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In our weekly grading exercise, Notre Dame gets a C for its ugly win. Below, we hand out seven more grades from Week 10 -- one for every team that started or ended the day with national championship odds of +3000 or better. No. 3 Texas A&M (+950), No. 4 Alabama (+750) and No. 6 Oregon (+1000) were each off.
The Irish didn't play well against Boston College after their week off. What can they do during the Marcus Freeman era to fix this?
The Eagles (1-8) battled for three quarters but were undone in the fourth after Jeremiyah Love's 94-yard TD run sealed a 25-10 victory for the Fighting Irish (6-2).
Week 10 results also impacted bowl games outside of the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma moves up in the SEC bowl pecking order after beating Tennessee, with Auburn dropping out of the projections after losing to Kentucky. Additionally, the Big 12 postseason outlook sees a few adjustments with two teams projected to make the playoff.
This is Notre Dame, not some Division III program that would have a lot better reason for not having a capable kicker. I'm not asking for someone to be the next NFL kicker to come from Notre Dame, but could someone simply put the ball through the uprights on an extra point on a regular basis?
No. 2 Michigan completed a weekend sweep over Notre Dame with a 2-1 overtime victory on Saturday at Yost Ice Arena.
Heading into the game against Boston College, there were two massive Achilles heels for this Notre Dame team that the fans wanted to see remedied. Unfortunately, both were on display once again during the game,
The Texas win over Vanderbilt ends up being a huge help to Notre Dame. First off, it hands Vanderbilt a second loss on the year. That's the same amount of losses that Notre Dame has, and with a trip to Tennessee still to come, winning out certainly isn't a given for the Commodores.