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irish illustrated insider i'm tim priester with tim o'm ellmalley from irish illustrated joined by

pete sampson of the athletic and this is a week that uh we all have waited for we'll have another

one of those coming up in October when USC comes to town.

But for now, it's Nordame, Ohio State.

And this one's a lot more unique.

Nordame's only, Nordame and Ohio State have squared off just five times since 1936.

All five of those games have been won by Ohio State by double digits.

But a double digit, even a single digit loss will not be enough for Notre Dame this time.

They need to win a football game like this.

I know they've beaten Clemson at home, and those have been huge wins.

But Ohio State's a little bit different.

Rank number six, Notre Dame number nine.

Let's dive into this matchup guys.

Tim O'Malley?

Yeah, it's funny you say five. For some reason, I know that,

but I try to count my head. I'm like, it's got to be more than five. And it just seems like it because they have big matchups against Ohio State that don't go their way. I don't want to trample

over a question. But this is definitely the one where rational fans can think going in. Yeah,

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