It feels like a lifetime ago that we sat through a 4-8 campaign in 2016 wondering if Brian Kelly should still be employed and what the future of Notre Dame football had in store.
Notre Dame seniors (who don’t have a fifth year of eligibility remaining) were freshmen that year and went through the embarrassing loss at home to Duke, the laughable 10-3 loss in hurricane at North Carolina State and the loss to Navy.
Since then all the did was be part of a team that has gone 33-6 since, winning 11 games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1988-89 at Notre Dame and have them knocking on the door of being in the short list of college football’s elites.
A 33-9 domination over Iowa State was a great way to send them out after the rough waters they swam through upon arrival to campus.