In last week’s version of “Confidences & Concerns,” I wrote about how fascinating it is to follow parts of a football team as they vacillate between being areas of worry or celebration. Some of this is natural, then there’s where Notre Dame finds itself halfway through the season as perplexing doesn’t even begin to describe it.
At a beleaguered 3-3 and coming off a brutal and unexpected loss to downtrodden Stanford, the Notre Dame faithful will sheepishly take their seats in Notre Dame Stadium this Saturday as the Irish square off with UNLV genuinely wondering, “what will it be this week, fellas?”
What Notre Dame team shows up? Let’s look at some areas that Notre Dame can lean on this week and some that could cause more moans and groans than pushups in the stands.