Notre Dame Football: 3 bold predictions vs. Virginia in Week 5

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - SEPTEMBER 14: Jalen Elliott #21, Khalid Kareem, and Daelin Hayes #9 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pose to celebrate the victory against the New Mexico Lobos at Notre Dame Stadium on September 14, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /

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1. Virginia gets exposed

Virginia is 4-0 and has not had a real scare since the Florida State game where they looked shaky at best. Then last week they played a close one against ODU only winning 28-17 in a game that should not have been close. I believe we may see the Irish able to expose the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday and get back to their winning ways.

Virginia has been stellar on defense, but they have also not played anyone that has given them a true test. They have a great 263 yards allowed per game which would indicate that their defense is one of their strongest units. With six sacks last week against Old Dominion, the defensive line really showed that they are elite.

The questions come from the secondary on the defensive side, and the offense as a whole coming into the game against Notre Dame. They could very well put all of the questions that we have about them to rest.

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I believe they might get exposed to Notre Dame after playing an easy first quarter of their schedule. Ian Book and the Irish just played one of the toughest SEC schools close on the road and will be hungry to get on track again.

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