Notre Dame vs. Boston College report card

But the defense can be commended for one thing. They forced five turnovers (three picks, and two fumble recoveries). None bigger than Brian Smith’s pick with the game on the line.    Grade: C+

Special Teams:

Nick Tausch was perfect on his only two attempts. Ben Turk kept busy, punting it six times, the most in his young career. 

They called another fake field goal which looked great and went for a touchdown, but was negated by a blatant holding penalty. Grade:  B

Overall: 

The Irish need to win out the rest of the way to be in contention for an at-large BCS bid. They didn’t play their best ball but started the second half of the season the way they wanted to, by collecting a W.   

But most importantly, they ended their embarrassing six game losing streak to Boston College. Grade: B

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