The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been not great (to be generous) to begin the 2016 college football season. Starting 1-2 and dropping into the position of “unranked,” ND now faces a less formidable stretch of football games that begins with a match-up against the 1-2 Duke Blue Devils at Notre Dame Stadium this Saturday.
Duke has been, and likely always will be, a basketball school, but they have enjoyed some moderate success over the past few years, including an appearance in the 2013 ACC title game. Despite that, they’ve lost back-to-back games to unimpressive opponents and certainly look beatable, even for a Fighting Irish squad that is more discombobulated than most of us had hoped.