Coming off an emotional, hard-fought and draining 23-13 Fighting Irish win at Texas A&M last weekend in a battle of two top-20 teams, Notre Dame had to guard against a letdown in its home opener today as a four-touchdown favorite against Northern Illinois. It never happened. In what ended up the first-ever win over a top-10 team in its program history, NIU came into Notre Dame Stadium and pulled a monumental 16-14 upset over the the four-touchdown favorite Irish in what will remain one of the worst losses of the entire 2024 college football season, and one that already puts Notre Dame playoff …