Notre Dame football

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.

Follow along for live updates of No. 8 Notre Dame's Saturday afternoon 2022 home opener against Marshall.

Key plays: Marshall thought they had scored a touchdown when Notre Dame’s Jayden Mickey was beaten on a long pass. Didn’t matter because on the next play, Marshall quarterback Henry Colombi connected with Jayden Harrison for a 19-yard pass when Notre Dame CB Ben Morrison missed a tackle on the play. 2:40 p.m. 3:16 p.m. Marshall recorded five first downs and three plays of 10-plus yards. Mayer appeared to be wrapped up for a short gain but broke free, reaching the 1-yard line for a 12-yard completion, leading to Buchner's touchdown run on the next play. 3:24 p.m. Keys to the drive: On 2nd-and-14 from its own 47, Marshall lined up for a wide receiver pass. 3:37 p.m. Buchner hit Mayer on the sideline for 30 yards to Marshall’s 34. 4:47 p.m. 5 p.m.

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.)

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.

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.

It also gave the greater college football world its first glimpse of a fully purple faced Brian Kelly. The Michigan game the following week featured Wolverines ...

[bizarre contests in Notre Dame history](https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2015/5/5/8555651/erase-this-game-usf-23-notre-dame-20), a matchup that featured a calamity of turnovers on the side of the Fighting Irish and lightning delay that interrupted action for hours. [Notre Dame Fighting Irish](https://www.onefootdown.com) dropped its home opener on Saturday, getting clipped by the Marshall Thundering Herd in a 26-21 setback. The Michigan game the following week featured Wolverines quarterback Denard Robinson delivering the dagger to the Irish with a game-winning touchdown pass in the final minute.

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.

Right after the clock hit zero in Notre Dame's 26-21 loss to Marshall, Irish offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson unleashed a display of anger and ...

When things are going not so well, that’s, to me, when the character and leadership will show.” I said what I needed to say without criticizing the lame “tradition” of the swaying. Or maybe I just did — but there’s the tunnel and I’m gone y’all... And so, as I said to the guys in the locker room, that’s when we need our leadership the most, right? When things are at the toughest moments, no matter if it’s starting off 0-2, no matter where we go from here, when it matters the most in those toughest and hardest moments, that’s when your leadership has to come out.” And he has to continue to understand that that’s where you have to be a leader, and you have to make sure that everybody’s watching you.

At least Alabama escaped what would've been a dreadful loss. No. 6 Texas A&M lost 17-14 to Appalachian State, sending the Aggies tumbling in the early Bowl ...

But this year was supposed to be different: A&M was picked as a near-lock for the New Year's Six and even as the top team in the SEC West. 18 Wisconsin could rise out of the Big Ten West and make a run at the conference championship and a playoff berth evaporated completely with a 17-14 loss to Washington State. Is this offensive front capable of winning along the line of scrimmage against Arkansas, Georgia and the best the SEC has to offer? The Wildcats held UF to 279 yards of offense and intercepted quarterback Anthony Richardson twice in a 26-16 win that should settle a few things in the SEC East. It's not that Appalachian State is a pushover, since we know the Mountaineers are among the top teams in the Group of Five. The Cougars also face Notre Dame and Arkansas in October, providing even more opportunity to play a big role in the makeup of this year's New Year's Six. History tells us Alabama will bounce back and remain one of the teams to beat in the race for the national championship. Kansas is 2-0 for the first time since 2011 after a 55-42 overtime win against West Virginia capped by a walk-off pick-six in the first extra frame. The Cougars are set to take a big leap into the playoff conversation after bouncing back from a missed field goal at the of regulation and one in overtime to beat future Big 12 cohort Baylor 26-20 in double overtime. Down the road, there's a chance this team looks back on the UNC loss and wonders what could've been; as proven last year, an unbeaten Group of Five team with solid non-conference wins against the Power Five could make an argument for the College Football Playoff. While Texas came up just short, the performance bodes well for the team's chances in an unpredictable Big 12 and should put wind in the program's sails after a dreadful 2021 season. Sometimes a loss isn't just a loss, even if the Longhorns had multiple opportunities in the second half to put Alabama away and secure a tenure-making victory for second-year coach Steve Sarkisian.

Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Baylor all went down Saturday, bringing new teams into the hunt for the College Football Playoff.

