It doesn’t get much better than Notre Dame football vs. Michigan when it comes to blue blood, hard-nosed college football. Since last year’s season opener in South Bend, a matchup that saw the Irish win 24-17 and kick start their undefeated regular season, both programs have had their relative success and bumps in the road.
Notre Dame, of course, ended the season in the CFP, while Michigan took back-to-back beatdowns at the hands of Ohio State and Florida. After avoiding an upset to Army and dropping two games to Wisconsin and Penn State, Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines enter Saturday’s contest trying to salvage their season and knock off a highly ranked, hated rival.