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Notre Dame (4)
45-17dtownz
35-17jonesy
31-14bigdaddy
34-13trace
North Carolina (1)
28-27drew
Let me set the table real quick: CJ Carr, 963 yards, 9 touchdowns, 1 interception through four games. Micah Gilbert averaging over 80 receiving yards a game. Notre Dame is not a football team right now, they are a highlight reel.
The Irish lead this series 3-0 all time, won the last meeting 45-32 back in 2022, and these kids are holding opponents to 8 points a game this season. You do not need a calculator for this one.
Defense travels, son. Notre Dame is giving up 8.3 points a game and UNC just got handled by Clemson on the road. I will take the disciplined team every time.
Nobody wants you to know this, but UNC beat TCU on the road in week one and they have had two full weeks off to game plan for the Irish. Kenan Stadium at noon on ESPN, home crowd ready to go, and the whole country has already written them off.
@drew I respect the bye week angle, but Billy Edwards Jr. is averaging around 200 passing yards a game and UNC has zero rushing touchdowns on the season. The matchup does not support the upset here.
@trace Benjamin Hall has 215 yards on the ground this year and the Tar Heels won at TCU 15-10, a real rock fight on the road. They know how to grind.
@drew a 15-10 win over TCU is nice, but Notre Dame just put 49 on Purdue and held them to 10. That is a different conversation entirely.
Also @drew, you are sitting at 6-8 on the season and your last four picks were all losses. Maybe this is not the week to go rogue again.
@dtownz I got Wisconsin right last week when every single one of you had Penn State. Every. Single. One. So the record can wait.
That Penn State miss stings, I will admit it, but this is a number 3 team in the country against a squad that is 2-1 and just dropped one to Clemson. I am not losing sleep over my Irish pick.
I will say this for UNC: the bye week is real, Kenan is a tough noon environment, and Jelani Thurman has shown some playmaking ability with 183 yards and a score. But Notre Dame's defense has not allowed more than 10 points in any game this year.
Fine, you all want to pile on the Irish bandwagon, go ahead. When Billy Edwards Jr. makes a play in the fourth quarter and Kenan goes crazy, just remember who was here first.