Williams and Biletnikoff Award winner Jordan Addison (7 catches, 172 yards, 2 TDs) hooked up for two first-half scores, too. Week 3 opponent Washington is a step up in competition and a good test on the road. This is the first must-win game of many for Brent Venables, and it could be the last must-win game for Huskers coach Scott Frost. The Tigers an easier path than Michigan to a conference championship in the ACC, but there are still questions about whether they can run the table. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh named McCarthy the starter for Week 3 against UConn. 4 for now, but there is a long road to get to the finale against Ohio State. McCarthy (11 of 12, 229 yards, 3 TDs) averaged 19.1 yards per attempt, and Cade McNamara (4 of 6, 26 yards, INT) did not respond as well in relief. Stroud hit 16 of 24 passes for 351 yards and four TDs. A total of 15 different Georgia players caught a pass in the share-the-wealth offense, and the ground game cruised with the standard 4.0 yards per carry. The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. That is a stunner given the offseason back and forth with Alabama coach Nick Saban. Appalachian State beat No.

Imagine the swing in emotions Texas A&M fans went through in Week 2. It felt great to watch Texas lose 20-19 in the final minute to No.

McCarthy in a 56-10 blowout against Hawaii, and the sophomore did not disappoint. Iowa managed just 150 total yards in a 10-7 loss to rival Iowa State, but that wasn't the worst part. Coach Mark Stoops passed Bear Bryant for the most wins in program history with 61 in the process. Compound that with the fact every Big Ten East team is 2-0 so far, and you have another compelling reason for the conference to scrap divisions. The Trojans put on a passing clinic in the first that half that impressed Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice, who was in attendance to watch his son Brenden. Riley, however, will need to develop a closer mentality throughout the season, which continues against Fresno State in Week 3. Stanford did cut the lead to 13 points and had an onside kick attempt in the fourth quarter but never quite threatened. It’s a painful loss in the Irish’s first-ever game against a Sun Belt opponent, and those stick in South Bend longer than they should. This was a striking example of "losing twice" after the top-five showdown with the Buckeyes. Tyler Buchner (18 of 32, 201 yards, 2 rushing TDs, 2 INTs) struggled with accuracy and turnovers, and the Irish generated a running game that averaged just 3.5 yards per carry. 6 team in the country. [retaliatory press conference](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/jimbo-fisher-nick-saban-feud-not-done/cbb7kievqyyiuvmxwjh7yxfh) against Alabama’s Nick Saban on May 18 that was the highlight of “Talkin’ Season.” No.

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[Northwestern](https://www.si.com/college/northwestern/)went down 21–0 early to Duke, but this is one play that went right for the Wildcats: [Texas](https://www.si.com/college/texas/) has to be kicking itself that this ball hit the turf for an incompletion on this deep shot. [Quinn Ewers goes down](https://www.si.com/college/2022/09/10/texas-quarterback-quinn-ewers-injured-shoulder-alabama-roughing-passer) with a tough injury after hitting a huge shot play to get Texas knocking on the door of tying this game at 10 early. The first half pivoted for Texas on offense, however, when quarterback Quinn Ewers went down with an apparent injury to his non-throwing arm/shoulder. - Alabama wins what was unexpectedly an incredible football game 20-19 after a late Will Reichardt field goal gives the Tide a hard-fought victory. - This is simply to note for the historical record: Iowa has scored seven points against in-state rival Iowa State ... Anthony Richardson just looked off in this game—many of the things that came easy in the win over Utah simply weren’t in this contest, and he was kept wholly in check in the run game. [Week 1 of college football](https://www.si.com/college/2022/09/03/key-matchups-college-football-season-ncaa-georgia-schedule-watch) had everything fans could have asked for, including a triple-overtime in Texas and a 7–3 victory for Iowa. - Let’s recap a wild midday window: First, Marshall dispatched Notre Dame 26-21 outmuscling an anemic Irish offense and beating the Fighting Irish on the road. The Wildcats earn Mark Stoops the mark of the all-time winningest coach in Kentucky history with a 26–16 win over Florida. It’s almost unthinkable that a team could be this bad in these situations and it’s a conundrum that defied conventional wisdom and is undoubtedly deeply frustrating for the Huskers’ program. Frost came into the season on the hot seat, and this 1–2 start will do nothing to get him any closer to being off of it.