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Notre Dame's Shocking Loss: Analysis & Upcoming Purdue Game
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9/18/2024
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So when Notre Dame returns home last week for the home opener in
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year three under Marcus Freeman under the watchful eye of
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touchdown Jesus against Northern Illinois as a four
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touchdown favorite, it's supposed to be easy going. It
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was not. Northern Illinois's first ever win against an AP
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top ten team. The largest upset from the spread perspective we
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had seen since the 2021 college football season and Kevin Walsh
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I do feel sorry to start with you, but we do go to your
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opinion on the fighting Irish. A difficult game last week, a
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large upset in South Bend to the hands of NIU. Another in
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state game for Notre Dame this week in a rivalry. The 88th
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all-time matchup as they travel to West Lafayette to take on
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Purdue. This line working against the Irish. It was near
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double digits earlier in the week. Now just a seven and a
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half point spread. What resolve do you think we see
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today out of Marcus Freeman's club? Who cares? I mean, obviously
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who cares? What a joke. What an embarrassment. You know, people
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probably figured they're going to get a certain taker. You
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know, I'm sorry to start with me, right? My Notre Dame
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Allegiance. Most unbiased man in the history of sports media.
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Three people here, two of them picked this team to make the
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playoff and then there was me because I don't trust this
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team. I don't trust the schedule. Everybody said and
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here's the thing. This game today, you can see it on the
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line. It's a dangerous spot. These are the kind of games
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that I was supposed that I was worried about with this team
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and they might lose this game today and if they do, Marcus
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Freeman does not deserve another game but Marcus Freeman
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doesn't deserve another season. They would have been better
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off if they lost to Texas A&M and beat Northern Illinois.
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Their season is likely done. They will have to run the table
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and will still be potentially left on the cutting room floor
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of making the college football play. Look at the movement.
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Minus 410 to make the CFP. They're now three to one and
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again, that three to one does jump off the page as a bit
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generous and that is to me ultimately the biggest thing.
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They're playing Purdue and my honest breakdown aside from
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loving under 47 and a half is who cares? They win this game
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and it keeps them ranked, okay? And if they lose this game,
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they should very much so fire Marcus Freeman. That's not an
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overreaction. You cannot, you cannot lose in South Bend to
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Northern Illinois laying four scores. You can't lose to
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Marshall in South Bend laying three scores. You can't lose to
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an atrocious Stanford team at home. You can't do it. You
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can't step up and beat Clemson and step up and beat USC and
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hand it back when you beat Louisville. You can't do it and
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that's what Marcus Freeman does. Big game gets everybody up.
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Season's over apparently. You know, now the season is
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actually over because you no show at home. There's no pride
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in that. These teams have fortresses. The best teams in
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college football. You don't go to Bryant Denny. You don't go
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to Death Valley. Whether that's LSD or Clemson, you don't go
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between the hedges and even dare think of pulling off an
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upset of that size. You don't dare. If you're Tennessee Tech,
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you got out of there, you didn't get shut out and it's
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the best night of your lives. Northern Illinois walks into
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that building and into the game, the head coach is telling
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Marcus Freeman, you want me to help you out and let me know
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what we saw and Freeman's like, yes, please. Here's what the
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kids should really do. He should go over and tell Freeman,
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get on my staff next year. You'll be lucky if I make you a
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DC and a Mac. Garbage. Fresh. I like under 47 and a half. Love
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under 47 and a half. I'll just say this. You're right. You're
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okay and I know he's frustrated. That was beautiful
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though. That was good. It was eloquent. It was gorgeous. Great
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breakdown. He's right. They can't, they can't lose a game
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outright as a 28 and a half point favorite to Northern
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Illinois. First Mac loss in the history of Notre Dame. That was
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a garbage loss and more importantly, quarterbacks. You
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get Sam Hartman last year. You got Riley Leonard this year.
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Upgrades from what Brian Kelly had taken those teams to the
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college football playoff and you limp in regards to the
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passing attack. Can't happen today. I do like Riley Leonard
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and his team to bounce back in a little bit of a way. The
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reason why Ben is because we talked about the the Purdue
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bye week. The fact that they were so consistent in regards
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to the passing attack. How can Hudson Card duplicate that?
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2425. 96%. It's only going to go down and the fact that the
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bye week came after week one. Right. Is more of a detriment.
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This was better a bye week at the end of September. Not after
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one week. Now it's like a week one game again. So, Notre Dame's
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one eight straight. I think the game will be won in the
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trenches. It's going to be ugly maybe early on. They'll pull
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away. I do feel they cover. I do disagree with Kevin. I do
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feel it gets over the 47 and a half because of turnovers but
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we'll see how it plays out. The Shillelagh trophy. A Celtic
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club for war. That's what they play for today. It's actually
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the second Shillelagh trophy that Notre Dame plays for. The
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jeweled Shillelagh against Southern Cal. I found that
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interesting on this rivalry Saturday. Purdue has only
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played one game this year to Lee's point. Forty-nine zip
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over FCS foe Indiana State to start the season back in week
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one. Hudson card. Twenty-four of twenty-five. Two hundred and
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seventy-three yards and four touchdowns. The second most
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efficient passer in college football to this point. Only
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behind Ole Miss's Jackson Dart. But Purdue entered this year
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with the lowest win total in the Big Ten at four and a half.
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That was it for year number two under Ryan Walters who was the
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defensive coordinator for Illinois back in 2022 and the
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Illini had the best scoring defensive output in the
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country. Last year, the Boilermakers were the worst
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scoring defense in the Big Ten. You know the soldier boy meme
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on Breakfast Club? That guy stole my whole flow. Bar for
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bar. That's Purdue looking at Northern Illinois last week. The
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Huskies upsetting in AP top five team in Notre Dame. Purdue
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known as the Spoilermakers for their seventeen wins against AP
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top five opponents. Now Notre Dame eighteenth in the AP top
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twenty-five.
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