Scheduled off weeks for most of their teams preceding the ND game. That is huge. For them to be in full throttle maniac mode, with nothing to lose, against a brand name team is immeasurable. Many great teams have lost with better scenarios, just coming off a hard fought game and having a let down the next week. Plus, add in the apx 10,000 miles the team travels during November and you have plenty of possible slip ups. Nothing at all easy about our schedule.
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