ESPN analytics points to razor thin Notre Dame football victory over Texas A&M

When Notre Dame football takes on Texas A&M tomorrow, they’re going to enter the game as underdogs. Of course, Fighting Irish fans are quite angry about that sort of thing. They think Marcus Freeman and company are going to win the big game.

Other fans believe they have figured out who the better team is. Some are picking Texas A&M, some are picking the Blue and Gold. 

Some think they know the secret to beating the Aggies, some believe they know how to stop the Notre Dame football team’s attack. All of those things are basically guesses. However, ESPN’s Bill Connelly thinks he has these kinds of predictions down to a science. And his analytics show what he believes is a statement on who will win.

Notre Dame football on the road to a razor thin win

Connelly has been updating his projections for the season, specifically each and every game that’s played this season and as of now, the Irish are slated to beat the Aggies, though it’s far from a sure thing.

Connelly has predicted that the Blue and Gold will take down the Aggies 29-27. That is of course, the kind of toss up that most people believe the game to be, whether they’re using analytics or not. 

Still, it’s nice the Notre Dame football is slated to win, though that prediction clearly means that the margin for error is as razor thin as the final score prediction. 

By the way, if you’re wondering how Connelly has done so far in terms of projecting games, he’s currently 20-for-20 in Week 1. While most of that success comes from a bunch of blowout matchups where an FBS team takes on an FCS team, Connelly also correctly picked North Carolina and Coastal Carolina who were expected to be in dog fights. He didn’t always get the margin right, but that could bode well for the Irish.