New offer by Notre Dame in the state of Georgia... Kojo Antwi picks up an ND offer. He also holds offers from Auburn, Georgia, FSU, Oregon and others.

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I am watching the Tennessee vs Baltimore game. I read where Jim Nance this week demanded that he be paid 'Tony Romo' money. I don't know what Romo's thoughts are, but I am sensing some tension in the booth today - but maybe I am just imagining this.

He is having a huge day vs Pats. Free Agent at end of season ... big $ await!

CJ Procise getting some carries and Nick Martin in there as always.

Interesting answers to some playoff ranking FAQs here in advance of the first ranking reveal on Tuesday.

I know he hates ND and would never consider it, but the first call I would make if ND needs a coach would be to Fitzgerald.

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The Irish are 15-3 on this date, but the last two resulted in stunning home losses to first-time visitor Louisville in 2014 and a setback to 2-8 Syracuse in 2008.



Bronze Medal, 1941: First-year head coach Frank Leahy completes the first of his six unbeaten seasons in 11 years at Notre Dame with a 20-18 victory versus USC to give the Irish a final 8-0-1 ledger and No. 3 ranking.

Meanwhile, sophomore Angelo Bertelli becomes the first player in school history to eclipse 1,000 yards passing in a season, completing 13 of 21 for 156 yards to give him 1,027 for the season. He finishes as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting.
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Silver Medal, 1973: Having accepted a bid to play in the Sugar Bowl against either SEC champ Alabama or LSU, No. 5 Notre Dame in its home finale defeats Air Force, 48-15, to move to 9-0 on Senior Day — which also happens to occur on the last time the Irish play on Thanksgiving Day. Until 2019, the listed 57,236 in attendance (59,075 capacity) for this game was the last “official” non-sellout, per the school.

Notre Dame jumps to a 28-0 first quarter lead after three Air Force turnovers. That evening, No. 2 Alabama wins at No. 7 LSU, and two days later No. 1 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan play to a 10-10 tie. That moves Alabama up to No. 1 — and a showdown for the national title versus the Fighting Irish.


Gold Medal, 1930: With the national title hanging in the balance and one more week to go, Knute Rockne’s 8-0 Notre Dame team defeats 8-0-1 Army in front of 110,000 spectators at Soldier Field.

The conditions were among the worst ever for a Notre Dame game, but a second straight national title was on the line. Famed New York Daily News writer Paul Gallico, as recorded in Murray Sperber’s book “Shake Down The Thunder,” wrote of this contest: “It is cold, it is dark. It is alternating between a smoky drizzle and pouring rain. Snow, muck, and straw lie banked around the field…all I saw were twenty-two figures, unrecognizable as human beings and certainly not to be identified with any particular institution, squirming about in the muck.”

With only 3:30 remaining, Marchy Schwartz broke free, followed his downfield blockers and tallied on a 54-yard TD run. Frank Carideo’s PAT made it 7-0 and would prove to be crucial. Army would block an Irish punt to score in the closing minute, but the drop kick for the PAT was blocked, leaving Notre Dame ahead at the end, 7-6.

The run against Army was the highlight of a brilliant season for Schwartz. His 927 yards on the ground averaged 7.5 yards per carry, and he also was the leading passer with his 17 completions totaling 319 yards and three TDs. His single-season rushing total would stand for 46 years.

To me he is not a running back. I think he is there for short term purposes, but I feel he is a strong safety all the way.

If the running back recruitment finishes strong with any 2 of the four guys that are “committed” or recruiting.

Is there any knowledge of how he is looking at RB?
In my opinion if ND is taking a second RB and Jafar moving to WR that should be a sign of what the future looks like.

Just my thoughts.

The addition of two home grown products this year prompts us to look back at how Notre Dame has done through the years on the recruiting circuit in its home state.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-basketball-recruiting-in-indiana

In the preseason, cornerback, running back and receiver were among the top question marks. Which has emerged most during the 8-0 start?
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/point-counterpoint-notre-dame-s-top-2020-surprise-position-group

I’ll bet anyone a grand that some ass hat on the Michigan board is staying, as gospel, that with McNamara the dipshits from the north would be undefeated and splitting number one votes with bama. Eyes clearly set on their first half championship in 50 plus years

The top 8 was unchanged, with Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Clemson seemingly on a collision course for the four-team College Football Playoff.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-remains-no-2-in-ap-poll

“Today’s not the day for me to reflect on things like that,” Weis said after his final game in Notre Dame Stadium. “Today’s the day for me to be worrying about those guys, those 33 [seniors]. I really feel absolutely miserable for those 33 guys. … I’ll worry about me tomorrow.”

To now

Brian Kelly won his 100th game at Notre Dame a week ago, nine more than his three predecessors did across 13 seasons. He has lost 37 games across 11 seasons with the Irish, 30 fewer than they stumbled to.

Of Kelly’s 100 wins, 31 have been part of an active streak of wins against unranked opponents, an Irish record. The Irish haven’t lost at home in 23 games. Kelly an understanding of how to handle those lesser foes, and that gave him a runway to find the dominance Notre Dame (8-0, 7-0 ACC) has now reached, sitting at No. 2 in the polls with an inside track to its second Playoff appearance in three years.

