While Saturday night’s 42-26 victory over the Florida State Seminoles was hardly a clean performance, diehard Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans should have found the victory to be a thing of beauty.
Coming into the contest, many assumed Notre Dame would be rusty on both sides of the ball. However, many did not expect the rust to be on display as quickly as it was. Kyren Williams fumbled the ball 2 plays into the first drive of the night, providing the Seminoles the opportunity to put Notre Dame into a deep hole.