It’s a two hour ride down the road from South Bend to West Lafayette, but it’s still a road game against a Big Ten team – and Notre Dame can’t take it for granted.

The Irish start the season with a huge national showdown at Texas A&M, and then don’t leave Indiana for six weeks with five home games around the Week 3 date at Purdue.

Notre Dame has won eight straight in the series – 57-25-2 all-time – and ten of the last 12. Keep it all going, and with Miami University, Louisville, Stanford, at Georgia Tech, and Navy (in East Rutherford) up next, there’s a shot to go on a huge run of wins.

But Purdue will be more dangerous after a 4-8 season. They’ll crank up the passing game, and this could be a signature moment in the second season for head coach Ryan Walters.

The five things you need to know about Purdue, Irish fans, are …