Ed. 8/14/2018, As we approach the now “on-again” Notre Dame series, a primer on how this all started:
With all the talk on the historical significance of the Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry, I’d thought I’d share a little bit on the original meeting in 1887. Women, prepare to swoon.
So you’ve heard that Michigan taught Notre Dame how to play this game. This is true of course, and the details of that meeting are chronicled up front in John Kryk outstanding book Natural Enemies.