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Week 2 of the 2024 college football season was filled with stunning upsets, and even more near pitfalls, but one result stands above the rest: No. 5 Notre Dame fell 16-14 at home against Northern Illinois. There’s really no need to mince words — the Fighting Irish are the biggest disappointments of the year no matter what happens the rest of the way.
Nothing can match the complete meltdown we saw in South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame had everything in front of it after a Week 1 win on the road against Texas A&M. The remaining schedule had College Football Playoff written all over it.
It all unraveled in record time. The Irish were favored by 28.5-points against the Huskies. They couldn’t even score more than two touchdowns. At home. Against Northern Illinois.
It’s really unforgivable, yet this is nothing new under Marcus Freeman. He has now lost three games against unranked opponents within the friendly confines of Notre Dame Stadium. Not to rub salt in the still-fresh wound, but former Irish coach Brian Kelly closed his time with the program on a 40-game winning streak against unranked opponents.
Maybe 11-1 the rest of the way is enough to make the selection committee forget about this complete embarrassment and still include Notre Dame in a 12-team field. Ten-straight wins seems like an almost impossible task now.
Oklahoma is not SEC ready
Turns out replacing your entire offensive line in one offseason isn’t a recipe for success. The Sooners couldn’t block, couldn’t run the ball and couldn’t sustain drives against a Houston team that entered Saturday’s contest as a 27.5-point underdog.
Young signal caller Jackson Arnold was sacked three times for a second straight week, following Temple’s impressive Week 1 performance against…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2024-09-08 15:49:22
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