Notre Dame Needs Third-Down Success vs Duke

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00:03 Good job.

00:03 The one area where Notre Dame has a big advantage in this area.

00:07 Now neither team has a huge advantage over the other.

00:10 Duke has a better scoring defense, but it ranks fourth to 18th.

00:14 They have an advantage in total defense, but it's 16th to 20th.

00:18 Yards per play, their advantage is fifth to eighth.

00:21 Notre Dame has a better red zone touchdown defense, but

00:24 Duke has the better overall red zone defense.

00:28 They're both highly ranked in big plays, first and seventh, turnovers fourth and

00:31 21st, Notre Dame has the advantage.

00:33 But one big gap in this breakdown is the third down defense and

00:39 third down offense matchup.

00:41 Notre Dame ranks 10th in college football in third down offense.

00:44 That's actually something they did well against Ohio State in the second half.

00:47 Notre Dame's third down success in the second half.

00:49 They started the game off well.

00:51 They've converted their first two third downs and then missed their next three or

00:54 four.

00:55 And then the second half on those two touchdown drives did very well,

00:58 converting third downs.

00:59 But then of course, they didn't get the one at the end.

01:01 But Notre Dame even against Ohio State,

01:05 who has an okay third down defense, not great, but it's good.

01:09 Notre Dame was able to go five of ten for 50% in that game.

01:15 And it was actually their third best performance of the season.

01:18 It was better than they did against Central Michigan and

01:19 better than what they did against NC State.

01:21 So that was a positive sign you're gonna need to build on.

01:24 >> Duke has been, like I said, Duke has been a pretty good

01:27 keeping points off the board defense.

01:30 They're very good in the red zone, but they have allowed teams to move

01:34 the football consistently on third down.

01:36 And that

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