How ‘bout this verbiage from One Foot Down:

At the very least, the fun narrative we were all spinning back in August about Notre Dame joining a conference for one year just to win the whole damn thing and then steamroll the trophy — well that’s becoming more and more of the reality. Notre Dame will close the regular season out this Saturday against the Syracuse Orange, in South Bend, for a chance to go into the ACC Championship Game at 10-0 and #2 (or better) in the country.

And just to make sure this crystal clear... Brian Kelly is going to a conference championship game with Notre Dame before Jim Harbaugh at Michigan.