Four-star Chicagoland LB Sebastian Cheeks told me this week Notre Dame is doing one of the best jobs recruiting him at this stage of the process. Cheeks walks through what he has overcome and where he is now in the article linked below:

Assuming we beat Cuse and Wake, who are the selections in the following scenarios.

1. OSU does not meet requirement for Big 10 title and finishes 5-0. UF beats Bama, Clemson beats ND by 2 scores (I think this is obviously unlikely):

uF, Clemson, Bama, then who? (ND, Cincy, OSU)

2.Same scenario as above but OSU does meet the requirement and finishes undefeated, with best wins over NW and Indiana.

3. Bama beats UF. Clemson beats ND. Does ND get in no matter what? Bama, Clemson, ND, and OSU / Cincy / Texas AM?

Who are your top 4 in the following scenarios. Assume that AM and Cincy win out In each one?

Final question: based on scenario 3, assuming ND wins their last 2 regular season games, is it as simple as we make the playoffs if Bama does not get upset?

Notre Dame offered Oxnard (Calif.) Pacifica 2021 defensive end Devin Aupiu on Wednesday. The UCLA commit did not report it himself on social media, but this morning I was told that he received it. I'm checking with some various sources here, but I think the Irish have a decent shot at the flip.

I'm not expecting him to be able to visit Notre Dame before making a decision. I think we'll know his destination by the end of the week.

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They should send a message by moving OSU down to 5 (or further) because of their lack of resume. History and a dubious eye test should only get you so far, especially when the other of the top four are tearing opponents up on the field - the only evaluation that really matters.

2022 LB commit Nolan Ziegler's basement is where he works out, and it's all Notre Dame. Seriously, this is so cool.

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Notre Dame senior linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah has been named a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, which honors the top linebacker in college football. Sixteen semifinalists were selected, with three from the ACC.

Owusu-Koramoah, a preseason All-ACC First Team selection, has totaled 44 tackles this season, which ranks second on Notre Dame’s defense, while he leads the team with 8.5 tackles-for-loss. He has been responsible for forcing multiple turnovers, including an interception, a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown and two forced fumbles this season.

His first-career interception came at Pitt, setting up a Notre Dame touchdown drive. In the win over then-No. 1 Clemson, Owusu-Koramoah posted nine tackles (seven solo), 0.5 sack, 2.0 TFL, one forced fumble and the fumble recovery touchdown, which was the first score of his career. Three plays later, he forced a Clemson fumble, which was also recovered by the Irish.

For his performance against Clemson, he was named Nagurski Trophy and Bednarik Award Player of the Week, as well as ACC Linebacker of the Week. At Pitt, he was named to the Pro Football Focus Team of the Week. He has been tabbed for watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy, Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy, in addition to the Butkus Award.

Owusu-Koramoah and the Irish will return to the field Saturday, December 5, to close out their home schedule as they welcome Syracuse (2:30 p.m. ET on NBC) to Notre Dame Stadium.

Anyone know how many games have been postponed or canceled due to Covid for each league?

Have been informed by Herb Klein, a long time member of this board that his wife has passed away. Per Herb she was an avid sports fan having attended a world series and a masters as well as many ND regular season, and bowl games. The last ND FB game she attended in person was the 2017 49-14 win over USC. She was thrilled to have received field passes from Matt Leiszler, a close family friend and the ND team physician. She loved ND womens basketball and rarely missed a televised game. She was a die hard KC Chiefs fan having had season tickets for 20 years. KenRockne, who she loved dearly was her brother in law. Wouldn't be surprised if she and Ken are sporting some disco moves up in Heaven.

Story: https://notredame.rivals.com/news/irish-in-the-nfl-will-fuller-suspended-for-violating-ped-policy

Michael,
Any chance, here?

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All three levels of the Fighting Irish defense had major and quality contributions from reserves against one of the nation's top-ranked offenses last Friday.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-s-defense-goes-beyond-depth-perception

completion for both the QB and receiver including yards (penalty yards)...in the official stats ?

For the first time in 67 years, and only the third time since Notre Dame Stadium's opening in 1930, the Fighting Irish will host a football game in December.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-december-regular-season-football

Six Notre Dame commits are still alive in playoff action after this past weekend.

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Another successful week for the 9-0 ND football team was completed with the 31-17 victory at No. 19 North Carolina. Everyone in the two deep was available. Can the actual 11-game regular season through Dec. 12 be finished?

ND had no positive test results again through Monday. Over the last three weeks, 52 out of 179 games scheduled were cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19 outbreaks, including Northwestern at Minnesota this weekend. Since late August, the total number of postponement or cancelations have been 103.

