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Hurricane Helene has moved inland and is wreaking havoc on the southeast and lower midwest.

Liberty at App State has already been cancelled due to severe flooding in and around Boone, NC.

Any game scheduled to be played in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, or southern Indiana/Ohio is prone to heavy rain and strong winds. Games set for South Carolina, Georgia or Florida may face extremely wet fields and travel difficulties.

Busy week, so finally getting to these. Notre Dame men's basketball offered a pair 2027 in-state recruits who visited last weekend around the Miami (Ohio) football game: five-star SF Jaylan Mitchell and three-star PG Jason Gardner Jr.

Login to view embedded media Rivals ranks Mitchell as the No. 4 overall prospect in the 2027 class. Notre Dame became his eighth offer after Evansville, Southern Indiana, Illinois, Arizona State, Missouri, TCU and Maryland. He averaged 15.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game as a freshman at Evansville (Ind.) F.J. Reitz High.

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Login to view embedded media Rivals ranks Gardner as the No. 53 overall prospect in the 2027 class. Notre Dame became his fifth offer after IUPUI, Cincinnati, Purdue and Morehead State. He averaged 7.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game as a freshman for Class 4A state champions Fishers (Ind.) High. Gardner was with his Fishers team when it participated in ND's team camp in June.

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Riley Leonard showed improvement in deep passing and pocket awareness and continued to be a threat to run the football against Miami (Ohio). We'll find out Saturday if those gains will hold against Louisville's quality defense.

Hey guys, posting this for those who hadn't seen prior. We just put out some highlights from the Rivals Five-Star.

@Eric Hansen and I make prop bets and predictions ahead of a home game for No. 16 Notre Dame (3-1) vs. No. 15 Louisville (3-0) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Peacock.

Inside ND Sports subscribers can submit their Place Your Bets votes on The Insider Lounge for a chance at a free year-long subscription. Voting for the Louisville game is open here.

• Over/Under 13.5 offensive touches for ND RB Jeremiyah Love

• Will Notre Dame lose a turnover?

• Over/Under 160.5 passing yards for ND QB Riley Leonard

• Will Notre Dame force a turnover?

• Over/Under 58.0 completion percentage for Louisville QB Tyler Shough

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Jalen Haralson is the Irish. Notre Dame fought off the big dogs to beat Indiana and Michigan State for the in-state product.

More on Haralson here:


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Notre Dame's second 2025 wide receiver offer of the night went to SMU four-star commit Jalen Cooper.

Cooper caught 63 passes for 1,578 yards and 23 touchdowns in his junior season at Cibolo (Texas) Steele. He committed to SMU in July. Texas A&M, Baylor, Kansas State and Kansas were also in his top five.

UCLA WR commit Jace Brown received an offer earlier Thursday night.

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Former Notre Dame women's basketball player Marina Mabrey scored 17 points, including a key 3-pointer late, in a 87-81 victory for the Connecticut Sun over the Indiana Fever to clinch a WNBA playoffs first-round series in two games.

Mabrey wasn't efficient from the field — 6-of-18 on field goals and 3-of-10 from 3 — but she added six assists and two rebounds in a winning effort.

Caitlin Clark scored 25 points on 23 shots from the field, including 3-of-12 from 3. She added nine assists and six rebounds.

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I’m overdue for an update on how Notre Dame’s visits went last weekend for the Miami (Ohio) game, so I tried to get some extra information about some future visitors for this update as well.

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@Eric Hansen and I will record another Inside ND Sports podcast on Thursday.

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Tim Griffin, a 2025 defensive end from Covington (Ga.) Alcovy, reported a Notre Dame offer Friday. Griffin's recruiting profile has taken a big jump early in his senior season. Prior to this month, Griffin's offer list included Alabama A&M, Georgia State, UMass and Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers became his first D-I offer in May.

Griffin received an Alabama offer on his visit for the South Florida game. Now he's drawing more attention elsewhere. Notre Dame offered Friday. Then Florida, who hosted him last weekend for its game against Texas A&M, offered later in the day.

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Understandably, kind of lost in the big recruiting news for Notre Dame men's basketball on Wednesday was the first Irish official practice of the preseason. Our TV partners, WSBT, provided some video and a short story. We'll have full coverage of men's basketball media day next Tuesday. WBB media day will be Thursday, Oct. 10, a couple of days before the Stanford-ND football game. We'll also have a special women's basketball podcast next week with special guest Cass Prosper.

A close look at Louisville with help from Ty Spalding of Cardinal Sports: injuries impacting the Cardinals, expectations for QB Tyler Shough, key stats, top transfer additions and PFF grades.

Today would have been CJ Carr’s brother’s 14th birthday. As most probably know, Chad died at age 5 from a brain cancer called DIPG. If able, consider donating to help CJ and his brother Tommy reach their goal for this weekend’s 5k in their brother’s (and other children with DIPG) memory.

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Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Mike Golic Jr. (2008-12) discusses life as an Irish fan the last four weeks, what he's seen from head coach Marcus Freeman, ND's offensive line play, what the Louisville game will teach us about ND, quarterback Riley Leonard's development, why the offense hasn't taken off yet, if redemption matters on game day, restlessness in ND Stadium, UNLV's quarterback quitting the team and more.

Then @Eric Hansen and I answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (26:31).

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It was only a matter of time ...

From the Tuesday night media availability of Notre Dame football coordinators and players, we’ve provided full transcripts of both offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock and defensive coordinator Al Golden.

We also wanted to give you some content from the other interviews. The availability is a little lighter this week, because a tornado warning halted the interviews before some of them could be completed or even start. But, here are the greatest hits, or at least the most intriguing quotes, from S Xavier Watts, WR Jayden Harrison and special teams coordinator Marty Biagi:

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It's time for Game 4 of Place Your Bets for the 2024 season. We're making prop bets for No. 17 Notre Dame's home game against Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

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