The Irish have their first ever College Football Playoff win, but does it hold the same weight?
Not to dredge up the past, but I was irritated by the discourse after Notre Dame’s 2023 football season about whether it was successful (it wasn’t, in my opinion, because Sam Hartman should have at least gotten you to a New Year’s Six Bowl and probably won it for you). But now that topic of conversation is relevant one again, with people pondering the expectations for the Irish this season and if they’ve already been met.
So, you tell me. Is Notre Dame’s 2024 football campaign already a success, or is there more that needs to be achieved?
To be sure, this depends somewhat on semantics. I personally don’t think “success” and “disappointment” are two binary states; maybe it’s cognitively dissonant, but it just feels like there can be a middle ground where Notre Dame gets a passing grade while it would have been sweeter to ace the course. Maybe that means “success” is the middle ground between “disappointment” and “overachievement.”
In any event, sound off in the comments.