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Ryan Harris and Emory Hunt join CBS Sports HQ to break down the upcoming CFP Quarterfinal matchup between Notre Dame and Georgia.
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CBS Sports HQ is presented by BFF for Property Restoration here with former Louisiana running back emry hunt let’s welcome in former Notre Dame offensive tackle the standout and Super Bowl champion Ryan Harris who joins us from South Bend and Ryan give us your perspective here because you were at the game you called the game and and how cool was it to be there for the first playoff game in South Bend everybody felt it they had towels like this that they gave to everybody so it looked a little bit like Pittsburgh they had special hats and t-shirts for the day but more than anything it was picturesque for South Bend in December started with snowfall in the morning some flurries came in during the game it was a one-of-a-kind atmosphere Indiana had about 20,000 fans in the stand so it was a mixed group of fans but it was a wonderful game and a wonderful start to the college football playoff season Notre Dame gives up two late fourth quarter touchdowns and Marcus Freeman said I’m glad it it happened because it humbled us a and we’ll need to be that way going into the game against Georgia what stood out to you what’s your biggest take away from this win against Indiana Riley Leonard’s the right quarterback at the right moment for Notre Dame he made gutsy throws throughout the night and got hit three times while still completing the football stayed in the pocket was able to use his legs to be successful Notre Dame has the quarterback for the moment and Notre Dame’s defense continues to dominate it’s a phenomenal defense led by Xavier Watts AKA Dr Watts but as you mentioned coach Freeman talking about there were some lulls in attention especially towards the end of the game and when you’re going against a championship program like Georgia they’re going to win those moments they’re going to be prepared for those situations so you can’t have any lows in your production offensively if you want to beat a good Georgia team in New Orleans come January 1 yeah we’re going to dive into that into Mo in a moment but emry when you look at Riley Leonard and and Ryan I know you know this as well the fact that after that loss to Northern Illinois he’s embarrassed he asked the police officer to take him home cuz he doesn’t want to show his face anywhere he wants to go and get right in terms of what he’s got to do to prepare rest of way he goes into Marcus Freeman’s office he said that’s on me Marcus Freeman says you know you’re going to be thankful for this he’s said thankful what are you talking about be thankful for it he takes the hard L he absorbs it puts the team on his back 15 rushing touchdowns I mean we had question after question can this kid be the quarterback for no D you heard Ryan he’s the guy what have you seen from this young man now leading them into the quarterfinals well he tied up loose end that’s number one and you don’t see those small mistakes that we saw earlier in the season or in that Northern Illinois game and on top of that he became a more efficient passer he became a more decisive Runner he became a a better leader and we saw those guys Galvanize around him around his football team that’s why we saw a different Notre Dame team from that NIU loss to what we saw tonight against Indiana well Notre Dame has its guy Georgia will not have its guy Georgia will be without starting quarterback Carson Beck for the remainder of the season the dogs will play in the Sugar Bowl without Carson Beck it’ll be Gunner Stockton rest of way Beck injured is UCL on his right elbow during the SEC Championship Game earlier this month so Stockton will take over as the starter he played the second half of the SEC title game and will make his first Collegiate start in the cfp quarterfinals and Ryan when you you look at a guy like Gunner Stockton right Gunner takes that huge hit goes out of the game for for a play and then comes back I me this is a tough kid and I’m not really sure the fact that even if you have Gunner Stockton you’ve got a run game you’ve got Trevor etn and Nate Fraser it I it almost seems like it doesn’t really matter who the quarterback is for Georgia he’s got enough weapons around him well it does matter that they’re playing Notre Dame’s defense and what you saw tonight against Indiana is something they’ve done all year long physically dominate their opponent and I don’t care about the SEC and the big bad SEC but this Notre Dame defense will hit you out of a win and that’s something where the physicality between the Georgia and Notre Dame defenses is going to be fantastic to watch but for young Gunner he’s gonna have to have the game of his life against the defense that had 18 picks in 12 games of the regular season and contined that dominance with an interception in the first quarter tonight on the one yard line so a tremendous tremendous matchup between two story programs that’s really going to bring the best out of each side do you think this moment will be too big for gunner Stockton when he looks across and he goes I I get it this is not the SEC Championship still big Stakes against Texas but when you look across and you see Notre Dame over there and you know they have 29 takeaways and that defense can get after you is that where uhoh maybe maybe deer in the headlights look I’m going just say the quiet out loud I don’t care if they had Carson Beck Notre Dame is going to beat Georgia Notre Dame is great on both sides of the line of scrimmage they can run the football they can shut down your passing game and we saw Beck in that passing game struggle because georg’s receivers are not The Usual Suspects at Georgia that we used to see so this matchup is a bad one for Georgia I don’t care if Gunner Stockon is out there Carson Beck setson Bennett with another year of el Murray Aaron Murray mat Stafford Buck blue anybody line them up they don’t have the receivers they just don’t match up well versus Notre Dame and I like that Notre Dame comes in playing the way they are playing now because they’re coming in cuz Ryan tested on it perfectly everyone now is talking about well you should have put another SEC team in over Indiana Notre Dame was sick of hearing all about that they’re going to go down there on a mission and show them why they are who they are all right and so the big concern also Ryan is the fact about the health of Riley Mills the star defensive lineman injured in the third quarter big old number 99 what level of concern do you have because we don’t have a clear uh diagnosis of the injury it’s sort of a way to see what’s the concern level right now around Riley Mills it’s about a seven on a scale of 10 and and the only thing that keeps it from being catastrophic is he kind of got hit with his leg whipping around as he was getting a team sack with another teammate so there wasn’t a ton of