I'm trying to wrack my brain and think of a game where ND was an 8+ point underdog and pulled it off. When I was growing up there were many games that were labeled "Notre Dame moments" where ND pulled off the completely unexpected. Just wanted to hear what the board thinks. When do you think was ND's last big upset?
Crazy to think about now.
2012 OU, 2012 Bama, 2013 at Stanford, 2016 at USC
I was polling the board to see everyone else's opinion on what they felt was the last big upset for ND. Just a simple conversation starter during December. Nothing more, nothing less.
But, I can see from your response that you didn’t mean it the same way as NDNation traitors do, so I am sorry for associating you with them.
I was wondering today, if ND pulls off the W against Clemson, where does that rank in recent history? That's why I posed the question. I started thinking back to the most recent upsets. Like the other posters that responded, 2012 Oklahoma came to mind first, but I could not recall the point spread. But hey man, if you think that's negative, so be it.
Glad to hear you aren’t one of them, and sorry for grouping you with them.
Other than that, Oklahoma in 2012.
I can't remember what the spread was against LSU. The only game this year we were underdogs was Michigan. (+2.5)
There are probably several of those.
I used 8+ as a benchmark
Michigan State was a 6 point favorite in 2012 at ND.
Earlier in the 2012 season, Michigan State was -5 when it hosted ND.
Going further back, Utah was -5.5 when it took on 4-5 Notre Dame (coming off the Tulsa loss) during Brian Kelly's first season in 2010. Utah had been ranked #6 and just suffered its first loss to #4 TCU.
More recently, LSU was -7 in the 2014 Music City Bowl.
