{"id":104242,"date":"2022-10-21T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/staff-picks-unlv-notre-dame\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T23:47:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T23:47:00","slug":"staff-picks-unlv-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/staff-picks-unlv-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks: UNLV @ Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>\u201cThe truth is, you don&#8217;t learn from success, you learn from failure.\u201d \u2014 George Clooney<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">We are halfway through the 2022 football season, can you believe it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Marcus Freeman&#8217;s first year as head coach has not gone as expected.  The Irish stand at 3-3 with, yet, another first-time opponent coming into Notre Dame Stadium looking for a signature win and receiving a big payout of $1.35 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Like you, I have 1.35 million thoughts on why Notre Dame is 3-3 and whether the team will have a chance to play in a recognizably known bowl game this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">But save that last thought for the end of the season.  Right now the Irish need to focus on UNLV and get a win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Notre Dame&#8217;s mindset for winning began with \u201cfinishing games\u201d, which led to \u201cexecuting on every play\u201d to, now, focusing on getting off to a \u201cquick start\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> Based on my observations and conversations with select players and coaches this week, Notre Dame used the Fall Break to focus on correcting mistakes and getting off to a quick start and I believe it will show against the Rebels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> UNLV (4-3) will come into Notre Dame Stadium and play above and beyond their season record (although at this time quarterback Doug Brumfield, 8 TDs and 1,231 passing yards, is listed as day-to-day due to a concussion) and will get a few jabs in before the Irish pull away to win this one by decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> Getting off to that quick start and establishing a run game that will wear down the Rebel defense will be the difference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> <b>Prediction: <\/b>The Irish will even their home record at 2-2 and head into the Syracuse game at 4-3 <b>with a 38-14 win over UNLV.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> How will it happen? <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> Two touchdown passes to Michael Mayer and one to Braden Lenzy, with rushing touchdowns being scored by Audric Estime and Logan Diggs to go along with a 46-yard FG by Blake Grupe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Len&#8217;s Tailgate Tip<\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>  (Sloppy Joes<\/b><\/span><b>)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-4\">\n    if(typeof fbq === 'undefined') {\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n        n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.defer=1;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n        document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '320233411816140');\n        fbq('init', '1575186632756631');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe truth is, you don&#8217;t learn from success, you learn from failure.\u201d \u2014 George Clooney We are halfway through the 2022 football season, can you believe it? Marcus Freeman&#8217;s first year as head coach has not gone as expected. The Irish stand at 3-3 with, yet, another first-time opponent coming into Notre Dame Stadium looking &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/staff-picks-unlv-notre-dame\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Staff Picks: UNLV @ Notre Dame<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108334,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tigerillustrated-house-of-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":104242,"position":0},"title":"TigerIllustrated &#8211; House of cards?","date":"October 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"OUR STOREWIDE FLASH SALE: ovary 3,500 officially-licensed CLEMSON apparel\/gear items ON SALE (some 65% OFF) at The Tiger Fan Shop HERE! 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