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Opinons: Irish offense still provides challenge despite losing QB

With no disrespect to Alcorn State, Tulane, Texas and Virginia, but this is what we've been waiting for. It almost didn't happen because Virginia evidently decided it was tired of being pushed around. The end result pits an undefeated Notre Dame hosting No. 16 Georgia Tech. The first couple of weeks probably felt like quizzes for both teams, while this weekend will certainly be a test.

However, when we all first saw the schedule we thought this game was going to be about the Fighting Irish's ability to stop Tech's spread option attack...

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But, when highly heralded quarterback Malik Zaire went down for the season with a broken ankle, it brought along a whole new perspective.