# Notre Dame Defense in Crisis | Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7470854/notre-dame-defense-in-crisis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7470854/notre-dame-defense-in-crisis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-news.md Podcast: [Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7470854) Published: 2026-07-26T15:26:22+00:00 Episode link: https://sources.thednn.ai/f5c6cbb268e3d020 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/b99df08a-392c-4bf2-86e1-bf634247a0a6.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7470854/episodes/notre-dame-defense-in-crisis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-news Duration seconds: 77 ## Resource Notre Dame’s defense is in freefall, surrendering 91 points in just the first 10 quarters—nearly 10 points every 15 minutes. Under new coordinator Chris Ash, the unit has been shredded by Miami, Texas A&M, and even Purdue, sparking panic and anger across South Bend. With just 48 quarters left in the season, head coach Marcus Freeman’s fourth year is in serious jeopardy as the team scrambles to find answers before it’s too late. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/f5c6cbb268e3d020 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7470854/episodes/notre-dame-defense-in-crisis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7470854/notre-dame-defense-in-crisis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-football-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.