Blue and Gold Illustrated

Nov. 30, 2015 Issue

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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IN THE TRENCHES ANDREW OWENS M ore than ever, every aspect from every game is scrutinized and challenged in the race to assemble the best four-team College Football Playoff field. Style points are emphasized and ev- eryone has their criteria for determin- ing a top four, but in the end it will only matter what the 12 people chosen to make the decision think about con- tending teams. Entering Notre Dame's final game at Stanford Nov. 28, the Irish were in the thick of that conversation. Notre Dame will travel to Palo Alto, Calif., after consecutive poor — or at least un- derwhelming — performances in a 28-7 win over Wake Forest and 19-16 victory against Boston College. In Notre Dame fans' ideal world, the Irish would've soundly beaten the ACC bottom feeders and added style doing so. Regardless of how Notre Dame stacks up with Oklahoma, Iowa, Michigan State and others right now, the Irish must win at Stanford for the first time since 2007. "We got a victory today, and we've got to play one more game. All we're thinking about is Stanford," fifth-year Will Simply Winning Be Enough? Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly's team is right where it hoped to be during the preseason — knocking on the door of a College Football Playoff invitation. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA

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