If No. 7 Notre Dame’s greatest areas of concern are running the football and stopping the run, the obvious tenets to much of football, then Irish head coach Brian Kelly knows this week will either prove those problems overcome or otherwise become costly.
No. 3 Georgia (2-0) is known for its defense, though the Bulldogs offense is hardly subpar, either.
“This [defense] is talented,” Kelly said Monday. “But it is really deep, as well. The depth that they have, especially on the defensive line, that they can run six or seven that we counted last night, eight guys that are interchangeable within their three- and four-down structure.