Just a couple of short months ago any college football fan would have looked at Notre Dame’s trip to Clemson on November 4 and thought one, if not both teams would be in the College Football Playoff race.
Instead, neither are.
Notre Dame enters 7-2 and has hopes of ending their New Year’s Six bowl game losing drought that dates back to 1993. In order to end that unfortunate streak though they must get by a talented Clemson team.
A talented Clemson team that hasn’t played to their potential this season, sitting just 4-4 and actually at risk of possibly missing a bowl game.
Will Notre Dame keep up the level of play after dominating wins against USC and Pitt? Or will Clemson put it all together for just one afternoon and ruin the Irish hopes of the New Year’s Six?
Here is what our staff sees happening Saturday in Death Valley: