Notre Dame's Shocking Loss: Analysis & Upcoming Purdue Game

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00:00So when Notre Dame returns home last week for the home opener in

00:06year three under Marcus Freeman under the watchful eye of

00:09touchdown Jesus against Northern Illinois as a four

00:12touchdown favorite, it's supposed to be easy going. It

00:16was not. Northern Illinois's first ever win against an AP

00:21top ten team. The largest upset from the spread perspective we

00:24had seen since the 2021 college football season and Kevin Walsh

00:28I do feel sorry to start with you, but we do go to your

00:32opinion on the fighting Irish. A difficult game last week, a

00:36large upset in South Bend to the hands of NIU. Another in

00:41state game for Notre Dame this week in a rivalry. The 88th

00:46all-time matchup as they travel to West Lafayette to take on

00:50Purdue. This line working against the Irish. It was near

00:53double digits earlier in the week. Now just a seven and a

00:56half point spread. What resolve do you think we see

00:59today out of Marcus Freeman's club? Who cares? I mean, obviously

01:02who cares? What a joke. What an embarrassment. You know, people

01:06probably figured they're going to get a certain taker. You

01:09know, I'm sorry to start with me, right? My Notre Dame

01:11Allegiance. Most unbiased man in the history of sports media.

01:14Three people here, two of them picked this team to make the

01:16playoff and then there was me because I don't trust this

01:18team. I don't trust the schedule. Everybody said and

01:21here's the thing. This game today, you can see it on the

01:23line. It's a dangerous spot. These are the kind of games

01:25that I was supposed that I was worried about with this team

01:27and they might lose this game today and if they do, Marcus

01:29Freeman does not deserve another game but Marcus Freeman

01:31doesn't deserve another season. They would have been better

01:33off if they lost to Texas A&M and beat Northern Illinois.

01:35Their season is likely done. They will have to run the table

01:38and will still be potentially left on the cutting room floor

01:42of making the college football play. Look at the movement.

01:45Minus 410 to make the CFP. They're now three to one and

01:48again, that three to one does jump off the page as a bit

01:50generous and that is to me ultimately the biggest thing.

01:53They're playing Purdue and my honest breakdown aside from

01:57loving under 47 and a half is who cares? They win this game

02:00and it keeps them ranked, okay? And if they lose this game,

02:04they should very much so fire Marcus Freeman. That's not an

02:06overreaction. You cannot, you cannot lose in South Bend to

02:13Northern Illinois laying four scores. You can't lose to

02:17Marshall in South Bend laying three scores. You can't lose to

02:21an atrocious Stanford team at home. You can't do it. You

02:26can't step up and beat Clemson and step up and beat USC and

02:30hand it back when you beat Louisville. You can't do it and

02:34that's what Marcus Freeman does. Big game gets everybody up.

02:38Season's over apparently. You know, now the season is

02:40actually over because you no show at home. There's no pride

02:44in that. These teams have fortresses. The best teams in

02:48college football. You don't go to Bryant Denny. You don't go

02:51to Death Valley. Whether that's LSD or Clemson, you don't go

02:54between the hedges and even dare think of pulling off an

02:57upset of that size. You don't dare. If you're Tennessee Tech,

03:01you got out of there, you didn't get shut out and it's

03:02the best night of your lives. Northern Illinois walks into

03:05that building and into the game, the head coach is telling

03:07Marcus Freeman, you want me to help you out and let me know

03:09what we saw and Freeman's like, yes, please. Here's what the

03:12kids should really do. He should go over and tell Freeman,

03:14get on my staff next year. You'll be lucky if I make you a

03:16DC and a Mac. Garbage. Fresh. I like under 47 and a half. Love

03:22under 47 and a half. I'll just say this. You're right. You're

03:25okay and I know he's frustrated. That was beautiful

03:28though. That was good. It was eloquent. It was gorgeous. Great

03:31breakdown. He's right. They can't, they can't lose a game

03:35outright as a 28 and a half point favorite to Northern

03:39Illinois. First Mac loss in the history of Notre Dame. That was

03:43a garbage loss and more importantly, quarterbacks. You

03:46get Sam Hartman last year. You got Riley Leonard this year.

03:49Upgrades from what Brian Kelly had taken those teams to the

03:52college football playoff and you limp in regards to the

03:55passing attack. Can't happen today. I do like Riley Leonard

03:59and his team to bounce back in a little bit of a way. The

04:01reason why Ben is because we talked about the the Purdue

04:05bye week. The fact that they were so consistent in regards

04:08to the passing attack. How can Hudson Card duplicate that?

04:112425. 96%. It's only going to go down and the fact that the

04:16bye week came after week one. Right. Is more of a detriment.

04:20This was better a bye week at the end of September. Not after

04:24one week. Now it's like a week one game again. So, Notre Dame's

04:27one eight straight. I think the game will be won in the

04:30trenches. It's going to be ugly maybe early on. They'll pull

04:33away. I do feel they cover. I do disagree with Kevin. I do

04:37feel it gets over the 47 and a half because of turnovers but

04:41we'll see how it plays out. The Shillelagh trophy. A Celtic

04:44club for war. That's what they play for today. It's actually

04:48the second Shillelagh trophy that Notre Dame plays for. The

04:52jeweled Shillelagh against Southern Cal. I found that

04:55interesting on this rivalry Saturday. Purdue has only

04:57played one game this year to Lee's point. Forty-nine zip

05:01over FCS foe Indiana State to start the season back in week

05:04one. Hudson card. Twenty-four of twenty-five. Two hundred and

05:08seventy-three yards and four touchdowns. The second most

05:13efficient passer in college football to this point. Only

05:16behind Ole Miss's Jackson Dart. But Purdue entered this year

05:19with the lowest win total in the Big Ten at four and a half.

05:23That was it for year number two under Ryan Walters who was the

05:26defensive coordinator for Illinois back in 2022 and the

05:30Illini had the best scoring defensive output in the

05:32country. Last year, the Boilermakers were the worst

05:35scoring defense in the Big Ten. You know the soldier boy meme

05:39on Breakfast Club? That guy stole my whole flow. Bar for

05:43bar. That's Purdue looking at Northern Illinois last week. The

05:46Huskies upsetting in AP top five team in Notre Dame. Purdue

05:51known as the Spoilermakers for their seventeen wins against AP

05:55top five opponents. Now Notre Dame eighteenth in the AP top

05:58twenty-five.

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