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Familiar Troubles Continue to Haunt Notre Dame

Two plays and four points. Two plays and four points are the difference between Notre Dame fans feeling complete elation and excitement, and feeling empty and full of heartache. A missed two point conversation at Clemson and made field goal by Stanford are what prevented a Notre Dame undefeated season and #1 ranking, and turned it into a 10-2 season that feels like a huge disappointment. Of course, that crushing feeling of a missed opportunity is indicative of where the program currently stands. The fact that Notre Dame never played in either of their two losses with anything close to their full roster, and was as close to winning as they were, illustrates just how good this team was.