Sports are full of hyperbole. A lot of times its overblown. In this case though, it’s not hyperbole to say that the Michigan game on Saturday will set the tone for the Notre Dame season.
Notre Dame enters the 2018 season with a chance to prove that 2016 was indeed a fluke and that the program is finally back into a place where 10 win seasons are the norm, not the exception. The Irish have won 10 games in two of the last three seasons. Sandwiched between those 10-win seasons, however, was the 4-win trainwreck 2016 season.