ESPN opened the season with a minute-long video thanking Notre Dame for arguably saving the college football season when it joined the ACC and thus kept a third Power Five conference on the field throughout the summer. There was a leap of logic to the bit, but the appreciation was well-placed.
It is increasingly possible the Irish will now also be responsible for the discovery of on-field community transmission between teams, a development that if realized would jeopardize this entire season.
That is not the case yet, as of early Thursday morning. South Florida has not announced any new coronavirus cases as a result of playing No.