College
Football Week 1
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In a sport where every loss can feel like a crisis, this one didn’t. And during a season-opening week when every reaction feels overdone, nothing about how Notre Dame left Hard Rock Stadium felt uncalibrated.
There was no postgame slamming of fists from head coach Marcus Freeman, no diatribe directed at his roster or his staff. The head coach grabbed the postgame stat sheet and processed it, already understanding why Notre Dame lost 27-24 on opening night in Miami.
The Irish lost a football game they could have won, but probably not one they should have won. Point spreads aside, that’s how it works when you play a first-time starting quarterback and post a negative turnover margin against a top-10 team on the road.
