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Notre Dame Football: 3 reasons the Irish will upset BYU in Week 6

By Danny McCormick

Sep 10, 2022; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman leads his team onto the field for the game against the Marshall Thundering Herd at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2022; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman leads his team onto the field for the game against the Marshall Thundering Herd at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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COLUMBUS, OHIO – SEPTEMBER 03: Audric Estime #7 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrates after scoring a rushing touchdown in the second quarter of a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on September 03, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OHIO – SEPTEMBER 03: Audric Estime #7 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrates after scoring a rushing touchdown in the second quarter of a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on September 03, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images) /

2. Notre Dame football’s rushing attack

Notre Dame is coming off a game against North Carolina where they ran the ball extremely well. The Irish ran for 287 yards against the Tar Heels.

BYU has an impressive defensive unit, but at the same time their weakness is stopping the run. The Cougars defense comes into this matchup against Notre Dame as the 93rd best team in the country stopping the run. Utah State was able to run for 204 yards last week, and Oregon was able to run for 212 yards against BYU a few weeks ago.

The Irish have a strong trio of running backs in Audric Estime, Chris Tyree, and Logan Diggs. Estime is coming off his best game in blue and gold rushing for 134 yards on 17 carries, and two touchdowns.

Their three running backs allow them to rotate in and out to stay fresh out there on the field. The offensive line seems to finally be playing as a unit really opening up the holes for the backs which should continue on Saturday.

Notre Dame will able to run the ball to set up the pass when the time is right. Running the ball successfully allows Rees and the offense to burning clock and keep Hall and the BYU offense on the sideline.

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