Notre Dame is starting to heat up right when the temperatures in the midwest begin to really cool down. Fall is very much in the air in this part of the country and what better way to spend a Saturday night than enjoying a bit of that crispness in the air with the Irish playing host to annual rival Stanford.
The two are defined as rivals because they play each year and even have the Legends Trophy that the winner gets to take home each year, but do any Notre Dame fans really consider Stanford a rival? And do Stanford fans look at Notre Dame as one?
Those are questions to be answered in a different post but what Notre Dame has is an opportunity to not only win a fourth-straight ballgame but to show continued signs of improvement that they’ve displayed in recent weeks.
Stanford enters at just 1-4 after suffering a heartbreaking home loss last week while the Irish are 3-2. Here is what the Fighting Irish Wire staff sees happening Saturday night in South Bend.