Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck has thoughts on Notre Dame’s loss to Northern Illinois

Notre Dame football’s loss to Northern Illinois this past weekend sent waves across all of college football.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian used the upset as motivation for this team, showing his players clips of them game and letting them know they have to earn everything on the field.

Former Huskies wide receiver and current Minnesota Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck had a bit of a different response. His college roommate is current NIU head coach Thomas Hammock, and he went on to explain how he has built the program starting with they were in their playing years. Fleck was extremely complimentary of his former classmate, and the success they have had.

It’s unfortunate for the Irish that they were on the wrong end of this upset, and they’ll need to address all those issues this week as they prepare for an angry Purdue team. Hopefully, Notre Dame gets back to its winning ways on Saturday.

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