Boston College vs. Notre Dame: Weekly Kickoff

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The rivalry between Boston College and Notre Dame is not as year-to-year as it should be. It's hard to proclaim the Fighting Irish as the main rival for the Eagles when they don't play every season. It won't reach the heights as it did in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It won't feel like it did in the days of the old Big East, when lower numbers of conference games and scheduled agreements allowed the two teams to meet annually.

But it's still Notre Dame, and there's something to those golden helmets, the leprechaun mascot, the 11 national championships, seven Heisman Trophy winners. They haven't won a national title since 1988, but that…