... of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard.

As the offensive and defensive results indicate, there is certainly a blueprint for winning a BCS national championship. The overwhelming majority of the last 10 champions perform at very similar levels in the same statistical categories, and, while there are always exceptions to the rule, most of the data is consistent a...

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