“… If you open up with Virginia Tech, Oklahoma … (Ohio State’s) going to play Oregon this year, you can’t do that,” continued the future Hall of Fame coach. “But if you’re playing a team that you’re just so far superior in talent, I treated that like an extension of training camp.”
Notre Dame opens the season with Navy, Arkansas, Western Michigan and Wake Forest. While not a cake walk schedule, it’s certainly more than manageable, and to Meyer’s point, Notre Dame has a far superior roster to each of those opponents."
He has a very good point. This is going to be a very unique year. But, in Meyer's statement -- he mentions playing against "far superior teams" -- these are the games that scare ND fans in that teams under Kelly, for the most part, come out flat and make the games much more difficult than they should be. Yes, one cannot play at a high emotional level 4 weeks solid, but, you can play with energy and passion in those games. These games, like Meyer noted, are ones younger guys should be able to get in and get evaluated.