Hello again. That was fun. Let’s do it again. Unfortunately, we didn’t learn much this week because everyone played cupcakes, soup cans, and assorted other non-challenging foodstuffs.

About Last Week:

Yep. That’s what you did. (h/t Ace, obviously)

The Road Ahead:

Notre Dame (1-0, 0-0 quasi-ACC)

Last week: Beat Rice (48-17)

Recap: Rice kept it close for a while (it was 14-10 late in the first half), and then it really really wasn’t close. Everett Golson threw for 295 yards at 13.4 YPA and 2 TDs, and ran for three more scores. Rice just wasn’t athletic enough to hang with ND’s playmakers. The Owls did average 8.7 yards per pass, which would have been their third best average last year ago.

But while this was an encouraging debut for the Irish, the hole they’re digging continues to get deeper. Safety Eilar Hardy was suspended in the ongoing EYES ON YOUR OWN PAPER situation, and starting safety Austin Collinsworth sprained an MCL. As a result, Notre Dame’s defensive two-deep now features… you. Congratulations. Suit up. And please do your own homework.

This team is as frightening as:

 Fear Level = 7

Michigan should worry about: There’s still a chance Notre Dame un-suspends these players, which will be in no way related to the fact that they are playing Michigan this week.

Michigan can sleep soundly about: Even if they DO reinstate these guys, they will get one real practice (at most) after sitting out of practice for weeks. So they almost certainly won’t play, and if they do they will be rusty as hell.

When they play Michigan: The all-time win percentage will be on the line… until Notre Dame vacates a bunch of wins.

Next game: vs. Michigan, 7:30 p.m. Saturday (NBC)

[We jump, and then I have to pretend I learned something from Utah-Idaho State]