It’s officially game week! Get ready for Notre Dame’s upcoming Citrus Bowl showdown with LSU by watching some highlights of Notre Dame’s last win over LSU in a bowl just three years ago.
It wasn’t that long ago that a Notre Dame team that suffered through a November collapse limped into the 2014 Music City Bowl to take on a LSU team that few gave it a chance to beat. The Irish, in one of Brian Kelly’s best coaching jobs at Notre Dame, utilized a dual quarterback system featuring Malik Zaire’s legs and Everett Golson’s arm to take down the Tigers thanks to a last second Kyle Brindza field goal. And Les Miles’s inexplicable decision to leave Leonard Fournette on the sidelines for much of the second half.
Much like this year with Notre Dame limping into the bowl game, many thought that LSU would roll over the Irish. Notre Dame was in the thick of the College Football Playoff race at the start of November only to suffer four straight defeats to end the season – at Arizona State, vs. Northwestern, vs. Louisville, and at USC.
Notre Dame’s November collapse this year wasn’t quite as dramatic but after a blowout loss to Miami and a rough loss to Stanford in a game in which they led in the 4th quarter; not much is expected of the Irish by most pundits next week.
We’ll have more on this game over the next several days, but for now, enjoy the highlights of the 2014 Music City Bowl.
Frank Vitovitch has been Co-Owner and Editor in Chief of UHND.com since joining forces with Kyle Flavin in 1999. Since that time, he has written over 2,000 articles covering Notre Dame football, recruiting, and basketball. He also works with all staff and external writers on all articles published on UHND.com. Frank's love for Notre Dame football started at a young age watching Rocket Ismail give opposing coaches ulcers in the late 1980's. By day Frank works in marketing and holds a degree in Digital Media from Drexel University. Frank's work has been cited by online/print editions of NBC Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated and has been quoted on air by ESPN's Collin Cowherd. He's conducted interviews with Notre Dame legends Rocket Ismail, Randy Kinder, Lee Becton, Reggie Brooks, Michael Stonebreaker, and Ned Bolcar among others over his 20+ years of covering Notre Dame football. He's also been published in the print edition of USA Today Sports Weekly and the USA Today College Football Preview multiple times. Other Published Works/Citations for Frank Three Reasons Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama - USA Today Notre Dame Suspends WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes Indefinitely - Bleacher Report Notre Dame / Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Preview - Eleven Warriors Brace Yourself: The Fighting Irish are Relevant Again - Sports on Earth Interviews with the Enemy: A Q&A with Frank Vitovitch of UHND - Yahoo! Sports Five Good Minutes: Notre Dame Football Preview With UHND.com - BC Interruption Vicious Electronic Questioning with UHND - MGO Blog
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Keep in mind, the Irish are 1-0 vs. Orgeron when He took over the reins at Troy. Let’s make it 2-0.