Let's talk about the run game for the

Let's talk about the run game for the Notre Dame offense

because that is, I mean, look, we're going to get into the past game and why it needs to improve and can it improve and how it can improve and all that kind of stuff.

But the reality is Notre Dame's success this season on offense is going to be driven first and foremost by its ability to run the football.

And that isn't even about the past game or Riley Leonard. That's what Marcus Freeman has said every time he talks about his offense from the minute he's been hired. We're going

to run the football. We're going to run the football. We're going to run a football. Okay, well,

this is one of those years where, yeah, you need to be able to run the football, especially early on while your, while your past game finds its way, and it hasn't done so yet.

And you look at the two, it is funny, Notre Dame has been way better against power

of five teams this year than they were against the Mac team.

Notre Dame only ran for 123 yards against Northern Illinois, 4.4 yards per carry.

Against Texas A&M, they ran 198 yards, 5.8 yards per carry.

And against Purdue, a big 10 team, they ran for 362 yards and 8.2 yards per carry and went for six

touchdowns.

It was Notre Dame's best offensive performance since the Stanford game late last season.

And it was, if you look at the last going back to 2021, going back to 2020.

Let's see here.

It was, go to 2019.

So 2018.

So since in 2018,

Notre Dame ran for 365 yards against Florida State.

Since then,

the two best rushing performances that Notre Dame has had from a yard standpoint

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