Last week’s bye week came at perhaps a perfect time for Notre Dame for various reasons – quarterback uncertainty, mounting injuries, a run of opponents with top 40 defenses grinding down the lads, etc. It also came at a perfect time for me since my wife, and I welcomed our first child, a beautiful baby boy, into the world last week when there wasn’t a whole lot to write about.
Notre Dame needed last week’s bye week. Like really needed it. The Irish just looked a little worn out physically and emotionally. Every game in the first half of the season was a close affair.