Playing football is one thing, but playing it under night lights, where the crowd is louder, the beer is colder, and every hit feels a little more powerful, is quite another. Aaron Murray, the quarterback for Georgia from 2010 to 2013, said, “Just the energy, the excitement, the more drunk they were, probably, the livelier they were going to be in the stadium.” Lane Kiffin agrees, referring to nighttime ambiance as a “proven” home-field advantage.

Although it’s been a while—eight years, to be exact, since Notre Dame and Miami last faced off—the animosity and boasting rights haven’t exactly faded. Miami’s 41–8 plunge in 2017 is the kind of scoreline that sticks in your head, especially if you’re wearing blue and gold, but Notre Dame still holds the all-time advantage (17-8-1). Another in

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