The news about the cancellation of the October game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Wisconsin Badgers hit fans pretty hard. The Big 10 is moving to a “conference-only” schedule for 2020, and that obviously does not include the Irish.
Voices of opposition instantly cried foul as they pointed to travel as something that didn’t make sense. What’s the big deal about Notre Dame playing Wisconsin just two states away when the Iowa Hawkeyes will have a haul to play the Maryland Terrapins or Rutgers or even the Penn State Nittany Lions?