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Notre Dame football: 3 key advantages against Florida State

By Daniel Morrison

TALLAHASSEE, FL - OCTOBER 18: Corey Robinson #88 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish catches a touchdown over Jalen Ramsey #8 of the Florida State Seminoles during their game at Doak Campbell Stadium on October 18, 2014 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
TALLAHASSEE, FL - OCTOBER 18: Corey Robinson #88 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish catches a touchdown over Jalen Ramsey #8 of the Florida State Seminoles during their game at Doak Campbell Stadium on October 18, 2014 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – NOVEMBER 27: Isaiah Foskey #7 and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah #6 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pressure Sam Howell #7 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the first half of their game at Kenan Stadium on November 27, 2020, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – NOVEMBER 27: Isaiah Foskey #7 and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah #6 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pressure Sam Howell #7 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the first half of their game at Kenan Stadium on November 27, 2020, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Notre Dame football: 3 key advantages against Florida State

Notre Dame’s Defensive Line Should Dominate

It’s become a running joke, but it’s a sad joke at the same time. Since the end of Jimbo Fisher’s time at Florida State, the Seminoles have not had a Power Five caliber offensive line. They, arguably, haven’t had an AAC or Mountain West quality offensive line at times either.

It’s been abysmal, has stunted the development of many of their quarterbacks, helped to waste Cam Akers’ college career, and was a huge part of why Willie Taggart got fired. Mike Norvell has worked to improve this, but they still aren’t up to speed.

On the other hand, you have Notre Dame’s defensive line. The Irish have a two, and even three-deep defensive line that could start at most programs. The starters on the Notre Dame defensive line are all capable of being All-Americans.

So, what does this mean? It’s an advantage to the Notre Dame defensive line, and they should be living in the Florida State backfield. Expect very little room to run, and the Florida State quarterbacks to be running for their lives all game long.

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