If you ask a Notre Dame fan who their biggest rival is, they’ll answer Southern Cal.
If you ask a Michigan fan, they’ll say the team down south.
However, if you ask them about each other, most things that will be said aren’t going to be very complimentary. Heck, the two dislike each other so much that they’ve both gone extended time refusing to schedule the other.
The two longtime rivals aren’t set to play each other again until a home-and-home together in 2033 and 2034.
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Andy Staples of On3 put together his 12-team College Football Playoff projection on Tuesday, and what do you know, he has Notre Dame earning the ninth seed and traveling to take on No. 8 Michigan in the first round.
Perhaps even better is he gave Ohio State the No. 1 seed, which means the Notre Dame-Michigan winner would take on the Buckeyes.
And with that alone you can see why the intrigue for this expanded College Football Playoff is so great, even if it continues to decimate many of the game’s traditions.
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