![]() ![]() After a 42-15 throttling of Northwestern a week before behind 4 touchdown passes from Powlus – the game that prompted Beano Cook to predict Powlus would win two Heisman trophies – the 3rd ranked Irish were riding high as #6 Michigan came to town. Notre Dame opened the ’94 season ranked #3 in the country behind sophomore (redshirt freshman) quarterback Ron Powlus. ![]() It didn’t take long for ESPN to find their way back to South Bend. ![]() Side note: Corso picked Florida State during the telecast and all I can say is, please pick Stanford this weekend, Lee. Notre Dame jumped to #1 in the polls only to fall a week later and was robbed of a chance to play for a title when Florida State inexplicably jumped them despite identical records and the head to head loss. We all know how the rest of this one played out. In a very rare instance where a game lived up to the hype, Notre Dame won a thriller against Seminoles in a game where the final score was actually closer than it should have been when Shawn Wooden knocked down Charlie Ward’s pass near the goal-line. Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Craig James, and crew packed up their set and made the trip to South Bend for the “Game of Century” between #1 Florida State and #2 Notre Dame. The first time ESPN took it’s College Gameday show on the road. ESPN has been on site on Notre Dame’s campus for 10 of those 34 games with the Irish having a 6-4 record in those matchups.ġ993: Florida State Notre Dame – W, 31, 24 Notre Dame amassing an 15-19 record in those contests. Notre Dame has been in contests in front of the Gameday crew 34 times since the show first aired on the site of game – Florida State’s visit to South Bend in ’93. ![]()
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