National analyst has jumped back on Notre Dame football bandwagon

The Notre Dame football team's win over the Lousivilel Cardinals this past weekend might have changed the narrative for the Fighting Irish's season in the eyes of many. While some still don't think they're headed for the playoffs, there are clearly some analysts who believe they're good enough to get a berth.

Count Greg McElroy among those who thinks that Marcus Freeman's team did enough in the three weeks since the team lost to Northern Illinois to get back into the conversation.

On his latest episode of Always College Football with Greg McElroy, the host spoke about Notre Dame football's win over Louisville in high regards. He seems to think that the Irish showed enough in that win, despite not looking as good as some might have hoped could

"This was a massive win," McElroy said, "and Notre Dame is now the only team in the country that has two ranked wins—after they knocked off Louisville."

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"You look at it, Riley Leonard, it's his fifth game as the starting quarterback of the Irish, and this was his first with multiple touchdown passes," McElroy said. "All right. He hit (Jaden) Greathouse on the one, and then I love the designed screen throwback to (Jeremiyah) Love, which was a big touchdown down the left side. So, there's an awful lot to like about what we saw from Mike Denbrock.

"I really liked what we saw from Mike Denrock the offensive coordinator, a highly, highly compensated offensive coordinator. Bring him up from, and this is the type of performance that you would anticipate."

Mostly, McElroy was impressed by what the Notre Dame football did to the Louisville defense.

"My goodness, they have improved drastically. That was a good defense that they played against. That was a really good defensive line. I think that's a group that has talent in the back end, and I thought Notre Dame's offensive performance was rock solid."