High Expectations and High Risks for Notre Dame's Season Notre Dame's preseason ranking has catapulted Coach Marcus Freeman's team to national prominence.
The Fighting Irish are expected to make a deep run in the College Football Playoff, but beneath the hype lies a more nuanced story – one of high expectations and high risks.
Freeman's mantra of "keeping it" – coined after last season's abrupt conclusion – has been a guiding principle for his players as they prepared for this campaign.