ATLANTA – Notre Dame’s loss to Northern Illinois stands as an infamous footnote to this college football season, one that sparked a 13-game winning streak and a berth in Monday’s CFP championship game against Ohio State.
That game also was the birth of another notable footnote to the 2024 Notre Dame season – the Jeremiyah Love hurdle.
The Irish’s second touchdown that day came on a 32-yard run by Love that featured him hurdling a Huskies safety and scampering into the end zone. That play marked the first football hurdle of his life…