Welcome to Irish Illustrated Instant Analysis, brought to you by the RV Manufactured Housing Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana.

I am Tim O'Malley with Tim Priest of Irish Illustrated and John Bryce of Football Scoop,

and we are outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Recent House of Horrors a bit for Notre Dame fans, but that doesn't matter as much today as the health of Jeremiah Love's knee,

Abdul Carter's shoulder,

and of course, Notre Dame's ability to stop the run and run the football.

It has been the key to success in this extensive run

to the college football playoff semifinal.

I think what I'm looking for first and foremost is

and Tim you and I talked about this

as we were waiting to come out here to Hard Rock Stadium.

Can Nordame hit its mark?

You know, they've invested a lot.

We've talked about the loss of personnel.

Can they hit their mark tonight?

Can they do it without Jeremiah Love?

That's a good question to be answered here as well.

I think they can keep in mind, and John you point us out, Penn State's playing an extra game.

They play an extra game in the last month.

So can Penn State hit their mark?

But looking at it from Notre Dame Dame's perspective they need to play good

football protect the football and put their best foot forward here against Penn State and in talking

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