Notre Dame at Miami was always going to be prime-time theater, but Week 1’s clash now profiles as one of the most even games on the slate. Vegas likes the Irish by a hair. FanDuel opened Marcus Freeman’s club as a 2.5-point road favorite, with a total of 49.5. That slim edge looks even slimmer once you remember the other sideline features, with Georgia transfer Carson Beck firing to a revamped Hurricane attack while Notre Dame enters with first-time QB CJ Carr . If you’re already sweating your pick-’em sheet, you’re not alone.

And if you assume the coaching staffs have it all figured out, think again. Practice tape stops mattering the moment the ball leaves the tee; from there, it’s 100 percent chaos. Freshman CJ Carr has rocketed onto dark-horse Heisman lists. Andy Staples ta

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