re: Eason will start vs Vandy?

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Eason has played and beat better teams than Fromm has seen.

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Notre dame is better than any team we beat last year.

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Fromm didn't play the Notre Dame offense... so if we're simply evaluating defenses faced, this isn't remotely accurate.

2016 Florida and Auburn were absolutely better defenses than 2017 Notre Dame. They've had a nice turnaround from 2016, but not by that much. Florida and Auburn finished as top 10 teams defensively last season according to S&P+ among other metrics. Notre Dame is sitting at about 18th right now with the meat of their schedule ahead of them. They likely finish about 25-35th when all is said and done. A good team, but not equivalent defensively to some of the other teams that we faced last year, and definitely not in the same league as Auburn this year.