There are a few different schools that people are excited to root for when they’re actually winning. Notre Dame is definitely one of them, and they’ve been really strong for many years. But they haven’t been able to get themselves back into winning this season. They look more like Northwestern and Stanford; they rise and fall every once in awhile. The Fighting Irish are not looking like the contenders that they have been for a long time, though. This year, the media is describing it as though the team has just crashed and burned, and that’s almost right.They haven’t gotten a win against a Big 10 opponent in about 3 years, which makes them much less excited as they move forwards than they were before. Perhaps next year. But the Irish have just 3 games to get themselves back into action this year. Hopefully this team will be able to improve at least a little bit so that they will feel better.