Unsurprisingly, Irish fans were fired up on Monday morning's version of the Always Irish radio show. This is all new territory. Nothing being debated now has ever been debated before. College football history is being made, and everyone is reacting to everything in real-time with no historical context to frame anything. These are wild times, folks.

The Irish have looked like one of the two or three best teams in the country for 11 of their 12 games this season. They stomped t

“Most haters of Notre Dame football derive their malice from the ‘Holier than thou’ attitude that seems to follow its legion of proud fans. The notion that good grades and endless tradition equals success against every opponent makes the rest of the country snarl.”

Expect to see some uniforms additions and tweaks ahead of Notre Dame's first round playoff matchup against Indiana.

“College GameDay” last came to South Bend a season ago. That was before the Irish infamously had only 10 men on the field on the play that caused them to lose in gut-wrenching fashion to Ohio State. Hopefully, the Irish fans who gather on the Library Lawn this time around will be a lot happier after this upcoming appearance.

First-year Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti brought along 13 of his former James Madison Dukes in a 31-player transfer haul last offseason.

Indiana travels to Notre Dame in a first-round College Football Playoff game. A breakdown of the matchups when the Fighting Irish face the Hoosiers.