Last week was unbearably rough as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost to NIU at home — and looked incompetent in a number of areas while doing it. The Irish will look to change the direction of its season along with the hearts of Notre Dame football fans this week against the Purdue Boilermakers, but the whole experience has been athletically traumatic for a lot of die-hards.
In a recent SBN Reacts survey, Notre Dame fans said the Irish loss to NIU was the most embarrassing loss for them over the past 25 years (which is really saying something).