Notre Dame could barely get out of its own way to beat the Syracuse Orange, 31-15 at MetLife Stadium. The Irish coughed up 5 turnovers while amassing 525 yards of offense for the night.
As the broadcast team of Fowler and Herbstreit kept mentioning… it was an awfully weird night.
The main story was Everett Golson- make that A Tale of Two Golsons. Everett had 2 fumbles and 2 interceptions (one of which was returned for a touchdown), but he also threw for over 360 yards and had 4 touchdowns. At one point, Golson had completed 26 attempts in a row.
While the snickers from Herbstreit and Fowler about Notre Dame’s odd night had me ashamedly furious (it’s obvious that they think very little of them as a team) I told myself a few times that if Notre Dame can go on the road and play this sloppily while still dominating… I’ll take it.
Four games in the books with four checkmarks in the win column. Yeah, I’ll take that and I won’t even mention the dominant performance by the defense that had to deal with its offense turning the ball over all night. Why would I mention something good? Notre Dame must be rotten, right? Right.
