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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Defensive Outburst Against Virginia

Notre Dame went old-school in beating up on Virginia on Saturday. The Irish defense swarmed Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins and harassed the talented dual-threat signal-caller into mistake after mistake en route to a 35-20 victory over the 18th ranked team in the country. Anytime you tally eight sacks and five turnovers; there is going to be a lot to like. Not surprisingly though, you won’t find a whole lot from the other side of the ball in this week’s 5 Things I Liked column.

1. The Return of Julian Okwara

Boy oh boy was it nice to see #42 living in an opposing team’s backfield again yesterday.