Even though it feels like every day there’s some news that points toward the increasing likelihood that there will not be a full Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season this fall — see the latest here, RIP to MACtion — as of now the plan is still for ND to at least play that 10-game ACC slate and compete for an ACC title and CFP bid.
So, because that’s still the plan, it was absolutely tough to hear this past week that rising junior WR Kevin Austin suffered a broken foot in practice and recently had surgery, likely causing him to miss at least the first game or two of the season.