Syracuse, N.Y. -- It's the biggest game in more than 15 years, and, naturally, Dino Babers is talking about Saturday's matchup against unbeaten and third-ranked Notre Dame as if his team is preparing for Connecticut in the middle of September.
Oh, Babers had plenty of nice things to say about the Fighting Irish (10-0), a.k.a "the nation's team," and he did not conflate Notre Dame's personnel with UConn's.
But he did everything to downplay the magnitude of Saturday's game at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx when speaking with reporters Monday morning.
Biggest game since 2001 -- when No.