Notre Dame capped off the regular season on Saturday with a 21 beating of rival Stanford to snap a five-game losing streak on the farm. The Irish started off slow, leaving Irish fans frustrated for the first 20 or so minutes but eventually pulled away from a beaten-down Stanford squad. For the sake of this column, this was a perfect type of game – there was plenty to like despite there being more than enough to not like as well. Let’s start with the five things I liked in Notre Dame’s 10th win of the season.
1. Finally beating David Shaw in his – very empty – house
This one is the most obvious, but it was about damn time Notre Dame beat Stanford and David Shaw in Palo Alto.