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Three reasons each why Notre Dame or Texas will win

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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With only a few hours left until kickoff, here are three reason why Notre Dame will win tonight’s game against Texas. And three reasons why Texas will win.

Think of these as the keys to the game. They are really more three reasons why each team should win than absolute certainties. But if either side can effectively limit the impact of any of these reasons, then we should have ourselves an interesting matchup.

Ultimately, both sides are too much in a state of flux to call it definitively either way, and while Irish fans may be tempted to think the team’s surplus of talent will be enough, the opening week of college football can be weird, and Notre Dame has lost to worse teams before. (South Florida 2011, anyone?)

Why Notre Dame will win

Why Texas will win

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