Notwithstanding the Northern Illinois loss, the Notre Dame football team has mostly been impressive in dispatching its opponents this year. This is especially impressive, given that the offense has only gotten stronger as the season continues.
Earlier this week, Irish quarterback Riley Leonard revealed a key factor behind the offense's continuous improvement. He pointed to the offensive line, acknowledging their relentless commitment to improving. This dedication is a promising sign for the team's future.
The Notre Dame football quarterback singled out the line's militaristic approach. That's helped them find a way to keep the offense running like a well-oiled machine.
Notre Dame football's offensive line is 'military-based'
loved hearing @rileyleonard13_ talk about the ND OL.
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) December 9, 2024
Riley gushed about the group's accountability and the way the entire unit works as one collective on and off the field. pic.twitter.com/7FzIjaRjz7
"These guys up front here, I mean, it is something special," Leonard said on .
"They move like a little mini like military-based, you know, they have like a military-based culture and that kind of probably doesn't make any sense to anybody. But if one guy's watching film, everybody's in there watching film, nobody's on their phones. It is straight business. And these guys are yelling at each other in practice. You got backups, you know, yelling at starters in practice, you know, to get right and vice versa. These dudes, it's just incredible. I mean, even on the weekends, if you see one of them, you're going to see 15 of them. Like, that's just what they do. Everywhere they go, they go to the unit. They just have such a great culture, man. They're. They're hard-headed, but man, did they block their tails off."
The Notre Dame football team will show that approach and how well the offensive line is working again in 10 days when they take on the Indiana Hoosiers in the first round of the College Football Playoffs.