Virginia head coach Tony Elliott‘s halftime message to his team at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday was clearcut — “you can’t expect to beat a top 10 team turning the ball over.” The Cavaliers ended up turning it over five times to the Fighting Irish in a 35-14 victory for the home team.

Jack Kiser has been around Notre Dame football so long, he’s huddled on defense with both Hinish brothers: Kurt and Donovan.

Notre Dame dominated Virginia 35-14 for its eighth consecutive win. Will the Irish return for one more home game in the Playoff?

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have moved up in the AP Top 25 poll after beating the Virginia Cavaliers 35-14 on Saturday. That's the highest the Irish have been since being No. 5 earlier this season.

With massive playoff implications for Georgia, he believes the Bulldogs will show up an Notre Dame ran a gutsy fake punt for a 73-yard touchdown in the second quarter against Virginia, but it was called back due to illegal formation — a ruling with which head coach Marcus Freeman vehemently disagreed.

Virginia suffered a lopsided, but expected 35-14 loss to No. 8 Notre Dame on Saturday in South Bend. As we break down what we saw from the Cavaliers in their loss to the Irish on Saturday, let's hand out some report card grades for various players,

Notre Dame didn't need to do anything fancy to close out Virginia. Never mind that it failed to score on fourth-and-goal to cap a lengthy drive that began in the third quarter. It already had done enough to secure a 35-14 victory,