Coming off their first loss of the 2023 campaign, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish now face another challenge with a nighttime road matchup against the Duke Blue Devils. This meeting presents a different challenge from the four clashes of the past two decades when the trio of Irish wins came by an average of 22 points.
That’s because the Blue Devils currently sport an undefeated record and will have a hyped-up crowd behind them. In many ways, the game mirrors Notre Dame’s other trip to North Carolina earlier this month, when they battled through a lengthy weather delay to defeat the North Carolina State Wolfpack amid a hostile crowd.