... lot of games this season. In fact, he has them ranked No. 7 in his preseason poll.

Why shouldn't they be expected to do well? Look at what is returning on offense. Jimmy Clausen is going into his third year as the starting quarterback. He is loaded with weapons around him. Armando Allen, James Aldrige and Robert Hughes are all good out of the backfield.

Clausen will also have an awesome receiving corps with Golden Tate, Michael Floyd and Kyle Rudolph. Duval Kamara and Mike Ragone will also have key roles as backups.

All this offensive firepower has to be the reason Steele has the Irish doing so well this year, right? Wrong!

One of the key ingredients in Steele's formula is experience on the offensive line. In fact, he add...

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