Tag: Ross-Ade Stadium

No rain forecast for Notre Dame’s Shillelagh Trophy clash with Purdue

Beautiful day for football.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – If you take a look at the above photo of Ross-Ade Stadium, you’ll notice it’s a beautiful day in West Lafayette. It’s a perfect indication that the weather will cooperate for Notre Dame’s renewed Shillelagh Trophy clash with Purdue. And if you don’t believe that for certain, look no further than the official AccuWeather forecast.

The forecast indicates that the temperature will hover around the upper 80s and lower 90s throughout the game under cloudy skies. But the clouds will be nothing than an illusion for precipitation.

Just for kicks, let’s take a look at what the weather will be back in South Bend during this game. The forecast calls for similar temperatures under mostly sunny skies.

The temperatures will drop into the lower 80s and eventually upper 70s by the time the Irish return to campus. Hopefully, they’ll have the Shillelagh Trophy earned via a victory with them.

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Ryan Walters on Notre Dame: Purdue to face ‘angry football team’

Will this be a good or bad thing?

Purdue expected to face a ranked Notre Dame team to come to Ross-Ade Stadium. It didn’t expect to be facing a team fresh off losing its home opener to Northern Illinois. So coach Ryan Walters realizes that his team will need to be especially smart in preparing for the upcoming game.

Walters knows the Irish have something to prove now more than ever, and he doesn’t anticipate them to be so demoralized by losing to the Huskies that just won’t bother to come out and play. In speaking with the media in West Lafayette, he said what should be expected:

So the question is whether the Irish are so angry that they’ll double down on their focus or whether they’re so angry that they’ll lose their focus. This game against the Boilermakers will tell us a lot about this year’s team. Whether that turns out for the better or worse is up to them.

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