I think we all want to root for the Bearcats but we really need to settle down thinking they are a TOP 7 or even Top 10 team. Their best win is SMU who just got spanked By East Carolina this weekend, have 3 losses and beat Texas State by 7. I mean come on.
Nice team, great year, but they are a NW, IU type team at best. They will probably only lose 1-2 as they only have Tulsa left (ranked a Covid 25th) and will be up for their biggest bowl game against non motivated Georgia/Florida/OSU/T&M team

top 10? Just sayin...

No sense in playing the game, ND will be 11-0 and won’t be left out for “covid reasons”. Then get ready for the playoff

If they actually do cancel their game with OSU, gonna feel like Harry when he reconnected with Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber.

The Irish are 7-7-2, evening it up last year with a 45-24 win at Stanford to end a five-game losing streak at The Farm, though it didn't quite make our cut:

Bronze Medal, 1968: In Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson's final game at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Notre Dame defense limits him to 55 yards on 21 carries while achieving a 21-21 tie in QB Joe Theismann's third career start. USC entered the game unbeaten, No. 2 and the reigning national champ.

After throwing a pick six on the game's opening possession, Theismann leads the Irish to a 21-7 halftime lead before USC rallies to tie it and Notre Dame misses two late field goals. Bob Gladieux totals 121 yards on 19 carries, highlighted by a 57-yard score. The tie moves the No. 9-ranked Irish from No. 9 to No. 5 despite a 7-2-1 finish (the final year of Notre Dame's non-bowl policy). You can find Gladieux's touchdown run here at the 11:10 mark. Login to view embedded media

Silver Medal, 1946: With head coach Frank Leahy sidelined because of an illness, acting head coach Ed "Moose" Krause takes over and leads the No. 2-ranked Fighting Irish to a 26-6 victory at home versus No. 16 USC. Krause surprisingly inserts little-used reserve Coy McGee at running back. He carries six times for 146 yards and a TD, scores on a 77-yard pass and has an 80-yard kickoff called back.

Moreover, when No. 1 Army on the same day holds on late with a 21-18 win versus one-win Navy with time running out on the Midshipmen at the Cadets' one-yard line, Notre Dame is crowned No. 1 by the AP despite Notre Dame-Army having a scoreless tie three weeks earlier. It wins Leahy his second of four national titles.

Gold Medal, 1929: Coming off his worst season as Notre Dame's head coach with a 5-4 mark, Knute Rockne's Irish capped this 9-0 season with his second consensus national title in this 7-0 victory versus Army in front of a capacity audience of 79,408 in Yankee Stadium. ND played every game on the road this year because Notre Dame Stadium was under construction.

During the second quarter of this showdown, an Army rush on an Irish punt set up the Cadets at the Notre Dame 13. On 3rd-and-8 from the 11, star halfback Chris Cagle scrambled with the ball to his right before throwing across the field to intended receiver Carl Carlmark for an apparent score – until world-class sprinter Jack Elder cut in front of him, grabbed the toss, eluded several tacklers and raced down the sideline for what has been listed as anywhere from 95 to 100 yards (the current Irish record book has it as 100).

On the 125th anniversary of ND Football in 2012, we ranked this as the fifth greatest/most impactful play in school history: Last game, national title on the line, and a 100-yard touchdown return. How many such plays has Notre Dame had in its history? You can find that play at the 1:51 mark of this video (which YouTube mistakenly listed 1919 instead of 1929). Login to view embedded media
Elder died Dec. 6, 1992 at age 86 while heading to a Notre Dame communion breakfast in Palm Springs, Calif. In 1987, he received Notre Dame’s prestigious Harvey Foster Man of the Year Award for distinguished service to the community and the university. That didn’t even include helping win a national title.

Looks like this is Lea’s swan song

Here is Notre Dame 2022 offensive line commit Joey Tanona’s junior season tape:
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Love seeing that many zeros...

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Clay Travis has a lengthy column blasting the Big10 and PAC-12 handling of the pandemic. In the column he also stated that even if a 11-0 ND loses to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game, they are still more deserving than Ohio State to make the playoffs:

I just don’t see how the playoff committee is going to knock Notre Dame from number two in the playoff rankings all the way down to five or worse because they lose to Clemson in the ACC title game.

At some point, I think the playoff committee is going to have to consider the discipline required to win 11 football games in the middle of this covid madness. That’s a pretty incredible accomplishment. Especially when all 11 of those wins would be in a power five conference.

......are you telling me that if Notre Dame goes 11-1 and Ohio State goes, for instance, 6-0 or 7-0, that those are functionally equal resumes? Or, even wilder, that Ohio State’s resume is better than Notre Dame’s? I just don’t see how that’s a decision that a reasonable committee could make.