To say things didn’t go well for Notre Dame in its home opener against Marshall on Saturday would be an understatement.
It seemed like almost nothing was clicking for the Fighting Irish, who have now opened their 2022 season with an 0-2 record after losing to Ohio State in Week 1 and then to Marshall, 26-21, in South Bend on Saturday. Per NBC’s game broadcast, this is only the second time Marshall has taken down a top-10 team, previously knocking off then-No. 6 Kansas State in 2003.
Safe to say the honeymoon period for new Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman is over because now the Fighting Irish are going to have an awfully hard time making it to the College Football Playoff with a bad loss like this on their resume — not to mention two to start the season.
Notre Dame fans, surely, are far from thrilled. But it’s also a fairly polarizing program, so naturally, there were a ton of college football fans out there who were thrilled with the Fighting Irish losing to an unranked team at home.
This is so bad for Notre Dame… pic.twitter.com/36M2zIBKhT
— Overtime (@overtime) September 10, 2022
Notre Dame football pic.twitter.com/gpoaQciXza
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) September 10, 2022
What a huge, huge moment for Marshall and Charles Huff. What an abject disaster for Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) September 10, 2022
Scheduled tweet: Notre Dame all done. https://t.co/z4cPwTaW1h
— All Done (@all___done) September 10, 2022
What’s the dumbest thing you ever paid money for? Bc Notre Dame just gave Marshall 1.25 million to knock them out of the CFP.
— Jen Lada (@JenLada) September 10, 2022
This would be at least 5,000 times more amusing if Brian Kelly was still Notre Dame's head coach.
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) September 10, 2022
What a poverty program. Forreal the most fraudulent program in NCAA history. ND fans are always delusional and i always feel so vindicated when the take an L https://t.co/uhPj2wk4Yp
— 5’7 and Thriving 🏴 (@BIG_E98) September 10, 2022
— Paul Rigney (@PaulRRigney) September 10, 2022
Notre Dame sucks. https://t.co/LdtX09a2qH
— Reynolds, Dale (@DReynolds5294) September 10, 2022
Live look at Notre Dame fans pic.twitter.com/pxBd70V2zi
— PFF College (@PFF_College) September 10, 2022
Stop riding them soo hard and putting them in high ranking every year🙅🏼♂️#NDsucks https://t.co/jewH7YrU4S
— JaKobey94 (@jakebreak94) September 10, 2022
I don’t EVER want to see Notre Dame ranked again in their entire history. One of the most overrated programs every single season. Thanks for the laughs once again ND pic.twitter.com/pNtyXeWE8l
— Ricky Margarita (@yuuuzey) September 10, 2022
What if Notre Dame never wins another football game
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) September 10, 2022
NBC played a teaser for Notre Dame vs. Cal next Saturday.
Buddy, not sure you wanna play that IMMEDIATELY after this.
— Andrew Hammond (@ahammFreePress) September 10, 2022
Who the hell loses to Marshall https://t.co/MpZudml5x1
— Cody Place (@codyJplace) September 10, 2022
first the queen, and now notre dame, been a bad few days for irrelevant institutions
— chris (@Fopakjak) September 10, 2022
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times: NOTRE DAME IS OVERRATED!
AP Voters: Quit outing them in the Top 10 every year. It’s joke, and it’s lazy.
— Big Game Boomer (@BigGameBoomer) September 10, 2022
Notre Dame might legitimately be the most overrated preseason top 5 team of all-time. Notre Dame is killing it in recruiting, but this is just bad.
— Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) September 10, 2022
Wow, Notre Dame…
Bad news: 0-2 start
Good news: now up to 15.5 ppg
— Ė (@IanQ_S) September 10, 2022
SOMEHOW EVERYONE KNEW NOTRE DAME WOULD BE BAD EXCEPT NOTRE DAME FANS LMAOOOO
— Bloo Hates Music 🇫🇮 (@BlackKrayIntern) September 10, 2022
