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Notre Dame football: Virginia will be no match for the 2021 Irish

By Daniel Morrison

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - SEPTEMBER 12: Quarterback Malik Zaire #8 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish rushes past defensive end Mike Moore #32 of the Virginia Cavaliers in the third quarter at Scott Stadium on September 12, 2015 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won, 34-27. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - SEPTEMBER 12: Quarterback Malik Zaire #8 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish rushes past defensive end Mike Moore #32 of the Virginia Cavaliers in the third quarter at Scott Stadium on September 12, 2015 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won, 34-27. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 28: Tanner Cowley #44 of the Virginia Cavaliers is tripped up by Troy Pride Jr. #5 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the first half at Notre Dame Stadium on September 28, 2019, in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 28: Tanner Cowley #44 of the Virginia Cavaliers is tripped up by Troy Pride Jr. #5 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the first half at Notre Dame Stadium on September 28, 2019, in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

Notre Dame football: Virginia will be no match for the 2021 Irish

Bottom Line on the Cavaliers

Virginia, for better or worse, is who they always are. They’re a developmental team that needs to take the time to coach up players in their system from the time they’re freshmen. There are going to be things they do well and positions of strength, but there are gaps as well.

It’s a team that is as decidedly average as anyone in the ACC, which is a decidedly average conference, to begin with. An exciting quarterback in Brennan Armstrong could help them turn games into shootouts, but they shouldn’t be able to compete with the top teams in college football either.

Too Early Prediction

Virginia’s defense might be designed to stop the run, but they don’t have the athletes across the board to compete with Notre Dame. It should be a big game for Notre Dame’s veteran wide receivers to pick on a weak secondary, and as long as the defense contains Brennan Armstrong the Cavaliers won’t be able to turn this into a shootout.

Notre Dame 44 Virginia 20

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