This is far worse than anyone could have imagined. Notre Dame is 3-3 through six games. The Fighting Irish lost at home to Stanford as a 16-point favorite. Earlier this season, they lost to Marshall as a 20-point favorite. Stanford’s only FBS win this year to date: at Notre Dame. Marshall’s only FBS win this year to date: at Notre Dame. Stanford’s 16-14 win over Notre Dame on Saturday was the Cardinal’s first FBS win in 378 days.
Notre Dame’s win over BYU turned out to be insignificant, given that BYU is not a very good team, either. The Cougars have three losses. Notre Dame’s win over Cal, a narrow one, looks worse after Cal lost to Colorado.
Fighting Irish Wire is trying to make sense of what’s happening to Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame. Let’s go through Irish Wire’s most recent column on the state of the Notre Dame program:
TOMMY REES
There is no identity for this offense and you can solely blame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. He knew what he had since the spring and this is the outcome. Yes, Tyler Buchner was the projected starter, but even with an injury, this team should have always been a power running team
AWAY FROM STRENGTHS
Play to your strengths, which hasn’t been the case at all this season. When two of your running backs (Audric Estime and Logan Diggs) are averaging over 6 yards per carry, why don’t you give it to them more than just 17 times? For as good as tight end Michael Mayer is, he shouldn’t be the leading receiver for this team. Take out the one big pass play to Tobias Merriweather, Drew Pyne threw for just 111 yards, while completing under 50% of his passes (48%). Now, how does Marcus Freeman fix this, keep reading.
WAIT FOR 2023
Unfortunately, this offensive issue will not be able to be fixed this fall. As I said last night, due to personnel this is what we are going to see for the remainder…
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