I don't know if you heard it here first or not

But there's no reason for Saturday's game to be close.  Alabama beat these guys by 27.  Notre Dame is no Alabama, to be certain, so let's not get confused here.  I don't expect Notre Dame to win by four touchdowns.  I do expect Notre Dame to dominate the line of scrimmage, much more so than they did against a pretty damned good MSU defensive line.

I'll digest my thoughts over the next day or two before making a prediction (that will most likely be horribly wrong) here, but for now...