Five years of debate will be put to rest Saturday.
Toledo and Notre Dame will finally play, and the Rockets, a proud program with immense expectations in 2021, will have a barometer on where they stack up nationally. If the internal and external projections on Bancroft Street are aligned, the eighth-ranked Irish should be nervous in the late afternoon.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has been complimentary of UT in the leadup to the game, assuring the fan base that Notre Dame is not taking the Rockets lightly. The Irish opened as a 19½-point favorite, with the line falling to as low as 16½, proof that bettors like what they see in Toledo.