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ATLANTA — Notre Dame is angry. Notre Dame is really angry. Notre Dame wants the media to get out of the locker room. Actually, Notre Dame wants the media to get the [expletive] out.
Forty minutes have passed, give or take, since Ohio State’s 34-23 win in Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game, and the Fighting Irish — angrily, loudly, emotionally — are working through some things.
Thing one: This was a game they should’ve won.
“I think we came out and beat ourselves,” said sophomore wide receiver Jordan Faison.
Said sophomore receiver Jaden Greathouse, who had a game-high 128 receiving yards, “We were just making a lot of mistakes that we usually don’t make. And when you play another good team, that’s the outcome that you’re going to get.”
Thing two: They are motivated.
“The statement that we put out there is that we’re a dog team,” Faison said. “Altogether, everyone on this team is a dog. We show our best, fight to the max, and we’re definitely going to use this going into next year. It would be a waste for us not to use this next year as motivation.”
And thing three, most important of them all: This program is on a collision course for a national championship, making the program’s first crown since 1988 a matter of when, not if.
Notre Dame linebacker Drayk Bowen (34) is consoled on the bench after the Fighting Irish lost to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
“I said it before and I’ll say it again. We sent shockwaves throughout college. We sent shockwaves,” senior defensive tackle Howard Cross III said.
“Before this, it was what we can’t do. Now, I really feel like after this year it’s really like, what Notre Dame can do. Who can play against us? Who can stop us? The ground has changed…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2025-01-21 11:06:00
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