Notre Dame’s improbable run of success collapsed in a rain-sodden pile of turnovers and false starts at Clemson on Saturday night. The sixth-ranked Fighting Irish arrived in South Carolina as Hurricane Joaquin started to turn out to sea, sending lashing bands of rain into Death Valley. Though their ranking is unknown at the moment, Notre Dame will bring plenty of questions back to South Bend.
Among those questions, the ones directed at the offensive line are probably the most significant. This was a position group around whom so much hope had been built. And not without good reason.