Well, this isn't the start I was expecting for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish . Two games in and the record says zero wins, two losses. The story, however, is a little more complicated than that. Sometimes the numbers on the surface don't capture the full picture, and sometimes the beginning of a season doesn't tell the whole story of where it could go.

Notre Dame has stumbled out of the gate, but the bigger question is whether those stumbles are cracks in the foundation or simply early growing pains against top-tier competition. What comes next will decide if this season fades into disappointment or transforms into something entirely different.

The 0-2 start and what it really means

On the surface, Notre Dame's 0-2 start looks like a disaster. The Irish lost their opener on the road t

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