This won’t be a game that anyone will be talking about this Saturday — but it’s still a really important college football game for Notre Dame. The Irish have a three game stretch of Stanford, UNLV, and Syracuse before they host the Clemson Tigers in the next night game inside Notre Dame Stadium — being 6-2 is of the utmost importance.
That first win in the three has to come against David Shaw and the Cardinal. For a number of years, Stanford was incredibly tough, and the game was a classic toss-up before kickoff. During the last three games between these two teams, however, Notre Dame has won by an average score of 43-18.