Both teams are missing plenty of starters in the third meeting between Notre Dame and Oregon State. Both of the previous meetings were in bowl games. Both were won by Oregon State.
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The 44-year-old has a reputation for developing physical, balanced, and explosive offenses along with aggressive and confounding defenses. But his career record is below .500, and he didn't turn in his first winning season with Oregon State until his fourth year.