Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM OCT. 7, 2023 37 GAME PREVIEW: LOUISVILLE home," Brohm told Hale. "Well, this is home." In Brohm's first offseason, he went to work reshaping the roster. The Car- dinals saw 24 players transfer out and brought 26 in through the portal, in- cluding starting quarterback Jack Plum- mer (Cal, but he also played for Brohm at Purdue) and star wide receiver Jamari Thrash (Georgia State). Louisville also went portaling for its No. 3 wide receiver (Kevin Coleman), No. 2 running back (Isaac Guerendo), both its offensive tackles (Willie Tyler and Eric Miller), starting Leo, which is similar to a vyper at Notre Dame (Ste- phen Herron) and three of its top defen- sive backs (Devin Neal, Storm Duck and Cam'Ron Kelly). The results through Week 4: a 4-0 start, including ACC wins over Georgia Tech and Boston College. "We have a long way to go," Brohm said about his new-look roster after the Georgia Tech game, per the AP. "But like I told them, every college football game is going to be like that. If you're not ready for that, you might as well not show up for the game." About 60,800 people will show up for Louisville's game against Notre Dame, because the Cardinals announced their first sellout since 2019. Their opponent for that one? Also Notre Dame, which beat them 35-17. For Louisville, the Irish represent a golden opportunity to take the step Brohm wants to take faster than most thought he could. On Notre Dame's side, this is a chance to further put the loss to Ohio State in the rearview mirror and build positive momentum heading into a pivotal game against USC. "This is about us playing to the po- tential that we truly have," Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said. "That is my mindset. … I know we have a high ceiling as a football team. And it's our job as coaches to make sure we get our players to perform as close to that ceil- ing as we can." Notre Dame has a lot to lose this week. Louisville has a lot to gain. Tradition- ally, that plays to Brohm's advantage. Like Ohio State and Duke did, Brohm and the Cardinals will test what Notre Dame is made of in Week 6. ✦ 2023 NOTRE DAME SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Aug. 26 vs. Navy* W, 42-3 Sept. 2 Tennessee State W, 56-3 Sept. 9 at NC State W, 45-24 Sept. 16 Central Michigan W, 41-17 Sept. 23 Ohio State L, 17-14 Sept. 30 at Duke W, 21-14 Oct. 7 at Louisville (ABC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 USC (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 Pittsburgh (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Clemson (ABC) TBA Nov. 18 Wake Forest (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at Stanford TBA * at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland Redshirt junior wide receiver Jamari Thrash was one of 19 wideouts in the FBS to average at least 100 receiving yards per game through Week 4. PHOTO COURTESY LOUISVILLE ATHLETICS 2023 LOUISVILLE SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 1 at Georgia Tech W, 39-34 Sept. 7 Murray State W, 56-0 Sept. 16 vs. Indiana* W, 21-14 Sept. 23 Boston College W, 56-28 Sept. 29 at North Carolina State W, 13-10 Oct. 7 Notre Dame (ABC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Pitt TBA Oct. 28 Duke TBA Nov. 4 Virginia Tech TBA Nov. 9 Virginia (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at Miami TBA Nov. 25 Kentucky TBA * at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis