For college football fans of a certain age, there is perhaps no stadium that serves as a cathedral for the sport more than Notre Dame Stadium. It is Knute Rockne and 'Touchdown Jesus' and 'Play Like A Champion Today' and even 'Rudy.'
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But on Saturday afternoon, TSU will be at Notre Dame , the first HBCU team and first FCS program to play the Fighting Irish. Let the record show, however, that Notre Dame was upset by last year's alleged easy win guest, Marshall. "When I pop their tape on, it's like, that's what we need to look like, in some form or fashion. That's the standard, across the board, in terms of how you operate, how you play with intentionality, and details, and discipline. Focus. That's the standard. That's the quality that we're going after."
While Notre Dame has never played an FCS school before, TSU has stepped up and played FBS schools in the past, though Georgia State , Vanderbilt and Middle Tennessee State don't hold the same cachet as Notre Dame.
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