Opponent Watch: Lunch Pail 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

Virginia Tech at Boston College (Sat 4:00 PM ET, ACC Network)

Aren’t animated GIFs great? This is what gets returned when I search for “Boston College” — not any actual sports or anything related to the university, but a mascot laughing.

This is the sort of gravitas that accompanies the 2019 Boston College Eagles, who are running in the bottom-third nationally in terms of offensive…