Hartman throws 3 TD passes as No. 9 Notre Dame preps for showdown with 41-17 win against C Michigan
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — With a typically efficient performance, Sam Hartman sent Notre Dame into a showdown with Ohio State next week without drama. “Our guys went out there and really played their tails off.” Hartman struck early, connecting with Tobias Merriweather for a 75-yard touchdown pass on Notre Dame’s fourth play of the game. And he just lets us make plays, puts the ball in our hands and lets us do what we do.” Jase Bauer, starting at quarterback for Central Michigan in place of Bert Emanuel, Jr., plunged into the end zone from the 1 with 17 seconds left in the second quarter to cap a nine-play, 83-yard drive that trimmed the Notre Dame lead to seven at halftime. Bauer said his mentality starting in place of Emanuel at Notre Dame Stadium was just, ’Let it rip.” “I really had nothing to lose,” Bauer said.