Ladies and gentlemen, your Notre Dame Fighting Irish have gone and done it again, smashing the then-number-7 Stanford Cardinal 38-17 last weekend to improve to 5-0 on the year and move up to #6 in the AP Poll.
Now, the Irish move right along to what will easily be the most hostile environment they play in this season, taking on the #24 Virginia Tech Hokies at Lane Stadium on Saturday night.
The Hokies have had a strange season, including wins over the typical ACC power Florida State Seminoles (though not quite an ACC power this season) and a ranked Duke Blue Devils team, but also including a convincing loss to the Old Dominion Monarchs and a game against the East Carolina Pirates that got canceled due to weather.