Slap the Sign
Fansided

Notre Dame football: 3 Bold predictions vs. Alabama Crimson Tide

By Daniel Morrison

CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS - NOVEMBER 14: Ian Book #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looks on after the Fighting Irish defeat the Boston College Eagles 45-31 at Alumni Stadium on November 14, 2020 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS - NOVEMBER 14: Ian Book #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish looks on after the Fighting Irish defeat the Boston College Eagles 45-31 at Alumni Stadium on November 14, 2020 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
1 of 4
Next
Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame football team takes on Alabama in the Rose Bowl Friday. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images)
Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame football team takes on Alabama in the Rose Bowl Friday. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images) /

The Notre Dame football team will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl, and here are three bold predictions for the matchup.

No one is giving the Irish a chance. Not Father Jenkins. Not Ian Book‘s mother. Not the ghost of George Gipp. No one thinks Notre Dame has a chance to beat Alabama. Frankly, everyone is probably right. OK, maybe Book’s mother thinks the team will win, but as huge underdogs, there are not high expectations for the Irish.

Looking at the matchup, Alabama is more talented and has a proven track record of succeeding in these situations. The Irish haven’t won this type of game in over 25 years and never under Brian Kelly.

Everything has to break Notre Dame’s way to scare Alabama. Even then, with a perfect game, beating Alabama feels nearly impossible. Still, this is college football, and madness is to be expected, as upsets happen, from Stanford beating USC as a six-score underdog in 2007, to James Madison beating Virginia Tech as a five-score underdog in 2010, upsets happen.

In other words, there’s a chance, but it will take some bold things happening during a Rose Bowl that won’t be played in the Rose Bowl or Pasadena at all. So, maybe there is already a little madness in the air?

Here are three bold predictions for the College Football Playoff Semifinal against Alabama:

Home/Notre Dame Football