Urban Meyer Is On The Notre Dame Bandwagon

The former Notre Dame assistant and future Hall of Fame head coach thinks Notre Dame is a playoff team

Notre Dame enters the 2020 season with high expectations, which is always the case for the Fighting Irish, and especially so when they enter the season as a preseason Top 10 squad.

Former Ohio State and Florida head coach Urban Meyer, who was an assistant coach at Notre Dame from 1996-2000, believes Notre Dame will return to the College Football Playoff in 2020. 

The future Hall of Famer is a believer in the Irish this season for a number of reasons, including the fact Notre Dame will be playing in the ACC this season.

"I am all in on the Notre Dame bandwagon," Meyer said in a roundtable discussion on Fox Sports. "Notre Dame will be favored in all but one, they're in a conference right now that's struggling, and the SEC's going to beat each other up. At the end of the day I really believe Notre Dame and Clemson will be standing tall in the playoffs."

During the offseason, Meyer laid out the traits that are needed for a team to contend for a title in what has been the wildest and most chaotic offseason in modern history. He sees Notre Dame as possessing all those needed attributes.

"Notre Dame has an excellent coach, a very strong culture, he's recruited well," Meyer explained. "Preseason we talked about; strong culture, returning offensive system and returning quarterback. Check the marks. I know they've gone through [offensive coordinators], that's Brian Kelly's offense, and it should be, he's that good of a coach."

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