A road win on short rest over a possible tournament opponent might end up as the most underrated victory of Notre Dame's season.
It was impossible to know how they would respond. Short rest. On the road. Coming off a big, emotional victory. 4th game in 9 days. Opponent on the bubble in need of a win.
But for all these concerns entering Monday night, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (17-7, 8-4) responded in a big way, emerging with a hard-fought victory in Greenville over a Clemson Tigers (14-10, 7-5) team that refused to go away.