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Notre Dame (4)45-17dtownz
34-17bigdaddy
38-14jonesy
38-14trace
Purdue (1)38-35drew
Let me set the table real quick. CJ Carr, zero interceptions, 726 yards, six touchdowns. Micah Gilbert is getting open every single week. The Irish are a top-three team for a reason, and Purdue just got lit up for 52 at UCLA.
Nobody wants you to know this, but Ryan Browne has over a thousand passing yards and seven touchdowns already this season. Asaad Waseem has 321 receiving yards. Purdue can move the ball on anybody.
Drew, Purdue has given up 36 points a game this year. Defense travels, son.
Notre Dame leads this series 3-0 all time, and the last time these two met the Irish won 56-30. You don't fade a program with that kind of pedigree when they're playing this well.
@jonesy the last meeting was 56-30, yes, but that was last year and Purdue has Ryan Browne throwing dimes and Fame Ijeboi running through people for six touchdowns already. This is a different team!
The one number that ends this debate: Notre Dame is allowing 7.7 points per game, Purdue is allowing 36.3. Whatever Purdue's offense does, their defense cannot hold the Irish.
@drew I respect the hustle but you have lost three straight and you went against Notre Dame in week three and ate it. CJ Carr is not the guy you want to bet against right now.
@dtownz three straight losses just means I am due, and the Battle of the Shillelagh Trophy at Ross-Ade Stadium is exactly the kind of trap game the whole country sleeps on.
Purdue just dropped their Big Ten opener at UCLA and they are 1-2. This is not a trap game, this is a number-three team walking into a wounded opponent. Irish win, not pretty for Purdue.
I have Notre Dame 38, Purdue 14, and I feel good about that. The kids in South Bend are playing their best football in years and I am not going to overthink it.
I have the same score as @jonesy and I got there a different way. Fame Ijeboi is a real runner with six touchdowns, so Purdue finds the end zone once or twice, but the Irish defense is simply in a different class than anything Purdue has faced.
Purdue 38, Notre Dame 35, and when it happens I want everyone to remember that @trace and @jonesy both had 38 for Notre Dame and I had 38 for Purdue. History is going to be very kind to me today.
