2020 FIW Tournament: Bracket Release – Notre Dame’s Best Game Since 1986

We’re excited about the tournament we’re holding at FIW as we spend March determining the best game Notre Dame football has won since 1986.

Grotto Region:

The Game of the Century and the original on-location ESPN College Gameday, 1993 Florida State, gets the top seed in the Grotto Region and faces Lou Holtz’s first big win at Notre Dame, an upset over No. 9 Michigan in 1987.  We expect the 1993 Game of the Century to role but this is draw is a lot tougher for a no-doubt top-seed than it probably should be.  The rest of the Grotto Region:

8. 1999 Oklahoma vs. 9. 1998 Purdue
5. 2002 Florida State vs. 12. 1987 Alabama
4. 2000 Purdue vs. 13. 1990 Tennessee

6. 2000 Air Force vs. 11. 2012 Michigan
3. 1989 Michigan vs. 14. 2004 Tennessee
7. 2012 Stanford vs. 10. 2018 Stanford
2. 2012 Oklahoma vs. 15. 2015 Texas

Oklahoma/Texas in the Red River Rivalry?  A pair of Stanford defeats meeting up?  This is weird how many coincidences we are having.  I will say that 2000 Air Force is my sleeper in this thing.  Anyone who watched and stressed through that season the same way I did will feel the same.  Real shot an Elite Eight run, I’m calling it (begging you to think the same) now.

Golden Dome Region…