A week ago, the college football world celebrated Notre Dame’s road win at Texas A&M as one of the toughest of the weekend and, given their remaining schedule, christened the Irish as one of the favorites to reach the College Football Playoff.
So, about that schedule…
Week 2 brought us a few Saturday hangovers, none bigger than Notre Dame’s loss at home to Northern Illinois. Oof! Penn State was a bit groggy, too. The Nittany Lions trailed most of the game against Bowling Green before pulling off a seven-point win.
That wasn’t the case for the Irish, which dropped another puzzling game under Marcus Freeman.