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Last year's Notre Dame team thrived on urgency. Can 2025 Irish do the same?

IMG_7504by: Jack Soble09/20/25jacksoble56
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Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman runs onto the field with his team. (MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

From now on, every game is a playoff game. For Notre Dame to recapture the magic of 2024, improvement has to start Saturday vs. Purdue.