For Notre Dame football, the schedule boils down to three road games that will define their season. When the Irish travel to Georgia, Michigan, and Stanford, they will be under a microscope. Those games will make or break Notre Dame’s season, plain and simple.
For the Irish, it is easy to find three marquee games that will define the season. The more difficult task, however, is the ability to decide which opponents will over-achieve prior to facing the Irish.
Last year, it went without said–though, it was said plenty–that Notre Dame’s season would be defined by four games: Michigan, Stanford, Virginia Tech, and USC.