So much for the robust Notre Dame defense, whose intimidating defensive walls terrorized the offenses. Well, that was Al Golden’s explosive playbook. But presently, the Irish does not have him. Already, the Irish’s 2-0 start in the season, and already Chris Ash’s lack of penalty calls led to a meltdown at South Bend last week. But Freeman was still confident in his new defensive coordinator gamble in Ash. “It’s not the calls. It’s the execution,” the head coach had said in his defense.

However, on Saturday’s matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers, Freeman’s frustration with the Ash Chris capped off. After last week’s loss to the Aggies, the defense was supposed to come back prepared. And they did, but failed to fight their age-old foe: disciplinary issues. Purdue moved down the field in

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