WHO? No. 8 Notre Dame vs. Ball State.
WHAT? The colloquial phrase for it is a “guarantee game.” Notre Dame has promised Ball State a check (for $1.1 million in this case) to come visit the Irish and expect no trip to Muncie, Ind., in return. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly took his fair share of guarantee games when he led Central Michigan.
“How much was the guarantee for, that was the first question,” Kelly said Thursday of his thought process back in those days. “Better be a big one.
“But we were there to compete.