Notre Dame vs Navy Predictions

Navy has one of the top 5 coaches in the country with Ken Niumatalolo and he almost bolted to BYU – came close. I think he wants this game as a signature win and by the way Urban Meyer wants nothing to do with Navy.

Triple offense drives teams crazy especially if it’s rolling. Navy is sitting at 5-2 with big wins over Houston (46-40), Memphis (42-28) and almost coming from behind to overtake South Florida scoring 24 4th quarter points but eventually falling 52-45.

So ND comes into this game with the front 7 looking to protect their knees especially Jarron Jones who will be looking to a Pro future. Much like Lou Nix don’t expect Jones to do much especially if he gets cut blocked from left and right.

Navy wants to hold onto the ball and run the clock while at the same time stopping ND’s run game.

Kizer is going to get his yards, but I really don’t trust the ND OL. Player to player Navy can’t touch ND, but ND can’t play a full 60 minutes while Navy never stops until the last whistle.

I see ND getting 40 points, but if they let Navy hang around going into the 4th quarter – look out. There is something missing in this ND team and I am not buying the rah rah they’ve been pumping out.

Navy 45 Notre Dame 40