Notre Dame’s wide receiver recruiting fell off the rails in July. A disastrous month for new wide receivers coach Mike Brown, offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock, and head coach Marcus Freeman finally cratered on Saturday when Derek Meadows selected LSU over Notre Dame despite the Irish being rumored to be his leader for the better part of a year until recently. It was the third such swing and miss for the Irish recruiting machine this month alone. Reversing course has little to do with Notre Dame’s recruiting aparatus, however, and everything to do with what Notre Dame’s offense does on the field this fall.