bigkahuna;713905 wrote:In karen's defense, Duke is one of ND's cupcake games when you look at the rest of their schedule
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Here was their schedule when Duke played them. ND went 3-9 that season.
Sep. 01 GEORGIA TECH - 3-33 (L) (27-6-1) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Sep. 08 Penn State (14) - 10-31 (L) (9-9-1) Beaver Stadium,
Sep. 15 Michigan - 0-38 (L) (14-20-1) Michigan Stadium,
Sep. 22 Michigan State - 14-38 (L) (44-26-1) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Sep. 29 Purdue - 19-33 (L) (51-26-2) Ross-Ade Stadium,
Oct. 06 at UCLA - 20-06 (W) (4-0-0) Rose Bowl,
Oct. 13 Boston College (04) - 14-27 (L) (9-8-0) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Oct. 20 Southern Cal(13) - 0-38 (L) (42-32-5) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Nov. 03 NAVY - 44-46 (L) 3 OT (70-10-1) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Nov. 10 AIF FORCE - 24-41 (L) (22-6-0) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Nov. 17 DUKE - 28-07 (W) (3-1-0) NOTRE DAME STADIUM,
Nov. 24 Stanford - 21-14 (W) (16-6-0) Stanford Stadium,
That same season Duke went 1-11 with their lone victory against Northwestern. My argument would be, if you are going to schedule a cupcake why not play a directional school. The 28-7 victory wasn't exactly a blowout, although Jimmy Claussen threw for 300+