OK, quickie quiz.
Who’s the most surprising team two weeks into the season?
Without question. Notre Dame. Uh, make that 2-0 Notre Dame. The Irish, uh, make that the Fighting Irish, have scored 103 points in two games, outlasting Grace Academy in their opener and then beating McMinn Central 42-27 this past week.
This is a turnaround showing from 2009 when they went 1-9 and scored a grand total of 61 points. Notre Dame matched that output — yes, all of 2010 — in its first-game 61-48 shootout victory at Grace.
Think there might be a turnaway crowd Friday when Notre Dame plays its first home game and opens District 7-AA competition against Chattanooga Christian? It’s expected, much to the delight of Notre Dame athletic director Howie Sompayrac. The Irish haven’t started 2-0 since 2005 and that was one of those dream seasons when they won 13 straight before falling in the state semifinals at Livingston Academy.