Who To Watch
North Carolina State at Louisville (Sat 3:30pm ET ESPN Gameplan)
Louisville QB Will Gardner. Not related to Michigan QB Devin Gardner.
Source: Kansas City Star
Notre Dame’s game is in primetime, so here’s a way to calm your nerves before kickoff. Louisville travels to South Bend just before Thanksgiving, and they should have a fully-integrated Bobby Petrino offense by that juncture. NC State gave Florida State a scare a while back, taking advantage of Seminole miscues, but couldn’t finish off the defending national champions.
Strength-of-Schedule Rankings
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Weekly Change |
| 10 | Southern Cal | 4-2 | -2 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 2-4 | -8 |
| 15 | Syracuse | 2-4 | +2 |
| 37 | Northwestern | 3-3 | 0 |
| 40 | Michigan | 3-4 | -3 |
| 41 | Stanford | 4-2 | +21 |
| 44 | Rice | 3-3 | -19 |
| 45 | Florida State | 6-0 | -3 |
| 48 | Purdue | 3-4 | -33 |
| 51 | Notre Dame | 6-0 | -1 |
| 52 | Louisville | 5-2 | -36 |
| 58 | Arizona State | 4-1 | +9 |
| 90 | Navy | 3-4 | +43 |
Upcoming Opponents
- Colorado at USC (Sat 6:00pm ET Pac-12 Network)
- Nebraska at Northwestern (Sat 7:30pm ET Big Ten Network)
- Stanford at Arizona State (Sat 10:30pm ET ESPN)
Past Opponents
- Purdue at Minnesota (Sat 12:00pm ET)
- Syracuse at Wake Forest (Sat 12:00pm ET ESPN Gameplan)
- Georgia Tech at North Carolina (Sat 7:00pm ET ESPNU)
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I’ll be at the Louisville game Saturday and racing home afterward to see the Irish kickoff. (Pray for me) I don’t think we’ll see a fully integrated Petrino offense when they come to South Bend. Both QB’s are under developed and I don’t see that being fixed this season. The OLine is also struggling. They need an offseason of pumping iron (it’s not the scheme)to fix those woes. The D has looked impressive and may give Golson and company trouble. At this point, I still see ND winning by 10-14.
I certainly hope so. I agree they haven’t looked as formidable this year as I’d imagined. Whether that’s due to line play or other factors, I hope they don’t figure it out in a month’s time.