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Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer (87) avoids Virginia cornerback Nick Grant (1) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, in Charlottesville, Va., on Nov. 13, 2021. Mike Caudill/AP Photo
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said the No. 7 Fighting Irish had a “tough week” with more than a dozen players battling a flu bug that kept some of them out of the lineup Saturday night against Virginia.