Notre Dame Football: 5 reasons Fighting Irish will beat Georgia

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SOUTH BEND, IN – SEPTEMBER 24: Bryon Fields #14 of the Duke Blue Devils attempts to strip the ball from Equanimeous St. Brown #6 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the second half of a game at Notre Dame Stadium on September 24, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Duke defeated Notre Dame 38-35. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

4. Equanimeous St. Brown creates serious mismatch

Looking at the heights of Georgia’s defensive backs compared to that of Equanimeous St. Brown, the Bulldogs will be outmatched out Saturday. The two teams have pretty evenly-matched rosters, in terms of talent, but the height mismatch will be the major factor in the pass game.

With a new starting quarterback in Brandon Wimbush, the Fighting Irish may have to rely on trusting receivers more than expecting the junior to throw “dimes” on every play. St. Brown is a guy who can go up to get the ball, and he should have no trouble doing so against the Bulldogs’ secondary whose tallest starter is 6-foot-1.

Malcolm Parrish, who’s unlikely to play Saturday, Deandre Baker and Aaron Davis are all considerably shorter than St. Brown and while that’s almost always the case in the passing game with tall receivers — defensive backs aren’t usually tall — the Notre Dame wide out is one of the best pass-catchers in college football.

Georgia won’t be able to slow him down and injuries could play a role in that. He’s going to have a big game against the Bulldogs as they will be playing catch-up all afternoon.

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