who can also run the ball.

ASU will score points on ND and in this game it’s up to ND to just outscore them. This game will be determined by QB Golson and the ND offensive line.

If Golson takes care of the ball and is on target ND could blow these guys out. A lot of points are needed to win and I’m not that confident in Kyle Brindza kicking – so if I’m Kelly I’m going for the TD all game long. Brindza can work out the kinks vs Northwestern.

Should be a fun game to watch with a lot of scoring.

Prediction: Notre Dame 52 Arizona State 35