Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, CJ Carr And Jalen Stroman Talk Season Opener Loss To Miami

Here are some of the key takeaways from Notre Dame's post game press conference:

Freeman On The Miami Loss

"Obviously disappointing with the outcome," Freeman stated. "It was a top ten fight that came down to a three-point game against a heck of a football team. Our guys have a confidence to build off of. There's obviously a lot of there we didn't do well, but there are some things we did do well. We have to build on what we did well and fix, with urgency, the things we didn't do well.

It's the first game of the year against a heck of an opponent. We had a new quarterback starting and we have to do somethings to help him figure his way out. Defensively, we have to be better in crucial parts of the game. We weren't as high performing as I would like in some situations. We'll take it, get back to work and look at ways to fix it. We'll utilize this bye week to get ready for A&M."

Freeman On CJ's Performance

"He's going to be a really good quarterback," Freeman said about the redshirt freshman. "He's everything I thought he was going to be; his ceiling is so high. He's going to have to learn how to take this loss and not let it beat him up too much because he's an ultra-competitor and he's a gamer. He performs when the lights are on, he prepares his tail off and he had answers for questions that myself or Coach (Mike) Denbrock had. He's going to do great things and it's just the start for him."

Carr On What Fueled The Second Half Comeback

"I think it was just getting comfortable with being out there with those guys for the first time," Carr said about the offense's second half performance. "I thought we did a good job in the second half of putting drives together. A&M week, we need to be able to start faster and put those drives together earlier."

Stroman On Trying To Matchup Miami's Physicality

"We're always going to fight," Stroman explained. "That's all we do. We push and we go with confidence. We're always going to fight back, it's never just one punch, it'll be multiple punches. As a defense and as a team, we're always going to fight back."

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