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    Al Golden - Defensive Coordinator

    I think he's been quoted as saying something along the lines of preferring the NFL because you can use much more advanced schemes, BUT part of the reason he loves coaching at ND so much is because the players are so smart that he doesn't have to dumb down his schemes much. I forget where I read...
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    Jan 9 | Penn State

    I like this site for opponent adjusted efficiency stats https://www.bcftoys.com/2024-dfei/ Notably, ND is ranked #1 in D FEI with UT and OSU being the other 2 clearly elite defenses
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    '23 MO RB Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame Signee)

    There's no reason for him to come back in 26 barring a serious injury next year that tanks his stock. As an RB, going early is always preferable. If you're talking maximizing career earnings - the ideal situation for an elite RB is leaving after 3 years in college, getting drafted in the 2nd...
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    ‘21 AL QB Riley Leonard (Duke Transfer - Notre Dame Verbal)

    Riley would have to want to come back first. But Denbrock has a pretty strong pitch based on what he did with Daniels in year 2
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    2025 Transfer Portal

    Mac Jones I believe Edit: nvm he was a junior
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    Dec 20 | Indiana

    They haven't. QBs have logged 75 carries for -10 yards against IU this year. They've also played 9 teams 93rd or worse in rush offense
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    2025 Master Thread

    According to 247 he did
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    '23 MO RB Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame Signee)

    Sampson said in this morning's article "no major damage" after MRI. Might be sore, but will play in the playoffs
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    2025 Transfer Portal

    Athletic mailbag from Wednesday
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    Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

    Genuinely can't think of a single coach that would be a definite upgrade and as good of a culture fit, that is even a remote possibility. If post-NIU Freeman is the coach we're getting from now on ... there's not many that I think are definitely better, period. Kirby obviously. Maybe Lanning...
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    2025 Transfer Portal

    Sampson specifically stated "not just the Dukes, Northwesterns, and Vandys" of the world
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    2024 College Football Playoffs

    True, but it was harder to be a one loss team in the past with more power 5 conferences and members playing most everyone in the conference. There will likely end up being more undefeated and 1-loss teams this year than in years past
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    Aug 31 | Texas A&M

    If y'all wanna have fun simulating nightmare scenarios...https://collegefootballnetwork.com/college-football-playoff-predictor. Just made one where OSU, aTm, KState, and Clemson run the table for conference champions, and then had: 12-1 Oregon, 11-1 PSU, 11-1 Indiana 12-1 Miami, 11-1 Pitt...
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    '25 FL DL Jalen Wiggins (Florida Soft Verbal)

    Part of the issue with recruiting big nose tackle types is there just aren't a lot of them each class. If you look at the top 100 DL (all the way into 3*, 87 grade territory) in 247's 2025 rankings, only 30 of them are 285lbs+. Then you start looking at demographics of those 30 and the...
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    Is ND really pursuing National Championships?

    True, but Swinney took a lot longer to get to that elite level. Similar to Freeman, he didn't have the roadmap and there were a lot more stumbles in figuring out how to get there. People seem to forget that before those championship teams he had 6 seasons of going 9-5, 6-7, 10-4, 11-2, 11-2...
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    Is ND really pursuing National Championships?

    Agreed. The big difference is Day, Smart, and Riley got to learn from arguably the three best modern-day coaches. Freeman learned from Fickell and BK - both of whom I think are very good coaches. I've always felt that has been the biggest factor in those guy's immediate success vs. Freeman's...
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    ‘21 AL QB Riley Leonard (Duke Transfer - Notre Dame Verbal)

    Fwiw he had 6 catch - 157 yard game against Arkansas. He also was on a 4-8 team where he had almost 3x the yards of the next closest receiver - so while I can't claim to have watched any FIU games, I imagine opposing defenses were focused on stopping him
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    Aug 31 | Texas A&M

    Piggybacking off this - I graduated from A&M in 2014. Will be at the game in all Irish gear. Forkbeard's assessment is pretty spot on. A&M fans take their traditions very seriously, and aren't particularly well humored about them. But if you're respectful about them, they'll be very friendly.
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    '25 NV WR Derek Meadows (Alabama Verbal)

    No need to! This site scrapes the data from 247 for historical recruiting rankings. I believe it uses 247's ranks, not the composite though. Here's positional rankings from 2010-2024: CollegeFootballData.com ND has actually recruited surprisingly well at the receiver position....
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    Notre Dame Lacrosse Open thread

    Sam Assaf - I believe he's a walk on for lacrosse as well
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