Is there swag? We were told there is swag.
The ACC released its football schedule for 2019, and if you’re the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, you’re feeling pretty special right now. Why is that? Because this year, the ACC feels that it needs as much practice time as it gets before facing Notre Dame.
Yes, you’re looking at that correctly. Notre Dame will play its usual 5 ACC games, and in 3 of those games, the Irish opponent will have a BYE week leading up to the game. In another game, the Irish will be the season opener.
- Louisville Cardinals (season opener)
- Virginia Cavaliers (play Old Dominion Monarchs in the week prior)
- Virginia Tech Hokies (BYE)
- Duke Blue Devils (BYE)
- Boston College Eagles (BYE)
While this does seem like normal operating procedure for the ACC, only 4 games against the Irish since the deal in 2014 have seen the Irish opponent with a bye week leading up to the game.
I don’t know... it seems like overkill to me.
Notre Dame is 17-7 in regular season ACC games since 2014. The last 2 years have seen Notre Dame produce a 9-1 record versus the ACC (that doesn’t include the loss to the Clemson Tigers in the college football playoff).
