Notre Dame dominated Washington on Saturday. The Huskies kept it close for a while, but they just made too many mistakes to hang with the Irish, and Darius Walker, Brady Quinn, and Jeff Samardzija put on a show in the second half.
Quinn looked very sharp, and Walker got 128 yards rushing, but the big performance of the day was Samadrzija's. He made some huge catches and came up with 164 receiving yards.
The Irish look like they have some of the best receivers/tight ends in the country with Samardzija and Fasano. They also have one of the best running games.
The only missing is pass defense, and it was really missing again on Saturday. Notre Dame shut down Washington's running game except for a couple of big runs late in the game. But the Huskies' QB Stanback threw for 353 yards. This has to be a big concern with USC coming to town in 3 weeks.
If the Irish can take care of business against Washington State, it will set up a huge showdown with the Trojans. No matter what else happens this season, a win over USC would be would show that Notre Dame is all the way back and ready to compete for the national title.
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