Many Notre Dame fans are now checking flights to Florida.

They have four weeks to make plans and find tickets.

After a nine win season with losses to Georgia, Stanford and Miami, many Irish fans

say a date with LSU is nothing to sneeze at.

"I feel like a lot of people wanted us to win the Stanford game so we could get a new years' six bowl. But I feel like the Citrus Bowl still has a lot of clout. I think it has a storied history and I can't wait to go with the band," says Notre Dame marching band member Evan Nunez.

"There should be a lot of blue and gold there. I was on the phone with my uncle today and the first thing he asked me was if I wanted to go to the game, so I have to check out tickets. But there should be a lot of people down there," says Jay Nagle, a freshman at the University of Notre Dame.

The marching band will start rehearsing for the Citrus Bowl Monday.