After 打開 vs. Clemson, BC ぼんやり現れるs for Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - For all that Notre Dame has 遂行するd in 11 seasons under Brian Kelly, the Fighting Irish at their best always seem to be just a little いっそう少なく than the best of the best in college football.
Wherever the line was drawn between the エリート and the 単に excellent programs, Notre Dame was on the wrong 味方する.
How else to explain 0-5 against 最高の，を越す-five teams and big-行う／開催する／段階 beatdowns by Alabama in the BCS 選手権 and Clemson in the College Football プレーオフ?
The 打開 victory finally （機の）カム Saturday night for Kelly's Irish, a 47-40 thriller that knocked Clemson from No. 1 in the AP 最高の，を越す 25 and 始める，決める off a wild 祝賀 at Notre Dame Stadium.
After it was over, Kelly said the Irish were not out to make a 声明.
"Look, all the narratives that are out there and whatever is said, you know, talked about, that doesn´t help you 勝利，勝つ this game," said Kelly, who is now 99-37 at Notre Dame. "What we´re excited about and what we´re celebrating is that we played with an incredible 焦点（を合わせる） and 解決する. Those are things that we work on to try to be successful and 勝利，勝つ football games.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly leads the team out of the tunnel for an NCAA college football game against Clemson on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. (Matt Cashore/Pool Photo 経由で AP)
Kelly and his players can downplay it all they want, but Notre Dame had not beaten a No. 1 階級d team since 1993 against Florida 明言する／公表する, and 27 years was a long time to wait for college football's most storied program.
（警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Clemson 押し進めるd the Fighting Irish (7-0, 6-0 ACC) to No. 2 in the AP 投票, their best 最高位の since 2012, when they reached the BCS 肩書を与える game unbeaten only to get trounced by Alabama.
"We´ve got a 的 on our 支援するs now," Kelly said. "The real challenge now is to keep this football team 加速するing."
A ちらりと見ること at the schedule continued to 支援する memories of 1993 for Notre Dame fans.
Next up for the Irish is Boston College (5-3, 4-3). The 指名する David Gordon most certainly （犯罪の）一味s a bell with Notre Dame fans of a 確かな age.
It was Gordon´s 41-yard field goal as time 満了する／死ぬd in South Bend on Nov. 20, 1993, that gave Boston College a 41-39 victory over the 最高の，を越す-階級d Fighting Irish a week after they knocked off No. 1 Florida 明言する／公表する.
The upset cost the Fighting Irish a 国家の 選手権 and a 類似の slip-up could give 支援する so much of what they have 伸び（る）d by （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Clemson.
New coach Jeff Hafley has the Eagles overachieving behind a familiar 直面する to the Fighting Irish. BC quarterback Phil Jurkovec is a 移転 from Notre Dame.
Jurkovec was stuck behind Ian 調書をとる／予約する, who had maybe the game of his career against Clemson.
The fifth-year 上級の threw for 310 yards and a game-tying touchdown with 22 seconds left in 規則 and ran for 67 yards.
"Coach Kelly （機の）カム up to me and said this is your game to 勝利，勝つ," 調書をとる／予約する said. "It's a night I'm never going to forget. 明白に, we have to go play a really good team next week. You enjoy that 勝利，勝つ tonight ... but starting tomorrow we have a new 対抗者."
While 調書をとる／予約する and Kyren Williams (140 yards and three touchdowns) operated efficiently behind one of the best 不快な／攻撃 lines in the country, Notre Dame's 弁護 made the difference-making plays that the エリート teams always seem to make against the Irish in the biggest games.
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah had his own personal 10-point run in the second ４半期/4分の1 when he returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown and 軍隊d another fumble on the next 所有／入手 to 始める，決める up a field goal.
In the second overtime, Notre Dame 解雇（する）d Clemson's DJ Uiagalelei on 連続した plays to 事実上 調印（する） the victory.
Kelly, who grew up a Fighting Irish fan outside Boston, is 井戸／弁護士席 aware of the 競争 with the Eagles.
He is 6-0 against Boston College as Notre Dame´s coach, 含むing a 40-7 victory last November in South Bend. A victory Saturday would be his 100th at Notre Dame, tying him with Lou Holtz, the last Irish coach to 勝利，勝つ a 国家の 肩書を与える, behind Knute Rockne´s 105.
"We got so much more work to do," Kelly said. "Boston College is going to be a challenge for us. I´ve got to get this football team 支援する up, emotionally ready to play."
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Notre Dame wide receiver Javon McKinley (88) 反応するs after a catch during the third ４半期/4分の1 against Clemson in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. (Matt Cashore/Pool Photo 経由で AP)
Notre Dame safety Shaun Crawford (20) celebrates after Notre Dame 敗北・負かすd Clemson 47-40 in two overtimes during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. (Matt Cashore/Pool Photo 経由で AP)
