It’s not very often that a college football team has a two-week layoff in the middle of its season, but as we know, nothing in 2020 seems to be normal. For the Notre Dame football team, that is exactly what has happened, given that Notre Dame was forced to cancel last week’s game with Wake Forest before having a scheduled weekend off this week.
It’s possible that this layoff was the worst possible scenario for the Irish.
Certainly, there are a few positive that could come from a two-week hiatus — the health of players such as Kyle Hamilton and Ben Skowronek are a couple of those positives — but for the most part, it’s hard to find many positives for Notre Dame’s mini-vacation this early in the season.