Did anyone see that field goal block by the Patriots on Sunday night. If I knew how to attach it here, I would. I've never seen anything like that before. Biagi and other ST coaches should seriously consider it going forward. The guy essentially lined up way wide and then ran parallel to the LOS until the snap and then had a free running start to block the kick. It was a brilliant play.

Longtime Ohio State beat writer and columnist Doug Lesmerises, host of Kings of Columbus, discusses if this year's Notre Dame-OSU game feels bigger than last year, the defensive improvement for OSU since losing to Michigan, OSU's pass rush, what the Buckeyes have on offense with their running game, QB Kyle McCord and big-play receivers, what's happened with former ND WR Lorenzo Styles, the perception of head coach Ryan Day and more.

Then @Eric Hansen and I answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (29:51).

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Some clunker question in here, but a few really good exchanges.

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Obioha Onwuanibe, a junior computer science major, became a video board star on Saturday in Notre Dame Stadium. I tracked him down to get his story.


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Inside ND Sports has confirmed that 2025 offensive tackle target Matty Augustine and 2025 safety target Ethan Long plan to visit for the Ohio State game on Saturday. You can keep tabs on who is added and confirmed for this weekend on our running visitors list thread.

According to MaxPreps, Greenwich (Conn.) Brunswick, the school Augustine and Long attend, has a game scheduled for this Saturday at 4 p.m. ET. However, Long told me they both plan to be on campus to see the Irish against the Buckeyes.

Long is rated as a four-star prospect. The 6-foot-2, 188-pound safety is ranked as the No. 16 safety in the 2025 recruiting class and reports 19 total offers including Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. Long visited the Nittany Lions for their season opener at the start of the month

According to Rivals, Augustine is rated as a three-star and ranked as the No. 32 offensive tackle in the 2025 class. The 6-foot-7, 285-pound recruit holds 25 total offers including Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Miami (Fla.), Ohio State, Penn State, North Carolina and Tennessee. His trip to Notre Dame will be his second game day visit of the season after he visited North Carolina earlier this month.

Both camped at Notre Dame in June and returned in July for Notre Dame's Grill & Chill recruiting event.

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@Eric Hansen and I will record our weekly Inside ND Sports podcast Tuesday. Send us some questions you'd like us to discuss. We like to give priority to questions submitted on The Insider Lounge.

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With 2 TDs for the Saints tonite

Tried looking around the forums, but didn't see anything mentioning it.
Hopefully no news is good news?

Pat McAfee lets one slip about 15 seconds in here. Or maybe his accent on folks is just REALLY thick.

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@Eric Hansen and I will go live on YouTube at 7 p.m. EDT for the next edition of "Football Never Sleeps." Throughout the season, we will plan to be live every Monday at 7 p.m.

We'll discuss today's press conference with Marcus Freeman and Sam Hartman, what mattered most from Notre Dame's 41-17 win over Central Michigan, what to expect from Saturday's Ohio State game and answer questions from viewers.

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Also items on the rise of ND's secondary, combatting "Scarlet fever" at Notre Dame Stadium and status report on the OSU and ND players who have switched sides.

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Notre Dame mentioned as a top contender for 2026 wide receiver target Madden Williams. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound wide receiver visited campus over the summer and is teammates with 2024 linebacker commit Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa at Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco.

Williams isn't currently rated or ranked but has 17 total offers including Notre Dame, Arizona, Arizona State, Georgia, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

Story from Rivals National Recruiting Analyst @Adam Gorney.

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Marcus Freeman had a lot of good news to share on the injury front today.

What conference were those guys from? They were awful. It seems to be every week there is one call where you just scratch your head and can't figure out how they made the call or missed the call. The PI on CMU that was picked up was awful. The ND first down that wasn't, then was, then wasn't was just embarrassing. The roughing call on Burnham was very weak especially after watching the dirty hack purposely twist Hartman's knee later in the game. Just awful.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and quarterback Sam Hartman are expected to address the media at Monday's press conference at 12 p.m. EDT. Freeman is expected first and then Hartman to follow.

I'll have live updates from the press conference in this thread. You can watch live on YouTube using the link below.

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I could not find it on You Tube

Any word on how the visit went? Are we expecting good news soon?

When Notre Dame plays at Duke on Sept. 30, the game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. EDT. The game will be televised on ABC.