ericd7633
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Yeah. Hard to say because for the longest time we've blown games we easily should have won, but rarely have we come in as a clear underdog and prevailed (see, e.g., every major bowl game since 1994). Although I'd put 2013 Mich St on that list. We were their only loss that year and they went on to win the Big 10 and Rose Bowl and finished the season ranked 3. We had a middling 9-4 season with a mediocre bowl win over Rutgers.
I thought about the 2013 MSU game, but at the time of the game ND was ranked higher, and if I had to guess, I'd say we were favored in that game, just because MSU had looked pretty bad up until that point. By the end of the year, you're right though, looking back that was a pretty big upset.