Marcus Freeman details Notre Dame's struggles at home

Marcus Freeman has been in charge of three home games for Notre Dame. Two of those have resulted in losses. To make matters worse, they have come against opponents the Fighting Irish are expected to be winning against — even in the first year of a new head coach. There are struggles for Freeman to fix in the remaining three contests at Notre Dame Stadium.

Freeman said he does not fully know the problem and if he did, things would already be fixed. An evaluation will be taken on the program, beginning from the top, will be had over the rest of the season when Notre Dame plays at home. UNLV is the next opponent up on Saturday, with Clemson looming the first weekend in November.

CLICK HERE to subscribe for FREE to the On3 YouTube channel

“You’re evaluating everything,” Freeman said. “Why haven’t we played as well at home? Why haven’t we played well against opponents that are maybe not ranked as high? It starts from the top down and everything that we do. The way we prepare, the way we motivate, what we do on game days, what we do at home vs. what we do away.

“There is no, just, one answer because if there was, we would fix it. It’s truly an evaluation of everything that goes into it. Why we haven’t been able to execute — here, especially at Notre Dame Stadium and vs. the opponents that we have faced and what we have to do to correct it.”

Stanford is a rivalry dating back to the late 1980s, with the Cardinal only having 14 wins in the series. Saturday marked just the fifth to come in South Bend and first since 2016. Not how Freeman wanted to kickstart his record vs. David Shaw.

All of this doesn’t even include the Marshall loss at Notre Dame Stadium in Week 2.

Marcus Freeman hoping to ‘attack’ issues at home

As mentioned, Freeman will quickly have the opportunity to get back to winning ways at home. UNLV will travel to South Bend, where the head coach is looking to “attack” the Fighting Irish’s issues. That is good and all during a week of preparation but Freeman knows results on Saturdays do matter.

“We’re going to have a plan and we’re going to approach it in practice and we’re going to attack it,” said Freeman. “In hope of, on Saturday, when it matters, the results are what you want.”