The following is a listing of the significant milestones related to this season, to this point.
Prior to/during the 2024 season Notre Dame:
•Had never beaten Texas A&M in College Station ✔️
•Had largest win vs Purdue in the series history ✔️
•Had largest win vs FSU in the series history ✔️
•Finished regular season in Top 3 for both Defensive PPG and Points Scored ✔️
•Ranked #1 in nation in defensive take aways ✔️
•Had never played in (or won) a home CFP game ✔️
•Had never won neutral site CFP game ✔️
•Had never won more than 12 games in a season ✔️
•Had not won a NY6 Bowl Game since the 1993/94 Cotton Bowl ✔️
•Had not beaten a Top 10 team in the post-season since Jan 1st, 1994 ✔️
•Had not beaten a Top 5 team in the post-season since Jan 1st, 1993 ✔️
•Had not beaten a Top 5 SEC team in the post-season since Jan 1st, 1992 ✔️
•Had never beaten Georgia ✔️
•Had never won multiple Bowl Games in the same season ✔️
•Had their most Top 10 wins since the 1993 season ✔️
•Had their best record vs ranked teams (7-0) since the inception of AP Poll in 1936 (the '89 team was 6-1 vs ranked teams) ✔️
•Had their most Top 5 wins since the 1988 season ✔️
•Have not won the National Championship
since the 1988 season ___
•Have not beaten Tosu since the 1936 season ___
I don't know how the game is going to go on Monday night. Tosu has a Great team and I don't see the "How?" of us beating them, but I know these 4 things:
1) this team just beat the #8, #2, and #4 ranked teams in three consecutive games
2) this team has won 13 straight games for the longest winning streak in the Nation
3) I won't believe this run can be stopped until I see it, so Tosu is going to have to show me the "How?" of them beating us
4) Jeremiah Love is really danged good and I have a Sharpie standing by with just enough ink for two more Check Marks
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Put the boots to them
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This is not the first ND team to finish in the top-3 of defensive PPG and offensive PPG
The great 1966 National Champions - the greatest ND team that I ever watched play - finished the regular season ranked #1 in both defensive PPG and offensive PPG.
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5) Shove a regulation football up Ryan Day's behind.
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Can't leave the wife out.