SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Just like everyone predicted back in August, Notre Dame football’s Top 25 prime-time clash with Temple will be college football’s main event Saturday.
The No. 9 Irish and No. 21 Owls will meet under the lights at Lincoln Financial Field hours after ESPN’s College GameDay descends on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.
“We don’t pretend it’s not here,” Temple head coach Matt Rhule said to reporters Tuesday about the weekend’s hype. “We don’t pretend GameDay’s not coming. We don’t pretend that we’re not playing Notre Dame. All those things are great, but they don’t help us play better.