There are no more excuses for Notre Dame football. Come this weekend, the Irish will be hosting Purdue, but they'll be doing so as an 0-2 team. This is not what anyone imagined after the first two games of the season, but the Boilermakers are going to be taking on a ticked off team.
A convincing win should be posted and 5-star commit Joey O'Brien is ready to see things in person. Why is this a big deal? Originally, O'Brien wasn't expected to return to campus until the USC game in mid October. However, despite the rough start for the Irish, O'Brien is making the journey from home in Pennsylvania about a month earlier than expected and reporter Kyle Kelly made it clear he's not thinking about a flip:
This is a huge deal.