Why Losing Jeremiyah Love Isn’t the End of the Irish World
With national title hopes soaring for the 2026 season, Notre Dame fans have fixated on the departure of star running back Jeremiyah Love (and Jadarian Price) to the NFL. Yet history shows championship teams routinely replace generational talents. This season, Marcus Freeman’s squad returns a strengthened offensive line, better wide receivers and an improved quarterback in C.J. Carr, plus a defense that allowed just 17.6 points per game last year. From Tennessee swapping Peyton Manning for Tee Martin in 1998 to Miami moving on from Vinny Testaverde in 1987, elite programs shrug off big losses and still cut down the nets.
In a stunning plot twist, Notre Dame fans have discovered that replacing Heisman-winning gods might not spark the apocalypse they feared. Next up on the panic circuit: what happens when the turf gets mowed? But take heart, diehards—if history’s taught us anything, it’s that college football dynasties move on faster than you can say “transfer portal.” While pundits turn shades paler than an Irish jersey, the Fighting Irish will simply retool, reload and roll out, presumably without sparking a nationwide existential crisis among college football followers.
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