THE FIFTH QUARTER LOU SOMOGYI
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his month's announcement that
Notre Dame and Michigan will
play two games in 2018‑19 evokes
mainly two sentiments among Fight‑
ing Irish faithful.
The first is an upbeat approach
about renewing a series that has been
earmarked by numerous classic fin‑
ishes between what currently are the
Nos. 1‑2 programs in the country in
all‑time winning percentage (with the
Irish ahead by a marginal .73215 to
.72987 percentage points).
The flip side is the "Why are we
Notre Dame's Catch-22
While Daring To Be Great
Director of athletics Jack Swarbrick is setting up some challenging future slates for head coach Brian
Kelly to navigate.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
