For all the fun the opening weekend of the season brings, the second week can fill with sudden, unwanted doldrums. Five of No. 8 Notre Dame’s dozen opponents welcome FCS-level challenges while another pair have the weekend off, just as the Irish do.
Louisville (0-1): The 35-17 loss to Notre Dame was an upbeat moral victory in many’s eyes.
The Cardinals now face FCS-level Eastern Kentucky at 7 ET (ACC Network Extra), one of few expected wins for Louisville. Despite the claims of Monday night’s broadcast, those will be hard to find for the Cardinals and first-year head coach Scott Satterfield.