Now that basketball season is drawing to a close, and we look ahead to spring football, I’ve been contemplating what to write about during the offseason. What I’ve decided is that I am going to start looking back at first game of each of Notre Dame’s biggest (favorite?) football rivalries.
Who are Notre Dame’s biggest (favorite) rivals you ask? Well of course USC comes to my mind first. After that ... I guess that’s up for debate.
First we have to define what a rivalry is. Merriam-Webster says: The word rival most commonly refers to a person or group that tries to defeat or be more successful than another person or group, which means that rivals tend to come in pairs.