Marcus Freeman faces loads of criticism after loss to ‘lifeless’ Stanford
By Keith Farner
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Marcus Freeman is off to a rough start at Notre Dame, and suffered his latest crushing defeat, this time to Stanford, which beat the Fighting Irish 16-14 after it came into the game with a 1-4 record.
The Cardinal’s only previous win came over Colgate. It’s Notre Dame’s third loss as the Irish fell to 3-3, with losses to Ohio State, Marshall and now Stanford. Notre Dame had 2 turnovers, and converted just 3 of 12 chances on third down.
The Cardinal had lost 11 straight to Power 5 opponents. Irish fall for the second time as a heavy home favorite.
Here’s a sampling of some fan and media reaction:
Just a horrible loss for Notre Dame against a lifeless Stanford team.
ND didn’t lose to a single bad team for five straight seasons (2017-21). Under Marcus Freeman, they’ve lost to two in six weeks.
— Derek Schultz (@Schultz975) October 16, 2022
Marcus Freeman might not even make it the whole year
— Mr. Ohio (@MrOH1O) October 16, 2022
Marcus Freeman really gonna lose at home to a terrible Stanford team?
— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) October 16, 2022
If I was marcus freeman I would cry lol
— kates4cubbies (@kates4cubbies) October 16, 2022
Stanford takes a knee and hands Marcus Freeman his first loss as a Catholic
— Kevin Borba (@Kevin__Borba) October 16, 2022
How long until we can say that Notre Dame has a problem playing up and down to opponents under Marcus Freeman?
— Justin Kenny (@jkennyOPS) October 16, 2022
FINAL
Stanford 16
Notre Dame 14Cardinal had lost 11 straight to Power 5 opponents. Irish fall for the second time as a heavy home favorite. Many questions inbound for Marcus Freeman.
— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) October 16, 2022
Stanford came in ranked 111th in scoring defense. Held Notre Dame to 14 points.
Marcus Freeman was starting to build some momentum with BYU win last week, but …
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 16, 2022
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
