Notre Dame Football: 3 takeaways from blowout win in Camping World Bowl

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ORLANDO, FL – DECEMBER 28: Brock Purdy #15 of the Iowa State Cyclones throws a pass while warming up before the Camping World Bowl against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Camping World Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

2. Notre Dame shot down any comeback hope

It was noted in the pregame that the Iowa State Cyclones lost four of their five games by a total of 11 points. What wasn’t noted were two things about the Cyclones. First, they dug themselves huge holes in two of those games. They were down 20-0 against Baylor before they came roaring back. They were down 35-14 to the Oklahoma Sooners before they scratched and clawed their way to making that a game.

The Iowa State Cyclones have even had a tendency to let teams back into games they were winning. They’ve shot themselves in the foot with turnovers and inefficient play all season. The difference between today and most of the season is Notre Dame decided not to allow the Cyclones back into the game.

The Cyclones turned the ball over twice early and never got on track the rest of the game. The Irish took advantage of their turnovers scoring 10 points.

Notre Dame did a fantastic job establishing the line of scrimmage not allowing the Iowa State run game to get going. The lack of a running game made the Cyclones inefficient offensively. They were unable to sustain drives and took away second-team All-American tight end Charlie Kolar in the passing game.

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