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Observer Football Beat predicts how primetime matchup with FSU ends

By Aidan Thomas · Friday, Sept. 3, 2021

I think the Irish will be able to fend off the ’Noles but I am not expecting any team to run it up on the scoreboard. Also, to make a rather bold prediction: Notre Dame’s first taste of the end zone will come off a defensive score. I can see Kyle Hamilton stealing away a pass and sneaking down the field for a pick-six or Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa stripping a ball carrier and finding his way into the end zone. The Irish win but it is not a game that is free of the typical stress and anxiety that Notre Dame football is known to produce from time to time.

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Observer Football Beat: Season Predictions

By Emily DeFazio · Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021

For the majority of the spring semester, I did not have the highest hopes for the 2021 season Notre Dame would have to face. With the offensive line and quarterback positions still largely undecided — not to mention the threat of some formidable opponents on the schedule — I struggled to see how our offense would be solid enough to make the plays they needed to make to secure the wins they needed to secure. When August rolled around and QB1 was still unknown, it only reinforced the notion. With the fall season upon us, however, I have come to see that the time I sat fretting was the time Notre Dame was fine-tuning.

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