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<description><![CDATA[Trust the Process: I’ll be using a standard format across all Chop’s Takes: I’ll take a look at the returning production (keeping in mind the evaluation of talent applicable to each ACC Program) and compare to each team they face on their schedule. I’ll look at the opponent faced the week before, that game’s final … </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="https://allsportsdiscussion.com/2018/08/03/chops-takes-notre-dame/">Continue reading »</a>]]></description>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Trust the Process:</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll be using a standard format across all Chop’s Takes:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll take a look at</span><a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/1/31/16950222/2018-ncaa-football-returning-starters-experience"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the returning production</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (keeping in mind the evaluation of talent applicable to each ACC Program) and compare to each team they face on their schedule.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll look at the opponent faced the week before, that game’s final score, and days passed before the current game being evaluated.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll take a look at the opponent the ACC team faces after the present game, considering look-ahead games and rivalries, and days separating that game from the present.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll weigh advantages of home versus away games for each game.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where possible, I’ll take into consideration potential weather considerations (not Hurricanes or other natural disasters but rather seasonal conditions).</span></li>
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<h1 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Notre Dame’s 2018 Football Schedule:</b></h1>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Michigan (September 1st, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. EST at home)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television: NBC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: N/A</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Western Michigan (September 8th, 2018 12:00 P.M. EST at home on FS1)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Rivalry Game</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame LOSS</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This isn’t quite the start the Fighting Irish will expect, especially in prime time at their home stadium. However, I believe Michigan is the real deal this season (and with an experienced quarterback at the helm no less). While the Fighting Irish field one of the top defenses in the country, they’ll also field one of the least experienced offenses as well. Michigan, on the other hand, is loaded with experience and talent on both sides of the ball. This’ll prove to overcome a significant home field advantage for the Irishmen. This game will be a close one, but Michigan gets the slight edge.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ball State (September 8th, 2018 3:30 P.M. EST at home)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television: NBC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Central CT State (August 30th, 2018 7:o0 P.M. EST at home on ESPN+)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Indiana (September 15th, 2018 12:00 P.M. EST away on BTN)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Notre Dame will want payback after their loss to Michigan at home. Ball State is the victim, and unfortunately, does not wield near the same talent as Notre Dame. This one should be an easy win.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Vanderbilt (September 15th, 2018 2:30 P.M. EST at home)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Nevada (September 8th, 2018 12:00 P.M. EST at home on SECN)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: South Carolina (September 22nd, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television: NBC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notre Dame is on a roll now, and with the superior talent, should snatch another win against Vanderbilt at home. Vanderbilt, while on the rise as a program, simply isn’t at the same competitive level as the Fighting Irish in a road environment. The talent on defense alone should stall a young Vanderbilt offense. I anticipate this game might prove to be ugly for the Commodores.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Wake Forest (September 22nd, 2018 away)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Boston College (September 15th 7:30 P.M. EST at home on ESPN)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Rice (September 29th, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame LOSS</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes I am going out on a limb here and calling the UPSET! However, this isn’t all that far-fetched if you actually take a look at Notre Dame’s schedule. Notre Dame has arguably the best defense in the country this season. However, their offense will be middle-of-the-road or potentially bad. They’re lacking leadership on that side of the ball. Wake Forest is a sneaky-good Atlantic team nestled unsuspectingly in-between Vanderbilt and a titanic match-up versus Stanford. I think the Demon Deacons will catch the Irish looking-ahead at just the right time. Under any other circumstance, the Irish would win. In this scenario, I suspect the Demon Deacons will crash the Catholic party in Winston-Salem!</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Stanford (September 29th, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. EST at home)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Oregon (September 22nd, 2018 away)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Utah (October 6th, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Television: NBC</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stanford has a young team this year, and travelling to Notre Dame is never an easy task. I believe, for this reason, that Notre Dame will utterly crush the Stanford Cardinals after, again, an utterly embarrassing loss to Wake Forest.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Virginia Tech (October 6th, 2018 away)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Duke (September 29th, 2018 away)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: North Carolina (October 13th, 2018 away)</span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame LOSS</b></h4>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blacksburg is a notoriously tough place to play, and I believe the Fighting Irish won’t anticipate as tough a fight as they’ll get from Virginia Tech. The Hokies are a balanced enough team that I fully expect they can score on Notre Dame and also hold Notre Dame from scoring enough points in Blacksburg that the Hokies will walk away from the game victorious. Tough break for the Fighting Irish this season, after hopes of a Playoff berth. If only they were affiliated with a Conference in Football…</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pittsburgh (October 13th, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. EST at home)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Syracuse (October 6th, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Duke (October 27th, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Television: NBC</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is a no-brainer. Travelling to Notre Dame is always tough, and the Fighting Irish simply have too much of a talent advantage for Pitt to overcome. Despite questions on offense, their unparalleled defense should win the day. Notre Dame will simply out-pace Pitt at home.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Navy (October 27th, 2018 8:00 P.M. EST at neutral )</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Television: CBS</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Houston (October 20th, 2018 3:30 P.M. EST at home on CBSSN)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Cincinnati (November 3rd, 2018 away)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Rivalry Game</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Navy isn’t returning much experience on either side of the ball. While Notre Dame is fighting for a strong bowl appearance, they’ll still have plenty of experience and overwhelming talent to easily win this rivalry game.