Notre Dame football

Notre Dame fell to 0-2 with a devastating home loss to Marshall. The Herd beat Notre Dame by a 26-21 score. It was an incredibly embarrassing loss by Notre ...

It's as if Notre Dame continues to call a game thinking it has a really good offensive line, but through two games the offensive line has been average at times and poor at other times. Tyler Buchner needs to be more involved in the run game, and I know he was knocked out, but the only time the run game really looks good is when he's in there. *** The play of the Notre Dame offensive line and tight ends in the run game was incredibly problematic in the first half, and the offensive line also had issues with protection. *** Buchner also had a big miss on a deep throw to Braden Lenzy late in the first half. Buchner missed a wide open Michael Mayer on the late pick six, that was on the quarterback, but Jayden Thomas did a really poor job coming back to the football and fighting for the ball. *** Marshall challenged Notre Dame's pass game all day, and there were not enough field shots against it. When Buchner was used primarily as a drop back passer he struggled against a Marshall defense that everyone knew was going to mix up looks and try to bait a young quarterback into mistakes, and Buchner made two HUGE mistakes in those situations. You can chalk that up to youth and inexperience, but that youth and inexperience was really costly. *** There were multiple miscommunications, and not just on plays like the simple T-E stunt that resulted in Jarrett Patterson giving up a hit. I'm not sure if Lugg should have helped (I thought he should have, but that' snot the point), but the point is Fisher thought he did, so someone messed up there from a communication and assignment standpoint. Notre Dame fell to 0-2 with a devastating home loss to Marshall. The Herd beat Notre Dame by a 26-21 score.

It seemed like almost nothing was clicking for the Fighting Irish, who have now opened their 2022 season with an 0-2 record after losing to Ohio State in Week 1 ...

Safe to say the honeymoon period for new Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman is over because now the Fighting Irish are going to have an awfully hard time making it to the College Football Playoff with a bad loss like this on their resume — not to mention two to start the season. 6 Kansas State in 2003. It seemed like almost nothing was clicking for the Fighting Irish, who have now opened their 2022 season with an 0-2 record after losing to Ohio State in Week 1 and then to Marshall, 26-21, in South Bend on Saturday.

Marcus Freeman is going to have to wait a little longer to get his first win as Notre Dame's head coach.

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SportsLine's model just revealed its CFB picks and predictions for Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday, September 10.

Junior linebacker [Marist Liufau](/college-football/players/3136909/marist-liufau/) anchors the middle of the Notre Dame defense. SportsLine's model is leaning Under on the total, projecting that the teams will combine for 46 points. Marshall set the tone in the season opener and ran for 380 yards. [Brandon Joseph](/college-football/players/3124732/brandon-joseph/) is a smooth defender on the backend. The Fighting Irish are listed at -20.5 in the latest Notre Dame vs. Before making any Notre Dame vs. Marshall](https://www.sportsline.com/college-football/game-forecast/NCAAF_20220910_MRSHL@ND/) and just revealed its picks and CFB predictions. Here are several [college football odds](https://www.sportsline.com/college-football/odds/) and betting lines for Marshall vs. He recorded four tackles in the opener. Over the past six-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of almost $3,500 for $100 players on its top-rated [college football picks](https://www.sportsline.com/college-football/picks/) against the spread. 8 [Notre Dame](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/ND/notre-dame-fighting-irish/) (0-1) on Saturday afternoon. [Marshall Thundering Herd](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/MRSHL/marshall-thundering-herd/) (1-0) travel to South Bend to take on No.

Notre Dame: For the first time, Marcus Freeman coaches a game under the eyes of Touchdown Jesus, and as a comfortable favorite. ND's defense is coming off a ...

[Bookmark](https://si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq) [Notre Dame vs. ND's defense is coming off a good showing against Ohio State and boasts arguably the best offensive line in college football, a key piece as this team looks to develop Tyler Buchner's deeper passing game with a CFP berth still technically within grasp despite the Week 1 loss.

