What I find most interesting about posting this list weekly is how many items may appear on the confidence side one week but on the concerns side the next, or possibly be neutrally listed by default on neither. Such is the fickle nature of college football.
The do or die nature of each of those cherished fall Saturday gridiron battles that comprise the shortest regular season of all major sports lend themselves to weekly mood swings and quickly varying levels of confidence or worry.
This being said, it really does feel like the Irish are settling in and finding themselves, who they want to be, starting to form their new Freeman Era identity. Maybe we underestimated how complex this process is / was out of the gate?
Marcus Freeman seems more comfortable week to week, Drew Pyne is playing about as well as any reasonable Notre Dame fan can ask for and the defense, while frustratingly inconsistent at times, for the most part plays winning football. The arrow is pointing up with two very winnable home games coming up. Let’s discuss our 3 Confidences and 3 concerns for Stanford Week.