Louisville keeps putting 8-9 men in the box and still no adjustment on offense. No screens, slants, RPO—nothing to get the ball out of of the QB hands quickly. His feet seemed to be in quicksand on every pass play. What was the OC thinking or was it just arrogance?

"He's been a talented individual from the moment he stepped on this campus, in fall camp,” head coach Marcus Freeman said of Jordan Faison.

How that led to Faison's big moment Saturday night:

the Floridian hasn't been to SB since he earned a camp offer as a freshman.

All coaching interviews are in. Common theme : gotta execute better. Guess it’s all on the players

Since they are allowing this in college and pro football, why isn't ND using it when they decide to sneak Hartman on a 3rd or 4th and short? I hate the play, but no one can deny it's effective in those situations.

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Everyone is attacking the coaches, offensive line , defensive line , quarterback without mentioning the most obvious and glaring deficiency , viz., the wide receiver corps. AGAIN! As it has Always been. What was Hartman supposed to do?
Is there anyone, anyone, who thinks that the wide receivers are as a group substandard. If so, I’d like to hear.

I’m not sure what we have here are in terms of developing hardnosed, vicious on-field football players.

Former Notre Dame offensive tackle Sam Young (2006-09) discusses how to get an offensive line out of a funk, how the Irish offensive line improved from 2007 to 2008, the importance of confidence for a line, how he watches games as a former lineman, the challenge of line rotation, what advantages pullers give a line, his expectations for ND's line to improve, the USC rivalry, practicing during mid-terms week and more, the value of his ND education and more.

Then Eric Hansen and Tyler James answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (26:04).

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Inside ND Sports highlights six Notre Dame commits from the 2024 and 2025 recruiting classes who had the strongest performances last week.

Commits included:

2025 four-star QB Deuce Knight

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2024 four-star RB Aneyas Williams

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2025 four-star RB Justin Thurman

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2024 three-star DT Sean Sevillano Jr.

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2025 three-star DE CJ May

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2024 four-star S Kennedy Urlacher

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Inside ND Sports looks at four defensive recruits the Irish are pursuing that could end their recruitment before the end of this year in favor of Notre Dame. This list is not based on which recruits are the highest rated or ranked, but instead on what's been gathered through interviews and how the Irish stack up in each recruitment.

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2025 VYP Dominik Hulak

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2025 CB Cree Thomas

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2025 S Ethan Long

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2025 S Ivan Taylor

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No one has talked much about ST's other than Schader's powerful but inconsistent leg. What is bothersome to me lately is Tyree receiving punts. I know a lot of folks didn't like Salerno back there, but Salerno rarely let a punt drop. IMO, that's a cardinal sin of a returner to let punts drop unless they can't safely catch the ball. Tyree is skittish back there, especially after that fumble, and let's far too many drop. Last week in particular, it cost ND valuable field position. I'd much prefer they put someone back there that can just confidently and consistently catch the ball even if the returns aren't dynamic.

Inside ND Sports identifies four 2025 offensive targets that could be on commit watch in the fall and early stages of winter and details recent developments in their recruitment.

Players highlighted include:

Three-star WR Jerome Bettis Jr.

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Four-star WR Derek Meadows

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Four-star TE James Flanigan

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Three-star OT Matty Augustine

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@Charleston Bowles and I have made it down to Louisville for tonight's Notre Dame-Louisville game, so let's get the game thread rolling.

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flat ugly out coached unprepared

Jury still out but this is looking familiar to even young Irish fans.

That is all

Saturday (After the game)-What will it take for Urban to come?
Sunday-Guys, this isn’t good.
Monday-The issues were really isolated to one or two units.
Tuesday-We were only 1/2/3…etc plays from winning.
Wednesday-Holy shit we’re going to beat the hell out of the opponent on Saturday.
Thurs-This team is really learning and improving.
Friday-When we win out and teams A, B, C, lose, we’ll make the playoffs.
Saturday (Before the game)-We’re making the title game next year.

Who’s the next coach that’s not allowed to win?

Thomas Harper and Gabriel Rubio are expected to return from concussion protocol.

Plus notes on Jaden Greathouse, Pat Coogan and Blake Fisher.