Freeman delivered a thorough ass kicking of Clemson

Using "on brand" Notre dame football: Solid special teams, a mean running game, and a few nice hits on defense to put the game away.

Clemson is a well coached and high quality opponent. We didn't edge them without the starting QB and we didn't require 2OTs to beat them. We obliterated them on live TV well into the meat of the season.

Right now we are depleted talent wise. When our main guys god own the drop off is pretty bad. Freeman recognizes that and is fixing it.

Kelly never delivered such an ass kicking save for maybe Oklahoma in 2012. As Andy is loath to hear, our ceiling is much higher with Marcus than with Rabid Barney the Dinosaur.