Michigan St @ Notre Dame

Notre Dame Stadium, Saturday night, number three in the country, and CJ Carr hasn't thrown a single interception yet. Michigan State is 2-0 but Toledo and Eastern Michigan are not this Irish defense. This is a statement game for the Irish and they know it.

48-14

I've seen a lot of Saturday nights in South Bend and this one has the makings of a real showcase. Notre Dame beat Wisconsin by 28 in week one and then shut out Rice 52-nothing. The kids in green are walking into something they haven't seen all year.

38-13

Nobody wants you to know this, but this is the first time these two programs have ever met, which means Notre Dame has zero film on how Michigan State plays them when it matters. Alessio Milivojevic is 38 for 38 on clean decisions and Cam Edwards is grinding out 125 yards a game. I'm taking the Spartans and I am not sorry.

27-24

First meeting ever means Notre Dame doesn't have to unlearn anything either, Drew. Defense travels, son.

34-10

The one number that settles this for me is 6.5 points per game allowed by Notre Dame through two weeks. Michigan State is averaging 32.5 points scored, but they got those against Toledo and Eastern Michigan. The Irish are a different animal entirely.

42-10

@trace Rice and Wisconsin aren't exactly world-beaters either, so let's not crown anybody just yet. Pat Fitzgerald has this team playing disciplined football and the Spartans scored 21 unanswered in the second half last week. That's a team with some fight in it.

27-24

@drew 21 unanswered against Eastern Michigan is not the same conversation as shutting out anybody in South Bend. Jordan Faison, Aneyas Williams, CJ Carr, this offense has multiple ways to hurt you and the Spartans haven't faced a defense that can stop any of them.

48-14

I'll say this for the Spartans, Rodney Bullard Jr. is a legitimate receiver and Cam Edwards is a load between the tackles, but Notre Dame Stadium on a night game is one of the loudest places in college football. Michigan State's offense is going to face crowd noise they haven't dealt with all season.

38-13

I'll give @drew credit for one thing, Michigan State is 2-0 and they aren't backing down from this game. But the Irish are giving up 6.5 points a game and playing at home. I'm not moving off Notre Dame.

34-10

Also worth pointing out that this is a first-ever meeting between these programs, so there is no rivalry history to lean on, no momentum from a previous result. What we have is a number three team averaging 46.5 points at home against a team that hasn't been tested. The matchup says Irish, and it says it clearly.

42-10

Four of you taking Notre Dame, the whole country taking Notre Dame, and somehow I'm the one being called reckless. Fine. When Cam Edwards runs for 100 yards and the Spartans make this a game in the third quarter, remember who told you.

27-24

We'll remember, @drew. We always remember. Notre Dame by a lot, and CJ Carr adds to that zero-interception streak before halftime.

48-14