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Notre Dame football is ushering in the new year riding a wave of momentum. They had a very successful early signing day, hired Mike Denbrock away from LSU, and blew out Oregon St. to close out the season. Notre Dame is trending up for 2024.
With the turn of the calendar top of mind and progress for the football program always there as well, let’s have some fun and go over 5 New Year Resolutions for Notre Dame Football to make for 2024. It feels like the program is close to “turning a corner”.
Are they?
What else needs to change before the Irish can be considered “elite”?
Take Advantage Of Opportunities When Presented
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There are only 12 games in each season. Each one is truly sacred and none can be wasted or taken for granted. Notre Dame found themselves in more than a couple situations this year in which they had opportunities to really do some special things. But they didn’t.
Against Ohio State, Notre Dame needed one of about 12-15 plays/decisions to play out differently to get a win. Yet they lost. This opportunity was as well. Clemson was playing bad football begging to be put out of their misery when the Irish visited Happy Valley. Clemson won and it revived the whole “Dabo” vibe.
These are huge missed opportunities for monumental wins. Notre Dame must clear this hurdle and break this seal at some point, then it’s off to the races.
Match The Moment
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Notre Dame did not match the intensity of the opponent on a few occasions this year. The results were not good. Louisville out-efforted and out-executed the Irish all game and Clemson bounced back to form in a big way while Notre Dame looked completely out of sorts in that ballgame.
In both affairs Notre Dame did try to wake up and comeback, but this is a tough task in tough road environments vs decent teams….
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Author : Fighting Irish Wire
Publish date : 2024-01-01 03:31:07
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