Did I call it, or did I call it? The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Marcus Freeman got the first wins of their season and career, respectively, over the California Golden Bears by a 24-17 margin. It started extremely rough and was never pretty, but the Irish improved enough in a few key areas to escape. Let’s look at a couple of those areas, as well as some ways the Irish can continue to improve moving forward.

The Trenches Step Up

The Irish offensive line took no shortage of criticism over the past week for their performance against Marshall.