The whole “Week 0” concept of college football has always been tough for me to wrap my head around. Don’t get me wrong, Week 0 provides a much-needed fix that I’m extremely appreciative of. But for the teams who play during that pseudo opening weekend it makes analysis going into Week 1 much more complicated. In most cases, Week 0 teams will be playing Week 1 opponents who don’t have any game tape or data to analyze, excepting spring game stuff.
And that’s where we find ourselves going into Notre Dame’s Week 1 matchup against Tennessee State.