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5 Things Didn’t Like: Lack of Adjustments Nearly Cost Notre Dame Dearly vs. Florida State

In the words of Rocky Balboa in the sixth Rocky movie, the world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. That’s what this column is about each week. Even in victory, there are things of concern from each game, and this week’s win was no exception. Based on the reaction of some, you’d think Notre Dame lost to Florida State. Luckily the Irish escaped with the win in OT and have some time to address a typical laundry list of concerns from their opener.

Marcus Freeman staying in the 3-man front

In the aftermath of Notre Dame’s fourth-quarter collapse in Tallahassee, there seemed to be a bit of a turning on the idea of Notre Dame ever using a 3-man front in Marcus Freeman’s new defense since Florida State had success on it.