Opponent Watch: Blue’s Clues Edition

Each week in this space, we examine two things: Notre Dame’s strength of schedule (from USA Today‘s Sagarin rankings), and who Irish opponents are facing. For those of who want to scout future opponents, I’ll give you my recommendation for who to watch when you’re not watching Notre Dame Football.

Who To Watch

Michigan (3-1) vs Iowa (4-0), Sat 12:00PM ET on Fox

Well here’s a fun one: Michigan gets their requisite three points as the host in this game, but there’s an undefeated Iowa coming to town so this could be fun. The Hawkeye defense looks statistically pretty good this season, so we’ll see whether Shea Patterson and the lumbering Wolverine offense can make some headway. If not, then the…