I think Notre Dame will win big but not cover because of two reasons.
First Brian Kelly's long standing relationship with BVG. He will not want to embarrass him too much.
Second, the entire second half may be used for player evaluation. We may see every corner and LB on the roster, as well as every running back, OL and WR on the roster. And, as has been stated earlier, I think we will see a lot of Jurkovec, as well as other QBs.
Just one man's opinion.