As if there wasn't riding on the game already, college football analyst Paul Finebaum just added another level of pressure to the game. Finebaum, who is no stranger to polarizing sports takes, is not on the side of people believing in the new and improved 'Canes team that features Beck at quarterback.

Head Coach Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame football program will finally open up the 2025 College Football season against the Miami Hurricanes this Sunday, August 31st. It has been a long offseason, and Fighting Irish fans from all over the country have been waiting anxiously for hopefully another deep playoff run.

Notre Dame travels to Miami to open the 2025 season on Sunday night in South Florida. Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish came tantalizingly close to a national title last season and look to take the first step toward capturing the program’s first national title since 1988 against the Hurricanes.