Notre Dame offensive line coach Joe Rudolph met with the media Tuesday after practice. Here's everything he had to say. Answers are largely verbatim. Questions may have been edited for brevity and clarity.

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Notre Dame football held its sixth preseason practice ahead of the 2024 season on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Watch Notre Dame's offensive line, quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends and wide receivers in action.

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JJ was the OC and QB coach, and when Edmonton fired their head coach today, they promoted Jackson to interim HC.

Edmonton is 0-5...lost last three games on walk-off field goals. This last one, last night, they scored tying TD with 8 seconds left in the game...they tried to squib the kick-off, but he booted it out of bounds, giving Ottawa the ball on their 50-yard line...20 yard pass and BOOM...field goal to win it.

Nyles Morgan is Edmonton's leading tackler

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After two ACL tears the last two seasons, Kevin Bauman remains determined to make an impact to finish his Notre Dame career.

"However my time here comes to an end, however my time playing football comes to an end, I want to be able to say for the rest of my life that I gave it everything I could.

“I love this university. I love these guys. It’s a blessing to be back. I just want to make sure I have no regrets."

Looking for a laugh today? Here's Notre Dame women's basketball forward Kylee Watson blindsiding teammate Sonia Citron with an interview.

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"Oh my God. Please get me out of here," Citron says.

The Notre Dame women's basketball team has a top post prospect from the 2027 class on campus today for an unofficial recruiting visit.

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A warm welcome back to recruiting on my return from vacation. Regarding the rumors of a Deuce Knight visit to Auburn ...

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In @Adam Gorney's latest Fact or Fiction piece, he asked me for my thoughts on Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight.


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The first US LBM Coaches Poll of the 2024 season dropped Monday.

Notre Dame football, which finished last season 10-3, was ranked No. 7 in the preseason by this year's Coaches Poll committee. The Irish will open their 2024 season at Texas A&M, which landed at No. 20 in the poll despite a 7-6 record last season.

Two other opponents on Notre Dame's 2024 schedule made the Top 25: No. 10 Florida State and No. 23 USC. The Irish host the Seminoles on Nov. 9 and end the regular season at USC on Nov. 30.

Louisville finished the 2023 season ranked No. 18 in the Coaches Poll with a 10-4 record, but it landed in the others receiving votes category behind Washington as the top two teams outside of the top 25.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman is among the voting committee for the Coaches Poll this year. The AP preseason poll, for which @Eric Hansen is a voter, will be released next Monday.

Full US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25:



Dropped out from 2023: No. 2 Washington (14-1); No. 18 Louisville (10-4); No. 24 SMU (11-3); No. 25 West Virginia (9-4).

Others receiving votes: Washington (14-1) 123; Louisville (10-4) 95; Virginia Tech (7-6) 64; SMU (11-3) 47; Memphis (10-3) 44; Boise State (8-6) 30; Auburn (6-7) 25; West Virginia (9-4) 22; Wisconsin (7-6) 17; Iowa State (7-6) 15; Liberty (13-1) 15; Kentucky (7-6) 12; Florida (5-7) 11; South Carolina (5-7) 10; North Carolina (8-5) 6; Maryland (8-5) 5; UNLV (9-5) 5; Central Florida (6-7) 4; Texas Tech (7-6) 4; Texas-San Antonio (9-4) 3; Appalachian State (9-5) 2; Colorado (4-8) 2; Nebraska (5-7) 2; Texas State (8-5) 2; Tulane (11-3) 2; Air Force (9-4) 1; James Madison (11-2) 1; Miami (Ohio) (11-3) 1; Syracuse (6-7) 1; Troy (11-3) 1.

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2024 season: Tim Albin, Ohio; Major Applewhite, South Alabama; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Mike MacIntyre, Florida International; Gus Malzahn, Central Florida; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico; Jeff Monken, Army; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, UNLV; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio.

In @Adam Gorney's Recruiting Rumor Mill today, he has notes on a couple of West Coast prospects on Notre Dame's radar: 2026 DE Simote Katoanga and 2026 LB Wassie Lugolobi.


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Former Notre Dame All-American Jackie Young scored 19 points off the bench on Sunday to lead Team USA to an 87-68 victory over Germany in their final game of group play in the women's Olympic basketball competition. The Americans (3-0), with a 58-game win streak and chasing an eighth straight gold medal, next play a quarterfinal matchup against upstart Nigeria (2-1) Wednesday at noon ET.

Young was 5-for-8 from the 3-point arc and had four steals.

Former ND star Jewell Loyd is also on the Team USA roster. Former ND center Lauren Ebo is a reserve for Nigeria, the first African team ever to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in women's or men's basketball. In other quarterfinals Wednesday, Serbia (2-1) takes on Australia (2-1) at 5 a.m., ET; Spain (3-0) takes on Belgium (1-2) at 8:30 a.m.; and Germany (2-1) meets France (2-1) at noon.

The USA-Nigeria winner players the Serbia-Australia survivor in the semis on Friday. The Bronze and Gold medal games are set for next Sunday at 5:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. ET, respectively. The group games were all played in Lille, France, with the competition now moving to and finishing up in Paris.

Team Canada, featuring former Irish forward Natalie Achonwa and current Irish guard Cass Prosper, is headed home after failing to make the quarterfinals. Achonwa had 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in 17 minutes for Canada on Sunday in its 79-70 group loss to Nigeria. Prosper logged 10 minutes, scoring 4 points with 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

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Notre Dame football practice Saturday night, which was the first that reporters weren't allowed to attend at all. But Fighting Irish Media released a 55-second highlight reel from the practice.

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Story from Jason Jordan of Rivals.

Irish are scheduled to play Nos. 1, 5, 9, 16 and 17 this season.

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Watching this US women’s team it’s clear to me she’s going to be an incredible international player for the USWNT. She’s the only midfielder who’s consistently looking to get the ball forward. It’s OK to maintain possession but no one else is even trying to make a play. She has no problem turning the ball in a crowded middle of the field and looking to get ball in more dangerous positions. I think she’s already Bette than Hovan

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