advice needed....Notre Dame football

My apologies in advance for a somewhat weird topic. My brother and I are both University of Utah alums- big Ute fans. They play at Notre Dame next year on November 13. Proabably, literally a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Is it worth it? We assume we would stay in Chicago, drive up to South Bend on Saturday morning. We were discussing today how to plan this, (I live in Idaho, he's in the Salt Lake area) and how to broach the subject with the wives! We already spend quite a bit on season tickets, the BYU game when it's in Provo, etc.
Any thoughts on how to make this as inexpensive as possible if we can somehow get tickets? We think it would be worth doing. How to pull this one off?
Is it worth it? We assume we would stay in Chicago, drive up to South Bend on Saturday morning. We were discussing today how to plan this, (I live in Idaho, he's in the Salt Lake area) and how to broach the subject with the wives! We already spend quite a bit on season tickets, the BYU game when it's in Provo, etc.
Any thoughts on how to make this as inexpensive as possible if we can somehow get tickets? We think it would be worth doing. How to pull this one off?