Notre Dame is already done with its typical Monday. As is Clemson. Both the Irish and the Tigers are a day ahead this week. Not because Saturday’s top-four matchup (7:30 ET; NBC) is that pivotal, but because tomorrow is.
During the summer, when the idea of college football this November was at best still a fraught concept, the NCAA mandated Election Day be devoid of all required practices and meetings so any player still needing to vote would have the time to do so. Thus, Notre Dame’s weekly staple of “Mental Monday” became Subconscious Sunday. Setting the week’s focus, the underlying messaging and beginning install followed physical treatment by hours, not by a full day.