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Notre Dame Over 8.5
The Irish returned only 9 starters last season. They return 15 starters for this season
They have the 44th toughest schedule
The defense is returning 6 of their top 7 leading tacklers
Notre Dame should have a top 10 offensive and defensive line so they will be tough up front and top 5 defensive back group
I read where Coach Freeman thinks the linebacker group might be the strongest unit of all of them. This is going to be a good defensive team.
They do lose their QB and HB this season. But Buchner at QB, we saw last season that young man could make a lot of plays with his feet and extend plays that Jack Coan just was not able to do.
Buchner had 7.3 yards per carry last season, that led the team for players with at least 40 attempts. I think he will be fun to watch.
The Irish open at Ohio St, that will be a tough game to win but it is early
The rest of the season, they face BYU in Las Vegas, in South Bend vs Clemson who will be coming off of a bye and maybe at USC the final game of the season will be the games the Irish have to worry about.
At worst, I think they split those 4 which puts them at 10 wins and would still allow for a slip up we maybe did not expect along the way and that would be 9. I think this is probably a 9 to 10 win team.
Over 8.5 is juiced at -145. I would still take this at 9 if you can find it with a little Push protection there. The biggest question will be Freeman as a head coach. But I like Notre Dame Over 8.5
