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Notre Dame vs. Texas Season Opener Moved to Sunday, Sept. 4

You'll have to wait another day to catch the Irish in action this year.

By ndistops
Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

With so many great college football matchups slated for Saturday, Sept. 3, it was probably inevitable that ESPN would talk someone into moving their opener to Sunday, Sept. 4, and this afternoon it was announced that ND vs. Texas will be the game to move.


Some of the other matchups on what had been called one of the best single days of college football in history (it still will be pretty darn awesome) include Clemson at Auburn, UCLA at Texas A&M, and several neutral-site matchups like Alabama vs. USC (Cowboys Stadium), Houston vs. Oklahoma (NRG Stadium), LSU vs. Wisconsin (Lambeau Field) and Arizona vs. BYU (University of Phoenix Stadium).

The game will be broadcast "in an exclusive primetime window", according to several reports, but the official game time and network was not announced. You can, however, probably bet on something around 8 p.m. Eastern time on ABC or ESPN.

So on the one hand, we have to wait at least 24 more hours for Notre Dame football, and on the other, we get to watch all of the other terrific action going on that day without being (too) stressed about what our own boys are doing. Call it even?

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