re: Notre Dame remaining schedule

No undefeated power team will ever get left out of the playoff.

We've probably already played the best team we'll play this year and will play the second-best on the schedule this weekend. It's unfortunate that the schedule worked out like that, but it wasn't for lack of quality names on the schedule.

That said, there are still plenty of landmines left on that schedule, and I'd put the likelihood of us running the table at 20% or less (probably 35% or less if we win this weekend). While none of those teams are great, none of them are goddawful, either, except for maybe FSU.

We looked a lot better with Book this past weekend, but I don't trust him against high level defenses. The defense is still pretty damn stout. We'll see, I guess.