Setting up your Saturday: A Clemson-Miami prizefight and rare Red River stakes

It has been quite some time since Clemson found itself facing a true challenge in the ACC. There have been single-game scares from conference foes but no signs that another contender could hold up from September to December. So when Notre Dame signed its one-year pact with the ACC to become a full member for the 2020 football season, college football fans perked up. The Tigers’ already-scheduled Nov. 7 trip to South Bend immediately became that much more important.