McNamara looks very good tonight. Decisive. Accurate. Michigan may have a chance to turn their offense around. Their defense? Meh.

Michigan can’t lose this game can they?

Rutgers is 8-48 in Conference games since they joined the Big Ten. 5-43 since the first year. They have lost 39 games by double digits.

Michigan has outscored Rutgers 256-37 since Harbaughs been the coach.

On the other side

Michigan hasn’t had the lead at anytime in their last 3 games

Michigan is coming off their worst home loss in 85 years.

Michigan hasn’t started off 1-3 since 1967. The year before Bo Schembechler

Michigan is 1-5 in their last 6 games getting outscored 148-229


I guess you can throw out all the records when it comes to a rivalry game?

Who would have thought after 6 years in the Big Ten, Harbaugh would only finish higher than 3rd place 1 time............in the East Division.

Replay just started on NBCS. Caught it just in time to record since everything got jacked up switching channels on the night of the game.

It looks like these two are going undefeated. They are both highly ranked. It begs the question of IF nd gets to the acc championship game undefeated, but loses to Clemson, who gets in? Both Clemson and nd? Its beginning to feel quite unlikely that both one loss teams would be taken over an undefeated cincy, and possibly byu as well. It really sucks that these two teams are likely going undefeated this year of all years, with the acc having two really good teams that could be deserving of getting in. Its 2020, covid, and i would not be surprised to see this be the year a non-power 5 team gets in. And not to mention if of all things florida beats bama and they are both sitting at one loss as well. They too both would be deserving of getting in. The committee may really have a tough job this year.

TOS reporting he had an appendectomy. So Lugg will play guard and Correll is the center.

If OSU is anywhere near the top 4 when the CFB Playoff rankings come out on Tuesday then ND, Clemson and Alabama should just cancel the rest of their regular season and conference championship games. They’ve already played more games that OSU will under any scenario. No need to risk getting hurt or losing another game — there’s apparently no reward for it per the Playoff Committee. Would be the smart move.

To Notre Dame. Not the other way.

I’d prefer someone on defense.

Maybe Kelvin Gilliam.

I’ll let you choose, though.

Who are you picking?

And don’t get cute and say @cheta41 . We already have him.

He’s the best towel boy in FBS.



What’s on everyone else’s wish list?

I had seen every major recruit for Notre Dame in the state of Georgia this fall except for Buford (Ga.) High class of 2022 athlete Jake Pope. That of course changed last night as I made the trip for the region championship game against Dacula (Ga.) High, which is home to former Notre Dame target Kaleb Edwards, a defensive back in the 2021 class. Edwards was viewed by some as an Irish lean before picking the Yellow Jackets in July. Apparently, despite Edwards living less than 45 minutes from Georgia Tech's campus, he still hasn't been there yet and has been committed since July 1. That's a head-scratcher, if accurate. Edwards and Pope played on both sides of the ball and guarded each other often on both sides of the ball, matchups that Pope routinely won. Edwards is a really good athlete and certainly passes the eye test, but Pope got the better of him last night.

At 6-1, 190-pounds, Pope made plays in all three phases of the game. To open the game, Pope took a kickoff return down to the Dacula 28 yard line. He showed nice burst and vision with the ball in his hands.

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Late in the 2nd quarter, Pope's number was called at receiver. He sold the slant with Edwards in one-on-one coverage but cut his route to the corner, which turned Edwards around. The ball was slightly overthrown, but Pope made a beautiful diving catch.

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Notre Dame is talking to Pope mainly about playing safety for them, but the Irish are intrigued by his talents at receiver too. To be honest, I think he could be a guy who takes the safety-rover transition. Buford won the game 35-0 and Pope wasn't tested much. He recorded a few assisted tackles, including one on Edwards which you can see below.

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I spoke with Pope after the game and chatted with his father at halftime too. I get the sense that Notre Dame is in the driver's seat in this recruitment. Irish defensive analyst Nick Lezynski has done a very good job making Pope feel like a priority and the two parties have daily text messaging contact. Notre Dame's biggest threat at this point is probably North Carolina, but if Clemson offers, it may be game over. His father, Brad, played for the Tigers, but they both admitted to me that they found themselves rooting for Notre Dame on Nov. 7 since they've developed such a strong relationship with the staff.

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Notes On Irish Commits

- Pretty improbable run for Notre Dame 2022 offensive line commit Joey Tanona and his Zionsville (Ind.) High team. They entered the playoffs at 4-5 but have advanced to the 5A state playoffs. I have a really hard time seeing them beating Cathedral, the nation's No. 21 team per Maxpreps, but they've made it this far!

- 2022 TE Jack Nickel, 2021 WR Jayden Thomas all won in blowout contests to advance to the playoffs.

- 2021 TE Cane Berrong caught a 10 yard touchdown in a loss for Hart County last night.

- 2021 CB Philip Riley's and 2021 OT Caleb Johnson's teams won to move on in the playoffs.

I'll have the full commit tracker story posted Monday evening.

Buckeyes are going to destroy these guys

So I guess everybody starts at 0 next year?

Ridiculous.

Impressive highlight videos.

Do they usually come back to playing football? If so, do we have any examples at Notre Dame?