Originally Posted by
thomorino
Notre Dame's schedule was a joke last year - they were ranked top 10 before they got obliterated by a good but not great Miami team and they barely finished the season ranked. USC wasn't impressive last year either, Darnold was already preparing for the NFL. NC State was an interesting team, but if you look at their stats last year, the offense was garbage on the road, MSU's offense was bad.
Patterson was in his first full year starting last year and he wasn't always consistent, but Harbaugh is a good offensive mind, and I think he will make Patterson better.