As a Notre Dame Fighting Irish who grew up far from South Bend, I am accustomed to attending their games on the road. The first Notre Dame game I ever attended was a road tilt against the Stanford Cardinal.* In fact, until I saw the 2008 Notre Dame-San Diego State game on a college-touring visit for my sister, the only Irish games I had ever seen in person were away games in California.
*(This was actually the last game ever held at the old Stanford Stadium, and the trees were so anxious to start construction on their current cow pasture that they had bulldozers lined up outside ready to start demolition right after the game, which the Irish won 38-31.