prior to facing the Irish. In a 7 game stretch, 6 of ND’s opponents have byes. Wisconsin, Cincinnati, VaTech, USC, UNC, and Virginia. I know good teams have to overcome these things but it’s seemingly become the standard of many of NDs opponents. The last few years has seen similar schedules with several opponents having byes prior to playing ND.
However, this is a seemingly young team that doesn’t appear to have the senior heavy leadership ND had the past few years. Several of those teams listed are very good opponents and only having one week to prepare while the opposition has two weeks several times consecutively is definitely a hindrance for the Irish.
Not sure why this is happening so often now but as I said, it’s become more the norm against ND then the exception.
However, this is a seemingly young team that doesn’t appear to have the senior heavy leadership ND had the past few years. Several of those teams listed are very good opponents and only having one week to prepare while the opposition has two weeks several times consecutively is definitely a hindrance for the Irish.
Not sure why this is happening so often now but as I said, it’s become more the norm against ND then the exception.