The best part about this season’s Notre Dame football team is perhaps its ability to play complementary football. The Irish have utilized an improving attacking offense and a defense that holds the fort and forces turnovers to propel Brian Kelly’s team to a 7-0 record through the bye week.
There were a few candidates for best overall team performance. A week one victory over Michigan comes to mind, as does a road victory over Virginia Tech two weeks ago. But Notre Dame’s best overall team performance was undoubtedly their win over the Stanford Cardinal.
Notre Dame hosted the Cardinal in a top-10 matchup on September 29th, and the game was as good as advertised.