Frankie V’s Prediction: One More Tune-Up for Notre Dame Before Real Season Begins

Notre Dame has one final tune-up game in what turned into a prolonged preseason for the Fighting Irish thanks to opponents like Purdue, Michigan State, and this weekend’s foe, Stanford, being at the bottom of their conferences. The Irish are nearly 40 point favorites this weekend before a stretch that will see the Irish square off against three ranked opponents over the final six weeks of the season. Complacency and focus are larger opponents this weekend than a Stanford team that lost 57-3 a week ago. The ghosts of 2022, and BYU looming. The setup should feel familiar. The 2022…