The Thundering Herd took down No. 8 Fighting Irish in South Bend. Here are some stats behind the major upset.

Laborn's performance is the most rushing yards that a player has had against Notre Dame since 2016. The first came in 2003 against then-No. 2: Marshall's win is the second victory against a top-10 ranked team in program history.

The honeymoon phase for the Fighting Irish's coach seems to be over as the program started 0–2 despite an AP top 10 ranking.

Freeman took over in the offseason at Notre Dame after former coach Brian Kelly left for LSU. He then went on to run for a two-point conversion, lifting Notre Dame ahead to 15–12. With an upset home loss to Marshall on Saturday, Freeman is the first coach in school history to lose his first three games, dating back to Fighting Irish’s bowl game.

The victory was the Thundering Herd's first over a top-10 opponent since 2003, while the loss for the Fighting Irish gave them an 0-2 start to a season for the ...

[Kansas State](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/KSTATE/kansas-state-wildcats/) on Sept. It's also the first victory for the Herd over any Power Five opponent since they topped [Purdue](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/PURDUE/purdue-boilermakers/) 41-31 on Sept. [Marshall](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/MRSHL/marshall-thundering-herd/) stunned No. [Devin Miller](/college-football/players/2865160/devin-miller/) to cap an 11-play, 94-yard drive and give Marshall a 19-15 lead with just over 5 minutes to play. 8 [Notre Dame](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/ND/notre-dame-fighting-irish/) 26-21 on Saturday in South Bend, Indiana, pulling off one of the most shocking upsets over the last few [college football](/college-football) seasons. (Freeman coached ND in last year's Fiesta Bowl.)

Gilmore, the brother of Stephon Gilmore of the Indianapolis Colts, picked off a pass by Tyler Buchner with 4:35 left, raced to the end zone and then jumped into ...

Marshall drove to the 4-yard line before settling for a 20-yard field goal to go ahead 12-7. "We have to look at the lack of execution in all phases of our team." The Irish grabbed a 15-12 lead early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run up by Buchner. The score was set up by a 42-yard run by Laborn, who broke a tackle at the line of scrimmage and juked Irish safety [Brandon Joseph](https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4569604/brandon-joseph) before breaking free. Two plays with a little over eight minutes left in the third quarter epitomized Notre Dame's struggles. Pyne threw a TD pass with 14 second left to cut the lead to five points. "These games aren't as big to us as to other people because our kids stay locked into the process." We didn't execute, and it comes down to execution." This one will go down much differently to hopeful Notre Dame fans, many of whom packed the stadium. 8 Notre Dame 26-21 Saturday, making Marcus Freeman the first Fighting Irish coach to lose his first three games. "Notre Dame is a hell of a football team. The Thundering Herd beat No.

For the longest time, Notre Dame won games like it lost at to Marshall. Now, the Irish need to take a long look in the mirror and try to get better.

All of the jokes and the memes and GIFs floating across social media. How does a team that has had no answers the first two weeks find some? But when Freeman looks in the mirror, what will he see? Marshall was better in a game where Notre Dame needs to be. You can do that after going for 16 yards on 31 carries and a touchdown while being the best back on the field. “I’ve got to be a leader,” he said. Sideways it has gone after a 26-21 loss to a team from the Sun Belt Conference. In the trenches. This was supposed to be a day remembered for when Marcus Freeman registered his first win on the Notre Dame sideline. Across the field. After a hard game the first time out against No.2 Ohio State, Notre Dame would find its collective footing, boat-race Marshall and when it was over, have the game ball handed to the first-year head coach. On the outside.

After Notre Dame's 26-21 loss to Marshall, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman went up to the podium to face the music. Rather than celebrating his first win as ...

