Notre Dame already lost one home game to a Mid-American Conference opponent. The Irish are doing everything possible to avoid a repeat.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — For the second time in three weeks, Notre Dame will host a MAC opponent as a four-touchdown favorite. And there’s a good chance the experience against Northern Illinois will inform how Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m., NBC) unfolds against Miami (Ohio).

Miami is not particularly great against the run and running the ball is just about the only thing Notre Dame is doing well offensively right now. Expect Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price to both have big days again as the Irish roll to the first home win of the season.

RedHawks (0-2) at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, 21, 2024. The contest will be broadcast on NBC, with the kickoff at 3:30

No. 17 Notre Dame already lost one home game to a Mid-American Conference opponent. The 17th-ranked Fighting Irish (2-1) are doing everything possible to avoid a repeat when they host Miami (Ohio) — and a coach who understands the Notre Dame mystique better than most.

Notre Dame and Northwestern used to play regularly, although not always annually. The teams met four times during Parseghian's time at Northwestern with the Wildcats taking each of those contests. When the time came for Notre Dame to hire a new coach following the disastrous 2-7 season of 1963,

No. 17 Notre Dame hopes to avoid another upset at the hands of a Mid-American Conference team when it hosts Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

Notre Dame returns home coming off a strong road victory but looking to avoid disaster against another MAC team in the house that Rockne built, as Miami of Ohio comes to town in college football's Week 4 action on Saturday.

To help us find out, I reached back out to our good friends at Hustle Belt, SB Nation’s center for MAC coverage and the site you may remember from our Q&A two weeks ago when the