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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Defense Struggles in Inasuspcious Debut for March Freeman

Notre Dame escaped Tallahassee last night with a 41-38 overtime victory over Florida State. The Irish squandered an 18-point lead in the 4th quarter before sneaking out with the win. It wasn’t pretty at times, and while we got some answers to questions we had going in, we left the game with even more questions on the defense.

Marcus Freeman’s debut leaves more questions than answers

Let’s get the most obvious out of the way. The Notre Dame defense looked shaky to say the least, in Marcus Freeman’s coaching debut at Notre Dame.