And so, we got to look and see. But throughout the entire game, there’s moments where there’s a lack of execution for whatever reason it is, and we’ve got to look at those moments say, ‘Okay, what do we have to do to fix the personnel? “We have to look at the lack of executions in all phases of our team, and where we can improve that. We’ve got to take a hard look at ourselves and get back to work and find ways to improve as a football team.” We all have to look at ourselves, starting with the head coach on down, and say, ‘Okay, what do I have to do? What do we have to do to fix the issues that we’re having?’ And not just focus on the end result.”

There are countless uncomfortable people in South Bend following a massive upset loss for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football...

The Fighting Irish gave the ball away three times — all on interceptions — while not forcing Marshall to commit at least a turnover. Instead, Marcus Freeman took another loss, as the Fighting Irish fell to Marshall, 26-23. Coming off a loss in Week 1 to the no.

Could Notre Dame run the table and finish 11-1, potentially having a chance to crash the College Football Playoff party? Even if not, an appearance in the ...

The rest of the Notre Dame backfield? It was an entirely different thing when Marshall did the same on Saturday. An anemic offense that struggles to do the littlest of things right.

The Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame is off to a miserable start following a historically bad loss by the Fighting Irish against Marshall on Saturday.

Excepting rivalries, Notre Dame's last loss to such a team came in 2011 when South Florida beat the Fighting Irish 23-20. 19 Michigan in 2019, a game in which the Fighting Irish were just favored by just 1.5 points. He is the first coach in Notre Dame football history to start 0-3. teams from the Sun Belt Conference](https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1568719864487104512). This is also the first time since 2011 that Notre Dame has begun its season 0-2. State) and Michigan in 2007 (losses to Appalachian State and Oregon). Marshall is 2-8 overall in matchups vs. (This, of course, was the Fighting Irish's first meeting against a Sun Belt school). 1 Florida in 2001. The other teams were Florida State in 2017 (losses to Alabama and N.C. Charles Huff's Thundering Herd traveled into Notre Dame Stadium and upset the No. To compare, his predecessor, Brian Kelly, went 1-0 before losing three straight games to start 1-3.

Notre Dame lost to Marshall in Week 2. The Fighting Irish are 0-2. Here's how the players and coaches graded in the loss.

[Brandon Joseph](https://www.on3.com/db/brandon-joseph-143656/) had one for 15 yards. Former Florida State five-star signee [Khalan Laborn](https://www.on3.com/db/khalan-laborn-74784/) led the way with 31 carries for 163 yards and the one rushing score. Fellow sophomore [Logan Diggs](https://www.on3.com/db/logan-diggs-79699/) carried seven times for seven yards. Junior [Chris Tyree](https://www.on3.com/db/chris-tyree-22596/) was not involved enough with three carries for 17 yards. [Audric Estime](https://www.on3.com/db/audric-estime-8054/) led the way in terms of running back carries for a second week in a row. Notre Dame lost the war in the trenches against a three-touchdown underdog. Fifth-year senior [Braden Lenzy](https://www.on3.com/db/braden-lenzy-11701/) had one catch for five yards on five targets, for instance. [Henry Colombi](https://www.on3.com/db/henry-colombi-47965/) and tight end [Devin Miller](https://www.on3.com/db/devin-miller-36120/). His 42-yard rush on second and five from the Notre Dame 48 with just over 10 minutes left was the best example of that. Junior tight end [Michael Mayer](https://www.on3.com/db/michael-mayer-88006/) was a force with eight catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. [Lorenzo Styles](https://www.on3.com/db/lorenzo-styles-jr-80128/) bump his production up from one catch in Week 1 to seven catches in Week 2. Buchner gave way to junior backup [Drew Pyne](https://www.on3.com/db/drew-pyne-39150/), who promptly threw an interception himself with Notre Dame trailing by 11 points with less than five minutes left.

From the opening quarter, it was clear this Marshall team was not intimidated by the mystique and tradition of Notre Dame football. The Irish struggled to find their rhythm and Marshall proved plenty creative on the offensive side of the ball.

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