It's five weeks down and seven to go for Notre Dame football, which feels good about its collective selves after winning three in a row

Notre Dame offensive lineman Aamil Wagner (59) throws wide receiver Jaden Greathouse (1) into the air after a Greathouse touchdown during a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Louisville at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in South Bend. / MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

While you may have been expecting the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to just have its focus on this weekends game against the Stanford Cardinal, it is the wrong assessment. During head coach Marcus Freeman’s Monday press conference,

Pro Football Focus examines the keys on both sides of the ball when Notre Dame hosts Stanford in South Bend in Week 7.

C oming off of two straight losses, the Stanford Cardinal (2-3, 1-2 ACC) will head to Indiana this week where they will take on the No. 11 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, renewi