Notre Dame at Purdue

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Notre Dame at Purdue

What happened?

  • Total domination by the Fighting Irish from the start. The Irish outgained the Boilermakers 390-72 in the first half while building a 42-0 lead
  • The Irish scored three touchdowns in the last 2:10 of the half. A pick six and a 70 yard run as Notre Dame was trying to just end the half
  • Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard, who was questionable to play this week, had a great first half with 100 yards rushing with 3 rushing touchdowns

What does it mean?

  • This was a great bounce back game for Notre Dame after their upset loss at home to Northern Illinois
  • Purdue will have a lot of questions before heading out west to take on the Oregon State Beavers next Saturday
  • Notre Dame’s play calling seemed a lot better this week. They emphasized the run and put Leonard in great positions to be successful

Overall takeaways

  • This was the Notre Dame team that won at Texas A&M. They will need to have a few more of these type of scores with their schedule to get back into playoff discussion
  • Can Purdue find success in the new 18 team BIG 10. They sure did not look like a good team today
  • Rivalry games are important. College sports needs to make sure games like today, despite the score, keep being played.

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