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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4416165, member: 289"]
-	Two lists of Notre Dame coaches: Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Devine, Holtz, Kelly. Hunk Anderson, Elmer Layden, Terry Brennan, Joe Kuharich, High Devore, Gerry Faust, Tyrone Willingham and Charley Weiss. Where do you think Marcus Freeman will wind up. Our three wins against Notre Dame came against Devore, Willingham and Weiss.

-	I took a dive into the stats to see how we compared to big, bad Notre Dame.

SCORING OFFENSE 						SU- 34 	ND- 27
TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS					SU- 412 ND-386
OFFENSIVE RUSHING YARDS					SU- 179   ND- 178
OFFENSIVE PASSING YARDS					SU- 232	ND- 208
OFFENSIVE PASSING EFFICIENCY					SU- 163	ND- 139
OFFENSIVE 3RD AND 4TH DOWN PERCENTAGE			SU- 44	ND- 42
OFFENSIVE RED ZONE POINTS					SU- 141in30 = 4.7 ND- 114in26 = 4.4
SACKS ALLOWED						SU- 18	ND- 10
TACKLES FOR A LOSS ALLOWED					SU- 35	ND- 26

SCORING DEFENSE 						SU- 15 	ND- 22
TOTAL DEFENSIVE YARDS					SU- 295	ND- 341
DEFENSIVE RUSHING YARDS					SU- 123	ND- 139
(We went from 95 rushing yards allowed per game to 123. Clemson gained 34% of the rushing yards we have surrendered.)
DEFENSIVE PASSING YARDS					SU- 174	ND- 202
DEFENSIVE PASSING EFFICIENCY					SU- 116	ND- 131
DEFENSIVE THIRD AND FOURTH DOWN PERCENTAGE		SU- 38	ND-35
DEFENSIVE RED ZONE POINTS					SU- 60in16 = 3.8 ND- 93in17 = 5.5
SACKS								SU- 18	ND- 20
TACKLES FOR A LOSS						SU- 44	ND- 41

KICKOFF RETURNS						SU- 27	ND- 16
OPPONENT KICKOFF RETURNS					SU- 22	ND- 18
KICKOFFS THAT WERE RETURNED				SU- 17/47 = 36% ND- 7/38 = 18%
PUNT RETURNS							SU- 6	ND- 10
OPPONENT PUNT RETURNS 					SU-7	ND- 10
PUNTS RETURNED						SU- 8/31 = 26% ND- 6/29 = 21%
NET PUNTING							SU- 37	ND- 42
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE					SU- 11/12 = 91.7	ND- 8/10 = 80%
LONGEST FG							SU- 50	ND- 47
40 YARDS +							SU- 2/3	ND- 4/6	
EXTRA POINTS MISSED						SU- 0	ND- 0

TURNOVER MARGIN						SU- +6	ND- -6
PENALTIES							SU- 67/510yds	ND- 30/267yds
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE					SU- #37	ND #32
COMMON OPPONENTS						None

Here’s what I see that favors Syracuse:

-	Every offensive category except sacks and TFLs. 
-	Every defensive statistic except 3rd/4th downs and sacks, (but both were close.)
-	We may be the most penalized BCS team in the country but they are worst at preventing scores in the Red Zone: 17 occasions, 14TDs and 3 field goals. We are 14th in the country in Red Zone offense with 19TDs and 9 field goals in 30 tries. 
-	We are much better at returning kickoffs and covering punts. 
-	Andre has a higher FG percentage and greater established range. 
-	We have a huge advantage in turnover margin, which is often the difference in having a strong season or a disappointing one. The thing is: how reliable is that as a specific game factor?

-	Yeah, the Irish have done well on the road – in a sample of two games. Would you be willing to bet based on an anomaly like that? And there’s the ‘road’ and then there’s the ‘Loud House’.

-	How about Sean Tucker scores 5 times in a 38-12 SU rout?

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6-1 and 5+ to go!

LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
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