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Northwestern (November 3rd, 2018 away)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Television: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Wisconsin (October 27th, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Iowa (November 10th, 2018 away)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Despite playing at Northwestern, the simple on-field talent and returning experience alone should be enough for Notre Dame to pack-away this team. Even the look-ahead for Florida State won’t stop the Irish from winning this match-up with relative ease.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Florida State (November 10th, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. EST away)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Television: NBC</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: NC State (November 3rd, 2018 away)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Boston College (November 17th, 2018 at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The three game stretch for the Noles will be rough. I believe Notre Dame will be talented enough that, when facing the Noles at home in the fall season, they’ll have a definitive home-field advantage. They’ll also be motivated to beat the Noles at this point in the season, and have them in a good spot to achieve victory. I think they’ll do just that. Sorry Seminole Nation.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Syracuse (November 17th, 2018 2:30 P.M. EST neutral)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Television: NBC</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: Louisville (Friday November 9th, 2018 7:00 P.M. EST at home)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: Boston College (November 24th, 2018 Rivalry away) </span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></h4>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notre Dame might have a less than veteran offense this season, however the talent alone should be sufficient to handle Syracuse. Their defense is bar-none in the country in regards to returning production. It matters little the dynamic offense Dino pushes at Syracuse against the talent Notre Dame has. The neutral site doesn’t help Syracuse, despite being located in New York: Notre Dame fans are all over the country! I just don’t see any way Syracuse can win this game. Great down the close, Irishmen!</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b>USC (November 24th, 2018 away)</b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previous Game: UCLA (November 17th, 2018 away)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following Game: N/A</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rivalry Game</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Prediction: Notre Dame WIN</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Irish have close the season in a definitively strong manner. USC is lacking in returning experience, albeit a talented corps. Notre Dame has all the talent and experience needed to survive and win in a tough road environment at USC. I expect they’ll do so here. While not the season Notre Dame fans would expect, their total win-loss record is strong, given the schedule. They’re definitely one of the better teams in the country, this season.</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><b>My Predicted 2018 Regular Season Record for Notre Dame: 9-3 (3-2 ACC)</b></h3>
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<description><![CDATA[Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men’s Basketball Fans!!! Obviously, you’ve heard this by now, but basically the entire state of North Carolina ACC teams lost their basketball games this past weekend – and we’re talking Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Wake Forest. As such, Tobacco Road dropped in our poll. We have … </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="https://allsportsdiscussion.com/2014/01/13/acc-hoops-power-poll-january-13-2014/">Continue reading »</a>]]></description>
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<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-67ed1e6a-8e67-891a-2656-48d0c50c868f" style="text-align: justify;">Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men’s Basketball Fans!!!</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, you’ve heard this by now, but basically the entire state of North Carolina ACC teams lost their basketball games this past weekend – and we’re talking Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Wake Forest. As such, Tobacco Road dropped in our poll. We have some very blunt comments, here, too – so we apologize in advance.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Without further ado, here we go:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Syracuse – We’ve said this before, but the Orangemen are the best team in the ACC and it’s not close… my only question is when will we be talking about the region where Syracuse will get that one seed.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Pittsburgh – Is Jamie Dixon an early coach of the year candidate in ACC? Yes, it’s 100% way early – but if the season ended today, his name would be in play. <a href="http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10283311/durand-johnson-pitt-panthers-season-torn-acl">Can they survive ACC play without Durand Johnson</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Duke – The Devils finally started getting some production out of their guards (we are fans of Parker and Hood). Duke bounced back quite well vs. the Hoos on Monday (when the Dukies get embarrassed, they generally come back)</p>
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<li dir="ltr">Virginia – The Hoos are playing like the team everyone thought they would at the beginning of the year. The Cavaliers ran a clinic on the Wolfies – winning by 31. Lots of teams will lose at Duke – we don’t consider this an unacceptable loss… Virginia showed guts on the road at Cameron.</li>
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<p dir="ltr">Florida State – Leonard Hamilton is a two-time ACC coach of the year award winner – and you can see why. Had the best week of any team – nice road win at Clemson – and demolishing the Terps at home.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">North Carolina – Tar Heels basically scored a history low in the shot clock era vs. Syracuse. That’s what an active 2-3 zone will do to you.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Clemson – Meet the new grinders of the ACC. Tigers are always going to play tough defense. If the offense improves over these next few weeks, you could see the Tigers being a trendy team to name be watching on Selection Sunday (not saying they make it at all, but if they continue playing the way they are now, then you will be watching for their name).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Notre Dame – I was bullish on Notre Dame – and I was wrong – they are going to miss Jerian Grant (in a big way).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Maryland – The Terps better start defending the three-point shot or they are going to drop even further in this poll.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Miami – Meet the team that’s improved every week of the season – that’s what good coaching from Jim Larranaga can do for you.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">North Carolina State – Losing by 31 at home? Really, Wolfies?!?!?! SMH!!!</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Georgia Tech – The Jackets are severely underrated – and could find themselves in the top 10 of this poll if they continue on last week’s success with the W over the Irish.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Wake Forest – Jeff Bzdelik is 1-26 in ACC road games (and 2-49 in road games dating back to his tenure at Colorado). Let’s say that again – that’s one win and 26 losses in ACC road games (!!!!!!!).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Boston College – The Eagles won the cellar dweller battle in Blacksburg this past Saturday. That’s the only reason they vacated our site poll cellar spot.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Virginia Tech – The Hokies only have a few chances for ACC wins – and blew one vs. Boston College this past Saturday. <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/vah/">Take a look at the schedule here</a>. There aren’t many opportunities for ACC wins for the Hokies. Maybe Miami or Wake Forest? Maybe Maryland if lucky at home? Miami has improved every game, though (the Virginia Tech has not). Do the Hokies have have the juice to win vs. Wake Forest? Thinking Virginia Tech will max out at three ACC wins – would be surprised if it was higher than that number – would not be surprised if it was lower.</p>
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