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Predictions: Duke at Notre Dame

By Observer Sports Staff · Friday, Sept. 23, 2016

Right now, I’ve got flashbacks to a dire four-year stretch in South Bend. They’re flashbacks to 2008, when the Irish lost to Syracuse, and 2009, which saw a defeat at the hands of UConn. Flashbacks to Brian Kelly’s first two years, which saw losses to Tulsa and South Florida. Tack on that 2014 Northwestern loss, and you’ve got a catalog full of humiliating losses suffered in the last several years.

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Predictions: Michigan State at Notre Dame

By Observer Sports Staff · Friday, Sept. 16, 2016

Don’t expect this to be anything but a tight game. Three of the last five have been one-score encounters, and in a game where each team really needs a win for playoff aspirations — though that’s still long down the road — count on every yard being hard-fought.

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