Nine minutes into the first quarter, the Notre Dame football team's offense finally took the field against the Syracuse Orange. CJ Carr took his first snap with his team already leading 21-0.
You read that right. Before the Fighting Irish offense ever took the field, they were already staked to a three-touchdown lead by Chris Ash's defense and the program's special teams unit.
To make matters worse, before CJ Carr took the field for Notre Dame, Syracuse had already made a change at quarterback. They made the change because walk-on Joseph Filardi started the game by throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Jalen Stroman on the second snap to make it 7-0.