Well Marshall was a terrible team too. ND O-line is as soft as kittens. It's a big problem.Rees and Freeman are responsible for this loss. Yes, the players of course bear some blame too. But the game plan was atrocious, making it difficult for the offense to score.
Rees seemed stubborn regarding Diggs, Estime, and Tobias. Freeman allowed this.
The defense wasn’t great but still kept ND in it.
Lastly, this is a terrible Stanford team. Just shows how bad ND is right now.