ATLANTA — As No. 7 Notre Dame prepared to face No. 8 Ohio State in Monday night’s CFP National Championship presented by AT&T, the Fighting Irish didn’t have to go back too far to find a blueprint for slowing down the Buckeyes’ high-powered offense.
Notre Dame’s defense watched film of Michigan ‘s 13-10 upset of then-No. 2 Ohio State on Nov. 30 more than once over the past eight days.
“We watched a lot of film on that game,” Irish defensive lineman Junior Tuihalamaka said. “It definitely helped us on what we’ve got to stop, but there’s other games that they’ve shown some weaknesses. We’ll definitely take advantage of watching that film and keep that same mentality that we always have.”…