Some days are more interesting than others. This was a day in 1996 for me, a day when I was working for a newspaper in Middletown, N.Y., and within the space of an hour I spent 30 minutes apiece talking to a pair of old football players. “No one is going to know who you’re writing about,” Felix “Doc” Blanchard said, laughing.

No. 8 Notre Dame will play No. 19 Army on Saturday night in a rivalry game that has major College Football Playoff implications. The game is being held at Yankee Stadium, which has some historical significance in this rivalry.

Tonight's tilt between the No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 18 Army Black Knights at Yankee Stadium in New York City has huge College Football Playoff implications. The experts who pick these games each week are certainly aware of that.