The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are no strangers to a Tennessee version of football. Two of Notre Dame’s greatest players over the past couple of decades were from the 16th state of the union in safety Harrison Smith (Minnesota Vikings) and wide receiver Golden Tate (Detroit Lions). The Irish have a pretty strong history (albeit short) of playing the Tennessee Volunteers, and have even played the Vanderbilt Commodores a couple o times during the last years of Lou Holtz.
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Notre Dame even has a bowl victory in Nashville when they beat the LSU Tigers in the Music City Bowl.