Notre Dame's Rise: CJ Carr, Defense & Playoff Hopes

Notre Dame, how good are they, Chris, in your eyes? I mean, look, Miami is a really good football team, but C.J. Carr, I thought, played pretty well, especially in the second half on being able to really kind of make those chains move for them. Maybe more so much better in the first half, but how good is Notre Dame in your opinion? They're really, I mean, their defensive line absolutely whipped Miami's offensive line up front, and that was what surprised me the most in that game. I did not expect Miami's offensive line to be as good, obviously, as it was last year when you got CeCe and Markel Ball and other guys starting in the NFL right now. I think a lot of people kind of got thrown off the scent because Notre Dame had a weird game at BYU and lost, and maybe the strength of schedule wasn't that great. But Carr is a... Top five, top ten quarterback type of guy. Maybe their weapons and running backs haven't been as great, but defensively they played really good. If you looked at all of the efficiency metrics and power ratings going into that game, they all have the Irish as a top three, top five type of team. And I think the fact that the committee came out and ranked Notre Dame 11th based on their season so far, that kind of had people curious. Oh my God, Notre Dame has to win this game to get in. But they are clearly. One of the best teams in the country. They'll probably be ranked, I would think, in the top five, come top four, come college football playoff ranking time, tonight when this comes out. But it's so weird. You mentioned C.J. Carr, and he's great. Just how kind of now he's kind of fallen into a... Heisman's favoritism or co-choice with Darian Mensah just because of you see Jeremiah Smith as quarterback get hurt Now he's out for the year and Malachi totally gets hurt. So kind of by default now, you've got C.J. Carr there leading the Heisman race.