In his first game as coach of Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman has the opportunity to do something Brian Kelly never could.
Win a major bowl game.
Notre Dame, and the freshly hired Freeman, will have the opportunity to accomplish something the program has struggled with since before even Kelly. The Fighting Irish haven’t had a major bowl victory since Lou Holtz was the coach in 1993 against Texas A&M.
ND gets its shot on Jan. 1 when they travel to Arizona to play Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. The schools each failed to break into the College Football Playoff, both in contention at the start of this past weekend, but now claim the consolation prize of playing each other for the first time in school history.