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Notre Dame Football: The Saddest Bye Week Q&A with Pat Rick of One Foot Down

Vibes are bad right now, you guys.

It felt like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team had finally figured some things out post-Louisville, outscoring USC and Pittsburgh 106-27 in consecutive games to push ND to 7-2 and a top-15 ranking. But then, of course, came the 31-23 loss at Clemson to a team with an offense just as bad as Notre Dame’s. Same story, different year — at least, that was the feeling of frustration we all felt on Saturday afternoon.

Now, the Irish are enjoying their second bye week since the USC game, and we’re all left with lots of sad and empty and annoyed feelings while we take a week off from watching the train wreck that is Gerad Parker’s offense against decent opponents (it looked great against Navy and Tennessee State though!