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How Pete Bevacqua and Notre Dame’s brash new reality fit in college football’s morphing minefield

Eric Hansenby: Eric Hansen07/30/25EHansenND
Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman speaks during a press conference with Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day prior to their College Football Playoff championship matchup in Atlanta on Jan. 19, 2025. Adam Cairns/Imagn Images

Notre Dame football may have finally cracked the code and aligned for its most realistic run at a national title since 1988. But, as athletic director Pete Bevacqua admitted, that audacious new foundation may be sitting on college football’s temperamental fault line.