The week-to-week roller coaster that Notre Dame football has put their fans on seems borderline cruel. You beat a talented Top 25 SEC team on the road week one, then proceed to lose to a MAC squad in your home stadium. Then you follow that up with a 66-7 victory over Purdue the week after? This is the most Jekyll and Hyde team we have seen in recent memory.

Which Notre Dame team are we going to get this week against the Miami (OH) RedHawks? Nobody really knows. Whichever one it is, you know we’ll be watching. Here is how to do so.

Where to watch, stream, and listen to Notre Dame vs. Miami (OH)

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m., Sep. 21; Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana

Where to watch: NBC

Here are the announcers for the Notre Dame-Miami (OH) game:

Dan Hicks (play-by-play)

Jason Garrett (analysis)

Zora Stephenson (sideline)

Stream: YouTube TV, Fubo

Radio: Locally on 960 WSBT-AM/101.5 WNSN-FM.

Notre Dame’s 2024 schedule:

• Aug. 31 – at Texas A&M (23-13 W)
• Sept. 7 – Northern Illinois (16-14 L)
• Sept. 14 – Purdue (66-7 W)
• Sept. 21 – Miami (OH)
• Sept. 28 – Louisville
• Oct. 5 – Bye
• Oct. 12 – Stanford
• Oct. 19 – at Georgia Tech
• Oct. 26 – Navy (neutral)
• Nov. 2 – Bye
• Nov. 9 – Florida State
• Nov. 16 – Virginia
• Nov. 23 – Army (neutral)
• Nov. 30 – at USC

From an offensive perspective, Notre Dame needs to show consistent growth. Last week was obviously a great sign against the Boilermakers. Now the team needs to prove that it wasn’t an outlier performance. Keep running the football at a high clip, let the offensive line gel, and get quarterback Riley Leonard and this passing attack going.

The Irish defense has the look of an elite unit. There is no reason to believe that they won’t continue that this week. It won’t be a statement necessarily based upon the opponent but it will just continue to build the resume. This should be a decisive win for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.