Obviously, there are a bunch of other schools that deserve a nod as well, but unfortunately, those schools and the ones above were all omitted from the list.
The Fighting Irish and Boilermakers will finally meet again. But something will be missing - a big piece of Purdue tradition. Notre Dame is not allowing Purdue to travel to South Bend with the World's Largest Drum. The reason is beyond petty and downright pathetic.
A very murky college football picture for the 2020 season is, maybe, starting to take shape, but there are still more questions than answers, and with, whatever label we are choosing to put on this, the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, all this planning may be for naught...
Much has been made in the breathless blogosphere that surrounds the Notre Dame Fighting Football Irish about November 11, 2019, the date "the Streak" ended. After 273 consecutive home games, dating back to 1973, there will not be a sell-out crowd in South Bend.
Best known for his seasons as head coach of Notre Dame, Holtz brings with him an opportunity to win signed Nortre Dame Helmets, signed Notre Dame footballs, and one lucky winner will get tickets to the Notre Dame Football Club Tailgate at the U of M vs. Notre Dame Game October 26th in Ann Arbor.
Back in May it was announced that the Big Ten Hockey rivals will play outdoors at Notre Dame Stadium. The game is now set to take place in South Bend in January.
Notre Dame's Football rivalries against the University of Michigan and Michigan State are the stuff of college football lore and legend. Much less known is the walloping the boys from South Bend have historically put on non-Big 10 Michigan schools.