Despite statement win, Notre Dame is still just a CFP bubble team

Despite the most dominant performance of the season, it is far from certain that Notre Dame is "locked in" to a playoff spot this year.

Justin Casterline/GettyImagesNotre Dame beat up on Syracuse this past Saturday with their most convincing win of the season. Without needing to re-cover all of the crazy stats, here is the SparkNotes version of Notre Dame's dominant win.

They went up 21-0 before the offense even took the field, scoring on a pair of interception return touchdowns and a blocked punt touchdown. They scored the most first-quarter points in team history with 35. Jeremiyah Love rushed for 171 yards on just 8 carries and scored 3 touchdowns. They scored 21 more points (70) than CJ…