This game could be looked at for one thing: the arrival of Jonaz Walton. Last week he was key in the rain in upending North Carolina, but this week was his star-making moment. Sitting at their own three-yard line, Notre Dame handed the ball to Walton, who in one move broke right and exploded for a 97-yard touchdown run (the longest for the Irish since Jeremiyah Love's 98-yard jaunt in a 2024 playoff game against Indiana).