ESPN College GameDay ~ Norman, Oklahoma
The stage is set for a great college matchup between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. 

The following is an excerpt from an Ivan Maisel article on ESPN.com

In the long and storied history of Oklahoma football, no opponent has dominated the Sooners like the Irish. In fact, against teams it has played at least five times, Oklahoma has a losing record against only four. Miami is 4-3. USC is 6-2-1.Texas is 59-44-5. And, in the nine games between Notre Dame and Oklahoma, the Irish are 8-1. 

In four of the nine games, both teams arrived with a top-10 ranking. Notre Dame won all four of those. Twice, neither team had a ranking. Notre Dame won both of those. In the three others, the Sooners were ranked and the Irish weren't. Notre Dame won two of those, including the best-known game in the schools' series, the 1957 classic. 

Oklahoma, led by legendary coach Bud Wilkinson, came into the game with a 47-game winning streak that stretched over five seasons. That week, Sports Illustrated put Sooners star Clendon Thomas on its cover with the headline, &quot;Why Oklahoma Is Unbeatable.&quot;

Notre Dame came to Norman one year removed from a 2-8 record that included a 40-0 home loss to Oklahoma. The Irish, 4-2, were an 18-point underdog to the 7-0 Sooners. But that didn't matter. They were still the famed Fighting Irish. Roger Valdiserri, the now-retired Notre Dame sports information director, remembers an atmosphere in Norman &quot;like Mardi Gras. Everybody was in the streets, celebrating the coming game. It was highly anticipated.&quot;

The festivities extended beyond the field. Nov. 16, 1957, was the 50th birthday of Oklahoma's statehood. Yet the mood turned glum as the Sooners failed to dent Notre Dame's defense. The game remained scoreless when, in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Irish took over at their 20-yard line. They ground out an 80-yard drive between the tackles that took nearly 10 minutes off the clock.

On fourth-and-goal from the Oklahoma 3, quarterback Bob Williams pitched the ball to Dick Lynch, who went untouched around right end with 3:50 to play. Notre Dame won 7-0, so stunning the Sooners fans that they remained in their seats 20 minutes after the end of the game.

&quot;The sun set in the east,&quot; The Daily Oklahoman described.
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