UPDATE: Patrick's story:

Final updates to be given by the head coach prior to Saturday's 2:30 p.m. ET broadcast on NBC.

The Irish are 3-4 on this day, with only one game played on this day since 1973 — and that was because of a postponement.

Bronze Medal, 2001: The finale at Purdue is a result of the 9/11 tragedy earlier in the year in which the Sept. 15 games that weekend are postponed both at Division I-A colleges and in the NFL.

The 4-6 Irish limp into West Lafayette with reports hovering of fifth-year head coach Bob Davie likely to get fired shortly after the game. Amid the turmoil, the Irish snap a two-game losing in West Lafayette with a 24-18 victory, with the touchdowns coming on a run by freshman Ryan Grant, a kickoff return by Vontez Duff and an interception return by cornerback Jason Beckstrom.

Silver Medal, 1951: Because of the Korean War, the NCAA allows freshman to be eligible for this one season. It pays off when freshman quarterback Ralph Guglielmi is inserted as a first-time starter in the finale at USC, which is led by star halfback Frank Gifford. Guglielmi calmly rallies the Irish from a 12-7 deficit to 19-12 victory for a 7-2-1 finish. The future College Football Hall of Fame selection and first-round pick would fashion an impressive career record of 26-3-2, with top 4 finishes each of his last three seasons.

Gold Medal, 1973: This regular season finale at Miami, a 44-0 Irish victory, was significant for several reasons. One, it was the first 10-0 regular season finish under head coach Ara Parseghian in his 10 seasons with the Irish, and the first at the school since 1949. Parseghian had 9-0 starts in 1964 and 1970, only to lose at USC. He took special pride in writing “10-0” on the game ball. (This week, Brian Kelly could reach 10-0 for the third time in nine years at Notre Dame, and fourth time in 12 seasons.)

Second, it was played in Miami’s Orange Bowl, where exactly 11 months earlier the Irish experienced the Nebraska debacle, a 40-6 loss in the Orange Bowl, but had come full circle. Finally, long-time Irish assistant coach and Notre Dame mainstay Brian Boulac, who passed away this June, said that in Parseghian’s 11 seasons with the Irish, this was one of the most flawless performances he had seen against a quality team. Earlier in the year, Miami had upset Sports Illustrated pre-season No. 1 Texas (20-15) and took Oklahoma, which finished No. 3 that year, to the brink before losing 24-20.

Receiver Pete Demmerle scores twice on touchdown passes from Tom Clements while the Irish also pile up an astounding 448 yards rushing, led by fullback Wayne Bullock's 116 and Art Best's 92.

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It would not be a stunner if Meyer took the Texas job, but at this juncture of the game, I can't see Kelly departing Notre Dame.
https://n.rivals.com/news/fact-or-fiction-urban-meyer-will-take-the-texas-job

@Mason Plummer and I discuss...

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Explaining why Notre Dame didn't move past Tennessee at No. 9

Don’t know if it was posted but he’s suspended 6 games for PED use. That sucks and he’s out the first game of next season. That cost him some dollars. He will still get paid though, wherever he ends up.

So, given our track record the last few seasons related to game ratings, how big do you see the ratings going for a rematch between ND and Clemson? For the first time in pretty much ever, the ACC championship game will be the premier matchup that weekend (bigger than Alabama / Florida, and maybe even competitive with Northwestern / Indiana).

It'll also be interesting what kind of leverage a game like this would provide to ND if conversations about Football joining the ACC move forward.

Interesting times......

Here’s the Rivals250 update from today. I went through and counted, and 177 prospects in the top 250 saw drops (whether that be 1 spot or 100).

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No bad news on Notre Dame's end continues on football, but men's basketball already has had two games cancelled this week because of player shortage for the opposition.

Over the last three weeks, nearly 60 FBS games have been cancelled.

These recommendations almost always pass, so it seems Mike Brey has a good chance of getting his wish and Trey Wertz being eligible.
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Recruited him as a rover I believe @MikeSinger any chance we circle the wagons here?

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No brainer for Johnson and I agree with Kia where he sits at right now.

I think the 1 who would of got bumped to a 4 star if he had a senior year is Chance Tucker. He’ll be a very good player for us and Mickens to coach up.

Nebraska, PSU and Michigan are a combined 4-13 on the year. Three of the 4 wins coming from each other!

There is no way to sugarcoat the mismatch that exists between the No. 2 and 9-0 Fighting Irish versus the 1-9 Orange.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-vs-syracuse-on-paper

I know jr. is at USF, but what happened to his dad?

If Dabo, Lincoln, and Day could all lead top tier programs without ever being a head coach. Why can't Lea? I know there is a different kind of pressure here, but isn't most of that now manufactured? We haven't won a NC in 32 years, what real pressure would he have? I personally don't think he need s to go earn his stripes as a head coach somewhere else. We want that because Faust, Davie, and Weis failed? So did Ty. Who gives a damn, these other guys are doing just fine at the biggest programs in the country at OU and OSU. Let's tell Lea now he's our guy when BK goes. Wouldn't that show great stability with recruiting? We all want that anyway, why do we need to let him leave as others suggest? It's a new time now, let's roll with it!

Which set off a avalanche of shockwaves through CFB landscape

So my recruiting knowledge lessens every year. I don’t follow it much anymore, just the pertinent guys.

I am however in a c2c dynasty league (campus 2 canton) it’s a very in-depth dynasty league. It’s pretty cool you basically run a college team and an NFL team and when your players enter NFL they graduate to your NFL team. There is a yearly draft which is made up of incoming freshman. I need to start preparing for that draft. So herein lies the question.

How would you rank the 2021 class from a fantasy perspective? Obviously if these guys help my college team win money that’s great but ideally I’m picking out guys that will be NFL studs too. No defensive players or lineman obviously. Who are the the top 20 guys?

There is no possible way No. 2 and 9-0 Notre Dame could lose to reeling 1-9 and 33-point underdog Syracuse, right? Probably not ... but just as a reminder to take nothing for granted, we present our annual top-10 upsets of the Irish when it seemed unfathomable.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-syracuse-avoiding-the-unthinkable

Just watched Inside Notre Dame Football and Kelly says that Skowronek is really fast.

How fast is he? He can’t be faster than Boykin or Claypool. If he runs a 4.5, does he get drafted like St. Brown?