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Notre Dame Football: 10 Things You Need To Know About The 2016 Season

By Joshua Vowles

Oct 17, 2015; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish cheerleaders perform against the Southern California Trojans tat Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish cheerleaders perform against the Southern California Trojans tat Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 1, 2014; Landover, MD, USA; United States Naval Academy midshipmen walk outside FedEx Field before the game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 1, 2014; Landover, MD, USA; United States Naval Academy midshipmen walk outside FedEx Field before the game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /

Notre Dame plays three neutral site games in 2016.

Notre Dame is playing with fire with this schedule. Of the five games away from home, more than half are at neutral fields. The three games are Army in San Antonio, Syracuse at the Meadowlands, and Navy in Jacksonville.

Both the Navy game and the Syracuse game are “road” games that the opponent wanted at a neutral site, but when it is all said and done, both of those games will have a Notre Dame fan majority.

From a perception standpoint, it doesn’t look too good. Two of the teams are service academies (no matter what, you will never be able to sell that Navy is an extrememly tough out). So basically, we are talking about the possibility of this schedule being called Cupcake Lane.

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