Sometimes you look up, see you’re a week into October and all of a sudden that disastrous start to the 2022 season for Notre Dame feels like it was a lifetime ago. That’s almost certainly how things will feel for the Irish if they’re able to take care of business in the [autotag]Shamrock Series[/autotag] game Saturday night in Las Vegas against a solid BYU team.
But just as easily, if things go south in this one it would feel like a massive step back after a strong showing in North Carolina to close September 2-2 ahead of last week’s bye.
So what happens Saturday night in Sin City and is it the first step in a favorable October that could see Notre Dame go unbeaten for the month?
Here is what the Fighting Irish Wire staff sees happening Saturday night: