SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- David Cutcliffe brought his Duke team to Notre Dame on Saturday and was greeted by familiar territory, albeit at a place he had never gotten the chance to explore that much. Back in 2005, the Fighting Irish football complex was still a work in progress. And, as the program’s new quarterbacks coach then, Cutcliffe had a makeshift meeting room:
The visitors’ locker room at Notre Dame Stadium.
Cutcliffe never made it back to town after health issues forced him to resign 11 years ago. So as the ninth-year Blue Devils head coach made his first return visit to Touchdown Jesus, he soaked it all in.