For the third time in four chances this season, Notre Dame ventured from home on a Friday and returned with a Saturday win following a 41-17 victory over No. 16 Syracuse in Central New York.
USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken break down Oregon’s chances of making the college football playoffKeep that blue and gold 18-wheeler that hauls the Notre Dame football gear around the country packed and gassed and ready to roll.
There’s something about this team that’s way different than the one that has played four rather lackluster games at Notre Dame Stadium. This one seems to embrace everything about being away from home. The flight. The hotel. The visiting fans. The challenge. In winning for the fifth time in their last six games, the Irish never trailed.
Because we watched it again Saturday. Like North Carolina, if there was any year that Syracuse would surely smack Notre Dame, something it hadn’t done in 19 years, Saturday would be it. The Orange were it. They were ranked and they were rolling, regardless of what had happened the previous week against fellow Atlantic Coast Conference colleague Clemson.
“It’s the first of my career,” Joseph said of the pick-six. “I was just doing my job. It’s a big confidence booster for our defense.” Here's one answer that would suffice after Saturday — the ACC as a football conference just stinks. Saturday saw Notre Dame run its win streak to 26 straight over ACC schools. That includes 13 consecutiveIt’s hard to win two or three in a row away from home, let alone this many and counting.