Pick o' the Irish: Week 4 September 24, 2009
by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett
Like Notre Dame itself, we're 2-1 here on our weekly Irish picks, one play away from being 3-0. Let's see if we can't build some momentum:
Notre Dame 38, Purdue 27: Yeah, it will be a raucous crowd with the night game, and yes,
Michael Floyd's injury and
Jimmy Clausen's turf toe may slow down the Irish. But that doesn't change the fact that Purdue lost to Northern Illinois at home last week. OK, it was a classic trap game between the Oregon loss and Notre Dame coming up, but it was still Northern Illinois. At home.
The Boilermakers can score and running back
Ralph Bolden should test the Irish's weak defensive front. But Notre Dame owns an overall talent advantage that can't be ignored. For the first time in three weeks, Charlie Weis won't have to sweat out the final minute.
