You can go ahead and get excited about the future of Notre Dame football under new head coach Marcus Freeman but as Freeman himself said to the team when he spoke to them the first time as their head coach, “this is about right now!”.
And right now, entering college football’s championship weekend, Notre Dame has a chance at a College Football Playoff berth if things go as needed.
Friday night features a couple of games as Conference USA sees Western Kentucky battle UTSA for the league crown and Mario Cristobal may be coaching his final game at Oregon as the Ducks take on Utah in the Pac 12 championship.
There are then nine games on Saturday’s slate with four of them having a major impact on Notre Dame’s postseason destination. Here is a rooting guide for Notre Dame fans for those four games: