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Still banged up or confidence shot? ND needs a kicker against good teams in a big game. Anyone know whats going on? Could one of these other guys get it done?

My latest recruiting notebook on Notre Dame's freshman usage, the 2025 offensive line haul, a deep defensive back class, high school quarterback recruiting, Blake Hebert and more.

Elon got comfortable in Purcell Pavilion on Friday night. That led to an upset victory over previously undefeated Notre Dame.

“On the defensive end, that’s not how we play defense,” said Irish center Kebba Njie. “That’s not what I feel like Coach Shrews (Micah Shrewsberry) built this program to be about. I think offensively, we played pretty well, but there’s a lot of our defense that didn’t show up really too much tonight.”

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Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard previously announced on Thanksgiving that he plans to play in the Senior Bowl. Now the Senior Bowl has announced that safety Xavier Watts has accepted is Senior Bowl invitation.

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I lived in Grace Hall 75-79. How about you?

With Notre Dame playing against Army this week, I wanted to share with you a new feature that Rivals is trying out this season.

Rivals launched a brand new forum dedicated to the Army-Navy game, which will be played this year on Dec. 14. This forum is only accessible to Rivals All-Access Pass holders as well as all Army and Navy team site subscribers. If you do not have the All-Access Pass as part of your Rivals Subscription, you can add it on by accessing the Subscription section of your account:


The Rivals All-Access Pass gives subscribers the ability to read any team site message boards across the Rivals Network as well as the Rivals Ad-Lite experience. It also gives access to special events like this Army-Navy forum, and is available to both monthly and annual subscribers as an add-on to your current subscription.

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Can you ask coach Freeman what he plans to do moving forward about the putrid kicking game. I know he was hurt but this has to change if ND is to be a threat in the play offs.

@Eric Hansen and I make prop bets and predictions ahead of CFP No. 5 Notre Dame (10-1) vs. USC (6-5) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EST on CBS in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Inside ND Sports subscribers can submit their Place Your Bets votes on The Insider Lounge for a chance at a free year-long subscription. Voting for the USC game is open here.

• Over/Under 90.5 rushing yards for ND RB Jeremiyah Love
• Who will lead Notre Dame in receptions? *Tiebreaker: most receiving yards.
• Will Notre Dame’s defense force a turnover?
• Over/Under 45.0 net punting average for USC?
• Over/Under 215.5 passing yards for USC QB Jayden Maiava

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Double digit win seasons as USC, I don’t think I realized how much the team’s successes had flipped after SC’s near decade of dominance to start the 2000’s.

It weird that they can’t seem to put it together, the HS talent in SoCal is still excellent.

I joined WSBT sports director Pete Byrne to share takeaways from Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman's Monday press conference, if USC is better than its record suggests, injuries that will impact the Irish, the shaky play of kicker Mitch Jeter, the improvement of Notre Dame's offense, how well the Irish defense has been playing and what a win over USC would do for ND's College Football Playoff ranking.

Inside ND Sports is partnering with WSBT to provide even more coverage of the Notre Dame football season. We'll record a video every Monday following a Freeman press conference.

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Notre Dame women's and men's cross country both won Friday the NCAA Great Lakes Regional at Silver Creek Metro Park in Norton, Ohio.

The women won with 51 points ahead of second-place Wisconsin's 97. The men won with 70 points ahead of second-place Wisconsin's 82.

Three women finished within the top 10: Siona Chisholm in third (19:35.1), Erin Strzelecki in fifth (19:37.8) and Mary Bonner Dalton in ninth (19:49.2).

Two men finished within the top 10: Carter Solomon in fifth (29:22.9) and Ethan Coleman in 10th (29:28.9).

Both Notre Dame teams will complete in Saturday's NCAA Championship races at the Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wisc. The women’s 6k begins at 10:20 a.m. EST, and the men’s 10k starts at 11:10 a.m. EST. The events will be televised on ESPNU.