Patrick and Lou give their thoughts on Jordan Johnson's lack of playing time.

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Question for singer or starkey. Jojo looks lightning fast—is that because his film is speed up? Or is he really that fast?

Plus, an update on how every former Notre Dame player performed in week 11.

Story: https://notredame.rivals.com/news/irish-in-the-nfl-tuitt-cements-his-status-as-a-top-pass-rusher

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Through this past Sunday, 191 tests were administered that all came up negative for the Notre Dame team. One member is in isolation from a previous positive test, and no one in quarantine through contact tracing.

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Only four non-conference games this season to go with the 20-game ACC slate.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-women-s-basketball-releases-non-league-schedule

Not the ideal game to have field CB as the one unsettled position, but Lewis is getting the first crack at it. Notre Dame will need his best.

It was supposed to be in D.C., but it's heading to Greensboro instead. It'll go to Brooklyn in 2022 and back to Greensboro in 2023.

been recording it but haven't watched any of it yet. Those of you who have been watching, is it as good or close to as good of the first two seasons? Not good?

This evening, Notre Dame offered 2022 Washington WR Tobias Merriweather.
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*Cane Berrong had his best game of the season.
*Joe Alt's season ended abruptly.
*New commits Philip Riley and Caleb Johnson advance in respective Florida brackets

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The Irish are 15-4-3 on this date. Our top two are the last two played, and it’s not a case of recency bias:

Bronze Medal, 1984: For the first time in 18 years, Notre Dame wins at the Los Angeles Coliseum after having gone 0-7-1 there since 1968 with one nightmare after another. In a monsoon, the 19-7 victory caps a dramatic turnaround for head coach Gerry Faust’s crew that began 3-4 but finishes 7-4. Those four straight wins include shocking SEC champ LSU (30-22) in Baton Rouge, snapping a three-game losing streak to Penn State with a 44-7 walloping and ending the jinx at the Coliseum.
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Silver Medal, 2018: For the second time in seven seasons, Notre Dame caps a 12-0 regular season with a 24-17 victory at USC, which finishes 5-7 but provides an early scare while taking a 10-0 lead. The win ostensibly seals a bid to the four-team College Football Playoff. For head coach Brian Kelly, it is his third 12-0 regular season in 10 years, including his final year at Cincinnati in 2009.
Ian Book completes 22 of 39 passes for 352 yards, highlighted by a perfect corner route to Chris Finke for a score before halftime, a 51-yarder to Tony Jones Jr., and Dexter Williams adds a 52-yard tally.
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Gold Medal, 2012: In year 3 under Kelly, after five straight years of losing a minimum of five games and going 32-31 overall, No. 1-ranked Notre Dame caps a remarkable 12-0 campaign with a 22-13 conquest of USC in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Kyle Brindza kicks a school record-tying five field goals, while Theo Riddick earns the game ball with a 146-yard rushing effort and a touchdown on 20 carries.
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Line opened at ND -7.5 already down to ND -3.5. Consider me nervous now.

If ND fails once again to make the Tourney (last appearance ‘17), should he return?

Kyren should be made an honorary O lineman. This is just all out tough.
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Ain't that right Zeke?
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Semester over and ND had a full semester with on campus experience for its students. Rather amazing as I for one did not think they would make it but for a once in a lifetime pandemic, a job very well done. And now, less risk for the rest of the season for the athletes on campus !!

Go Irish... !!!!

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As of Nov. 16, there was one Notre Dame player in isolation and two others in quarantine who were previously identified as a close contact. The fall semester ended Friday, and the 8-0 and No. 2-ranked Irish begin prep work for next Friday's game at 6-2 North Carolina, which also is off this weekend. Brian Kelly will have his weekly noon conference today.

How fragile this can always be showed again this past weekend with numerous postponements and cancellations, including Clemson versus Florida State.

Brian Kelly, Mike Elston and probably a couple others on the ND staff will have a Zoom call tonight with Oklahoma DL commit Kelvin Gilliam. As I posted in the Gold Standard, I feel like we'll have a much better feel on whether Gilliam will flip to ND in the next few days.

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He had an appendectomy.

Haven't heard much at all about how this kid is developing. I recall him being a big deal when ND landed him.
What's the latest on him?

Here are tonight's Lucky Charms...

*** Last Thursday, Notre Dame offered Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne Elijah Brown, who is listed as a tight end by Rivals but told BlueandGold.com that the Irish offered him as a defensive lineman. Notre Dame is the only school recruiting Brown on the defensive side of the ball. Brown spoke to Mike Mickens over the phone about all things Notre Dame, and later on in the evening, Brown also spoke to Mike Elston and went through schematics and talked about Brown’s fit at Notre Dame. Brown also noted that he doesn’t have any specific positional preferences at the next level.

*** That same day, Notre Dame offered four-star offensive tackle Aamil Wagner. Mickens spoke with both Wagner and Brown – teammates at Wayne High – before their position coaches offered. Mickens is from Huber Heights, Ohio and played his high school ball at Wayne. Mickens still has close relationships with the Wayne staff, and Wagner told us that Mickens is well-known in the community. Look for the Irish to become players in both recruitments in part because of Mickens’ connections.

*** Notre Dame also offered Nicholas Anderson, a 6-4, 183-pound wide receiver out of Katy (Texas) High. Anderson holds seven offers as of now: Miami, Arizona State, Virginia, Houston, Kansas, Southern Miss and Notre Dame. He was offered by Notre Dame wide receivers coach Del Alexander during a call that lasted well over an hour. Alexander spoke with Anderson and his parents about Notre Dame’s academics, culture, football, and tradition before Alexander capped the conversation by offering Anderson. Alexander spent the bye week busy offering new 2022 wide receivers. Georgia playmakers Denylon Morrissette and Kojo Antwi added offers from the Irish as well.

*** Defensive line coach Mike Elston offered Boonville (Mo.) High defensive end DJ Wesolak last Thursday. We mentioned last month that Notre Dame was looking at Wesolak, and we love this offer by the Irish. Wesolak a lengthy kid with a good burst. Wesolak's recruitment has blown up this month with the likes of Penn State, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri also offering. He plans to take his time with the process and commit before the start of his senior season. We expect Notre Dame to be a top contender in his recruitment.