Why is Notre Dame playing on Peacock? How to watch Irish vs Purdue - USA Today
Notre Dame football entered the season with expectations of contending for a national championship and being the last team standing in January.
So far, the Fighting Irish are off to a strong start. Notre Dame pulled away from Michigan State in the second half this past weekend, highlighted by a 3-yard rushing touchdown from Heisman Trophy contender CJ Carr, to move to 3-0 on the season.
Now in Week 4, Marcus Freeman's squad looks to keep that momentum going as they hit the road to begin a two-game stretch away from Notre Dame Stadium. The first stop is a two-hour drive to West Lafayette, where the Fighting Irish will take on Purdue with the Shillelagh Trophy on the line.
Notre Dame took last year's matchup against Purdue 56-30 in a game in which Carr threw two touchdown passes while Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price combined for five rushing scores.
One wrinkle for Saturday's game is that it won't appear on a traditional TV channel for a Fighting Irish road game when they hit the road, like ESPN or NBC or CBS.
Notre Dame appearing on Peacock is nothing out of the ordinary.
What makes Saturday's broadcast a bit unusual, however, is that the Fighting Irish are on the road. Peacock is a streaming option typically available for Notre Dame home games as part of the Fighting Irish's media rights deal with NBC, and there have been times when select Notre Dame home games have been Peacock-exclusive.
The reason Notre Dame's Week 4 matchup is streaming exclusively on Peacock stems from NBC's separate media rights agreement with the Big Ten, which designates select conference games each week as Peacock-exclusive broadcasts.
Notre Dame and Purdue are scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday. It can be streamed exclusively on Peacock, NBC's subscription streaming service.
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