pressure and impact and his foot wasn’t in the ground so that all leads to good positive diagnosis afterwards and he was holding his helmet while walking around on his own after he was injured so I think he could have come back in if they needed him but what a thing for Notre Dame in his first ever home playoff game to not have to use Riley Mills or their star running back Jeremiah Love down the stretch in the fourth quarter because the game was in hand and the other thing is Notre Dame has some of the best depth in all of college football as a direct result of Marcus Freeman’s recruiting so Gabriel Rubio and some other players are going to have a ton of opportunity Donovan heines brother of current NFL player Kurt hinish is a defensive tackle as well and oh by the way they got this guy Bryce young his dad Bryant Young yeah you remember him the Hall of Famer the Super Bowl champ they’ve got that young man too so an incredibly deep defense for Notre Dame that will make up if Riley Mills cannot play but I expect that he’ll be ready to play in some capacity 12 days from now on the 1 of January this game is going to be physical I mean this is strength versus strength this is look this is going to be an awesome game an awesome matchup even with gunar Stockton Riley Leonard running the football you got two really good run games you got two really good defensive fronts you’ve got guys that are going to get you pressure and you know what tells us why this game’s going to be so close the line Emory it’s one and a half it’s one and a half are you kidding me what’s your prediction I were you not sitting here when I just said no I know but I’m just saying that’s this is how close it is yeah and here’s a this is what is going to come down to and this is the question America which quarterback right now do you trust in this ball game and the right answer for you I’m going give it to you it’s Riley Leonard because we’ve seen him play in big games not only this year we saw that Duke we still don’t know enough about gunar Stockton outside of what we saw in the SEC title game yes people will bring up what he did in high school and he’s on but we are talking about actual power for college football American games we saw Riley Leonard at Duke we saw him at Notre Dame we saw him tonight we saw him in the postseason so it keeps coming up Irish for me with this point SP so I would probably jump on it right now before he gets up to three and a half Ryan I I I know you’re going to be backing your boys here perhaps uh the wrong team is favored right no way the right team is favored no name consider this too Notre Dame is coming with tremendous momentum into New Orleans right it’s one thing to win secc championship game but that Georgia team they have questions at quarterback I love the point emry made about the receivers nowhere near the dynamic receivers they’re tip they typically have so there’s not a lot of threats outside of the Run game for Georgia now their defensive line are monsters don’t get me wrong but their secondary is weak as well and to emy’s point you pick the quarterback who you’ve seen recently who has the most recent win that’s Riley Leonard and fun thing for me I got to talk with him last after the last home game and he said you know Ryan one of the things was it was so tough going from duke to Notre Dame he said it was harder than going from high school to college well he figured it out and he showed the nation tonight I’ll tell you what Ryan uh emry is a believer in Notre Dame he’s picking him to win the national championship so you you can tell him right there you you can tell him to his face right now that you’re proud of him because look I coming into this playoff I said nobody wants to face Notre Dame they’re nasty defensively Riley Leonard is on a mission since that lost to Northern Illinois it’s as if he is a different player Marcus Freeman is out there orchestrating I don’t know what he’s got some Wizardry going on but this team is not a team I want to face and and look I I I give you credit to pick Notre Dame I I really do because I think a lot of people say they haven’t played anybody but they they shut down Ryan they shut down a dominant Indiana team offensively were they a dominant team that’s the question that’s how much they dominated right I mean there is all this talk about the Indiana offense let me be clear Omar Cooper Jr will be playing on Sundays get him on your fantasy team next year this young man is a fantastic receiver had one catch tonight one catch for a touchdown late in the game so this Notre Dame team is built uh to succeed and the biggest thing and Emory will tell you this too in big games the strangest thing is you just need to not be afraid this Notre Dame team is not afraid of anybody any quarterback any defense any offense this team is ready to win and win now you said there thank you Ryan because at the end of the day all I my one of my favorite sayings is as long as you’re not scared I can win with you I don’t care with the height weight trait to give me the dude that’s not scared and Riley Leonard and what I love about Riley Leonard and just to add to his story go back and think about what we heard all last season about Duke how well they were playing leading up to that Florida State game and how bad Riley play in that ball game albeit he was kind of banged up but man he had to hear that then he had to hear from folks after NIU and so this dude to hakeem’s point he’s on a mission he is focused and this team they have two stud backs in my opinion um and and watching those guys run the football I listen I’m always up for the backs and it I talked about the killer bees in the in the beginning of the the pregame show I call them the joyous Jays like these dudes now love and Daren price they are outstanding they’re going to be going against two other good backs at Georgia too let’s give them some love Trevor etn and Nate FR are very good running backs Leonard is what the the added benefit because of his running ability so yes Notre Dame to me is a good I know Georgia fans are going to be upset but they have you got to be upset this is this is why we have the conversation that’s why we love sports we go back and forth this is going to be a heck of a game I can’t wait we got to wait 12 days for this Ryan Ryan appreciate you merry Christmas happy holidays to you we look forward to see you on New Year’s Day emry hunt here on CBS Sports HQ presented by B for and we’ve got more football on Saturday three more first round playoff games starting with Penn State hosting SMU at noon Eastern 125 matchup takes us to Texas where the Longhorns are double digigit favorites over Clemson night cap in Columbus where temperatures are expected to be in the 20s Ohio State and Tennessee playing against each other for the second time ever only other time was the 1996 Citrus Bowl featuring Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George and Payton Manning for
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