Football

I looked at the box score.
Notre Dame played 2 quarterbacks who COMBINED for 15 pass attempts.
They played 13 people at running back or receiver.
The played THIRTY guys on defense.
That's 45 players out of 65 and doesn't count the offensive linemen, punter, kicker, holder or long snapper.
Effectively, they emptied the bench.
And oh, Notre Dame scored 21 points before the offense took their first snap.
A pick 6, a punt return to the house, & another pick 6. 21 to nothing before the ND offense took the field for the first time.
I think the assumptions that Notre Dame did something wrong are misguided.
And, I don't care about Notre Dame. I don't even watch college football.
But, it seems the coach who did badly was the Syracuse coach who didn't have his team prepared.
35 points in the first quarter is on Syracuse, not on Notre Dame.