Well folks, we’ve done it. We’ve finally made it to the 4th quarter of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team’s regular season, as Marcus Freeman’s squad sits at 8-1, ranked 8th in the College Football Playoff poll, and looking for 3 more wins to snag one of those 12 coveted spots in the postseason.
Winning out isn’t a foregone conclusion, as we all know, and many are talking about an undefeated Army team or USC in a season finale rivalry game in LA as potential challengers to the Irish’s 11-1 final record. But most aren’t really bringing up this weekend’s opponent, the Virginia Cavaliers, as a potential trap game or upset.