{
  "id": 17541382,
  "title": "“Getting Gashed in Half”: CFB Insider Calls Out Notre Dame As Navy Dominates Ground Game vs Marcus Freeman’s Side",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/getting-gashed-in-half-cfb-insider-calls-out-notre-dame-as-navy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T05:37:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/getting-gashed-half-cfb-insider-053756031.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Notre Dame entered their Week 9 college football game against Navy as favorites at Gillette Stadium. However, the Fighting Irish were overwhelmed in the first half, with Navy controlling 22 minutes of possession compared to Notre Dame’s five minutes. College Football Insider Heather Dinich criticized the Notre Dame run defense, stating \"Notre Dame run D getting gashed in the first half.\" Despite the early struggles, Notre Dame has fought back and leads 14-13 at halftime against Navy. The 99th meeting between the two rivals marked the first time in 98 games that Navy had led the series. Notre Dame has a strong head-to-head record, with 84 wins compared to Navy’s 13 wins and one draw in their near 100-year history.",
  "summary": "The No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-1) entered their Week 9 regular-season college football matchup against the Navy Midshipmen (2-5) as favorites at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Saturday.",
  "key_points": [
    "Notre Dame entered Week 9 game against Navy as favorites",
    "Navy dominated ground game, controlling 22 minutes of possession",
    "Notre Dame run defense criticized for being \"gashed in the first half\""
  ],
  "editors_take": "Navy’s ability to dominate time of possession through the ground game threatens a historic rivalry by challenging Notre Dame’s long-standing statistical superiority in their near century of matchups.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}