Cal hosts UC Davis at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+


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Darin Pritchett, Tyler Horka and me will break down the game on WSBT radio from 4-5:30 p.m. ET. You can listen locally on 96.1 FM or 960 AM. You can listen from anywhere at wsbtradio.com or the free WSBTradio app.

Ahead of us from 2-4 and in progress is the Gameday show with Tim Grauel and Jim Irizarry. Their scheduled guests:

Former ND running back, Running back coach, and Offensive Coordinator, Mike Haywood down at College Station
Calling in from Hawaii, former Fighting Irish players: receiver Robby Toma and linebacker Carlo Calabrese
The first Freshman to start a Notre Dame season opener on the offensive line, Sam Young
Former ND QB Carlyle Holiday about what its like to play at Kyle field; and playing as a running/passing quarterback
With the Team in College Station, Head Orthopedic Physician and former Irish linebacker , Dr. Brian Ratigan

WR Elijah Burress caught three touchdown passes in his season debut.

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@Greg Smith asked me to join him for one of his Fact or Fiction items this week. The prompt ...

Fact or Fiction: We should be talking more about the Irish as national championship contenders

The two of us weighed in here:

Why jersey No. 1 for Jaden Greathouse?

“I feel like if I want to take on a wide receiver 1 position,” Jaden Greathouse said Tuesday, “I gotta be able to wear it on my chest, and I gotta be able to take the responsibilities of whatever that comes with. Just take it head on and keep pushing throughout each day and be the best player that I can be.”

Maybe it’s been discussed but I didn’t hear about it, I’ve been away a long time, nobody came up here to tell me about it.


TIA

I’m already at college station. Does anyone know when NOTRE DAME arrives and where they fly into? I’d like to see them at Airport if possible.

@Eric Hansen and I make prop bets and predictions ahead of No. 7 Notre Dame's road game at No. 20 Texas A&M on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EDT on ABC.

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• Over/Under 1.5 touchdowns responsible for by Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard

• Over/Under 32.5 rushing attempts for Notre Dame’s offense

• Which team will have more first downs?

• Over/Under 3.5 sacks by Texas A&M’s defense

• Over/Under 230.5 passing yards for Texas A&M QB Conner Weigman

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Texas A&M used to have its name in white letters in both end zones with no paint outside the letters. It also had the basic aTm logo at midfield.

Now the field has maroon in the end zones, a new logo at midfield and more stuff on the sidelines.

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A little bit busy this week as you can imagine, but I'll try to watch it later this week.

As I told a colleague, these "Untold" documentaries on Netflix tend to be very sympathetic to the subject matter and the people who agree to sit down for the interviews. So I'm not sure that folks are going to get out of this what they want.

Prior to our press conference with head coach Marcus Freeman today, Notre Dame football has announced injuries to three freshmen.

Safety Taebron Bennie-Powell had surgery on his left shoulder labrum and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

Offensive tackle Styles Prescod will undergo surgery in the coming weeks on his right shoulder. He's also expected to miss the rest of the season.

Safety Tae Johnson had surgery on the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. He's expected to return to play later this year.

None of these players were expected to make impacts this season beyond special teams.

The first two episodes of Here Come the Irish are now available on Peacock. Let's open up this thread to anyone who wants to discuss what's in the episodes. I haven't watched yet, but I'll circle back when I get around to it.

Former Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd (2008-11), the program's career leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions, discusses playing in the opener as a freshman, why he had success in his first year with the Irish, how to develop chemistry with a quarterback quickly, the loudest college stadium he played in, the differences between the offenses of Charlie Weis and Brian Kelly, how his life has been impacted by his mistakes and the lessons learned from them and more.

Then @Eric Hansen and I answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (16:36).

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Here's our look at Texas A&M with some help from Mark Passwaters of AggieYell.com, a look at A&M's top transfer additions and top PFF grades for players returning from last season.

Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman will be speaking with reporters shortly for his weekly Thursday press conference on Zoom. I'll share updates in this thread.

Apologies for posting this later than normal. Help me out with some questions.

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

Send us some questions you'd like us to discuss. We like to give priority to questions submitted on The Insider Lounge.

If you have multiple questions, try to be succinct and ask them separately. Thanks!

A look at the defense today:

I'll update this as it goes along, but lots of signings around the league today.

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Tyler/Eric,

Do we have a depth chart for AM? I know that they have several players transfer out but I just looked at the DL/DE recruiting class they pulled in in 2022 and it was freakin off the charts. How many of those guys are still with the team?