College Football Week 9 Picks: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Oklahoma Sooners (Video)

[Jeff Grant]

[Jeff Grant]

Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma


-QB Everett Golson, committed three turnovers in his last game against Stanford, didn’t play versus BYU (Tommy Rees)
-Been replaced in two close games, missed a series due to tardiness
-Zero turnovers at Michigan State


-Oklahoma lost the turnover battle 3-0 versus the Kansas State Wildcats (24-19 loss as 15.5-point home favorites)
-Gone 34-1 at home under Bob Stoops in non-conference games, including 17 straight wins
-Sooners are 57-2 under Stoops in Norman when holding opponents to less than 20 points, including 27 straight victories
Over the last three games (plus-six turnover differential)
-Tied for first in the nation in red zone scoring (97 percent, getting points on 32 of 33 trips)
-Allowed just 11 trips inside the red zone, fewest in the nation
-Landry Jones, Kenny Stills


-”When you have a game between two top-10 teams, they’re a factor.....They were a factor earlier this season with us.”
-Five losses in 2011 (minus-13 turnover differential, 19-6)
-Special teams, Oklahoma is the only team in the country that ranks in the top six in kickoff return and punt return average
-ND is 93rd and 111th in those categories

[bane]

First time I've watched a Jeff Grant vid. Really appreciated the points on turnovers & the importance of special teams in a solid defensive match-up. Went heavy on Oklahoma as soon as the lines opened so I could be biased... Still, really insightful.

[Jeff Grant]

First time I've watched a Jeff Grant vid. Really appreciated the points on turnovers & the importance of special teams in a solid defensive match-up. Went heavy on Oklahoma as soon as the lines opened so I could be biased... Still, really insightful.

Thank you - good luck today

[Jeff Grant]

Anybody getting down on ND this afternoon?