The University of Notre Dame released its 2011 and 2012 football schedules yesterday -- and they contain some new opponents, some past opponents and those you've come to expect. Notre Dame alum, Skip Holtz (son of Lou) will bring his University of South Florida Bulls into Notre Dame Stadium to kick-off the 2011 season. It will mark the first time the Irish have played this school in football. That same trend carries on later in the year when Notre Dame will travel to Winston-Salem, NC to take on another "first time opponent" in the Deamon Deacons of Wake Forest -- in its 31,500 seat stadium. This just might be the smallest football stadium (pictured) the Irish have played in, since the days of Rockne. Other highlights of the 2011 season include the first night game in the history of Michigan Stadium -- as the Irish will play the Wolverines "under the lights" on September 10th. And, a neutral site game in Washington D.C. -- as the Irish will take on Maryland at the Redskins' Fed-Ex Field. The 2012 season kicks of in Ireland -- as the Irish will travel to Dublin to take on Navy. This season will see the return to the Notre Dame football schedule of some of the bigger names in college football; Oklahoma, Miami and BYU. The Miami game will be held at Chicago's Soldier Field.
Here's the FUN FACT OF THE YEAR: Ten of the twelve Notre Dame's opponents, on the 2012 schedule, have won a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in football. Here are the ten schools; Navy, Purdue, Michigan State, Michigan, Miami, Stanford, BYU, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh and USC. The only two schools on the 2012 schedule that haven't; Boston College and Wake Forest. Is anyone playing a schedule like that in the country? Here's a link to the 2011 & 2012 schedules:
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NOTRE DAME'S 2011 & 2012 SCHEDULE
