Notre Dame has fallen on rough times, and how the program responds will tell us a lot about Marcus Freeman
Far too often when a team loses a football game there is a dramatic overreaction. Coaches need to be fired, players need to be benched and emotions run high. This is especially true in the social media age. In most instances those are nothing more than emotional reactions, and staying the course is the right plan for a program.
Notre Dame didn't lose to Louisville because it lacks talent to beat Louisville, and it didn't struggle to beat Duke because the two teams are on the same level from a talent standpoint. Notre Dame was out-played and in some instances out-coached by both staffs. Those two teams went into that game oozing confidence, while Notre Dame looked like a shell of the team we saw jump out to a 4-0 start while outscoring its opponents by an average of 46-12.
During the five-game win streak that followed the loss to Stanford, Notre Dame outscored its opponents 39.8 to 18.2, and it outscored its opponents 38.7 to to 23.9 in the final seven games. How this team responds will go a very, very long way towards determining if Freeman will have the momentum and support needed to turn the program around.
A season later - Devine's third at Notre Dame - the Irish went 11-1 and won the program's 10th national title. It earned redemption against Pittsburgh, winning 19-9 to start the season. After suffering a loss to Ole Miss a week later, Notre Dame rattled off 10 straight wins, including a 38-10 beat down of No. 1 Texas in the Cotton Bowl, which vaulted the Irish to the title. Along the way Notre Dame destroyed No. 5 USC and went on the road to beat a really good Clemson team .
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