A bill comes due when you return five starting offensive linemen, and in 2021, Notre Dame will pay that bill as it looks to replace four of them from 2020.
Thus is the cyclical nature of all college football rosters, thus is why it is so hard to stay atop the proverbial mountain as Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson have for most of the last decade.
WHERE NOTRE DAME WAS
The Irish returned more than 100 career starts along their offensive line in 2020. If there was reason to arguably expect a Playoff berth during the tumultuous offseason, it was because of that line’s experience and chemistry together.