All right, Brian. The last facet of the game that we're going to talk about here is going to be

keys for the defense, which this has been the matchup that everybody's talking about,

that high-powered Ohio State receiving core and the big play Ohio State offense

versus a really stingy, very selfish.

And I say that as a compliment, a very stingy, very selfish

Notre Dame defense. So, Brian, getting things kicked off here for us. Key number one, what does

Notre Dame's defense have to do to win this football game? Well, according to the national media

prey a lot, but, no, I'm just kidding. Shut down the run game.

I mean, look, we've talked about this before, Trev.

Ohio State is going to get, they're going to get someone in the past game.

They're going to hit some plays in the past game.

When they become really incredibly hard to stop is when there's balance there.

When they're able to kind of gash you with the run and rip off,

you know, it's like they're hitting you with the past game and all of a sudden,

eight-yard run, 12-yard run, 15-yard run, and they're just gashing you at the past game.

And the first two keys are going to kind of go together,

but the first one is simple.

It's make them one is simple. It's making one dimensional.

You're going to have a much better shot at stopping their passing game if you're

dominating their run game with your box.

That means a great performance from the D-line.

That means great performance from the linebackers, you know, that are defending the run.

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