Best news since the Title game is......

[demian w]

Hey Notre Dame fans the best thing that has happened since the NC Title Game is that Ja'Darien Price did not enter the transfer portal. Al Golden loss is a tough loss but honestly rather expected. good for Golden, he earned that. That GM guy is replaceable. Retaining Ja'Darien Price was HUGE. It also shows what culture Freemand and Deeland Mculaugh have cultivated when a top shelf TB like Price who could be RB 1 at damn near any school of his choice, decides to ride it out for another year in a dual role with Love is pretty damn cool and speaks to his love for ND and the culture created by the staff, school, teammates, commuinty. Now obvioulsy he cans still transfer after spring ball but for now this is a HUGE recruiting win for us

 

[THUNDERSTRUCK111]

Where there rumors of him transferring?

 

[sjb75]

Hey Notre Dame fans the best thing that has happened since the NC Title Game is that Ja'Darien Price did not enter the transfer portal. Al Golden loss is a tough loss but honestly rather expected. good for Golden, he earned that. That GM guy is replaceable. Retaining Ja'Darien Price was HUGE. It also shows what culture Freemand and Deeland Mculaugh have cultivated when a top shelf TB like Price who could be RB 1 at damn near any school of his choice, decides to ride it out for another year in a dual role with Love is pretty damn cool and speaks to his love for ND and the culture created by the staff, school, teammates, commuinty. Now obvioulsy he cans still transfer after spring ball but for now this is a HUGE recruiting win for us

Jadarian Price graduates from Notre Dame soon. Never thought he would leave.

And Jadarian Price IMO will not transfer after the Spring semester.

 

[sjb75]

Where there rumors of him transferring?

There weren't any. None. Especially since Jadarian is an academic junior, and graduates soon.

If any RB would possibly consider transferring, it would be someone like freshman Kedren Young or maybe sophomore Aneyas Williams, at least IMO.

 

[demian w]

I just think its super cool that in this era of free agency in college annually that a player of his caliber stayed. Super cool. Many would leave. Speaks to his make up. Speaks to Mculaugh brilliance of using all of our tailbacks in each game

 

[sjb75]

I just think its super cool that in this era of free agency in college annually that a player of his caliber stayed. Super cool. Many would leave. Speaks to his make up. Speaks to Mculaugh brilliance of using all of our tailbacks in each game

I guess this does not say a whole lot about Riley Leonard's "make up....," who "left..." Duke and transferred to Notre Dame before graduating.

 

[banmate6]

I agree with the overall sentiment: Marcus Freeman is a solid and even developing coach who is leveraging culture as well as NIL, transfers, and the ND brand. Notre Dame for me right now is a big seaworthy ship in the torrid storm of current college football.

The Irish will take some hits. Inevitable. Losing coaches and players, but the volatility is relatively minor compared to others. The ship remains sea-proof.

Great season. Notre Dame is legitimately elite. Truly a top 5. Holtz like feel.

I enjoyed posting through the season with you all. What a treat the Fighting Irish gave us. Thanks for the camaraderie.

I'll do my usual tail off till next season. Post here a bit. Maybe drop in on big news. I'm more of an in season poster.

Enjoy life.

 

[savvyandsassier]

I don't really think it's that big of a deal. Most good players stay with their teams, all across the P4 ranks, and presumably they are being paid competitive NIL to stay. If they really could get three or four times as much, or even twice as much, or even 50% more, you would see truly mass exoduses, of a winning team's entire starting lineup leaving for much bigger money. You just would, doesn't matter if they're already starters, no one's going to turn down doubling their NIL income. And yet very few established starters or top players leave. You look at the portal and it's like, this is not some murderer's row of the best players nationally at their positions. It's a random mishmash. Because proven, good players like JP are being taken care of by ND. I'm guessing when it came to Malachi Fields, ND scouted him out, and made him an offer he couldn't refuse, and UVA wasn't going to match. And then they ended up getting old boy, so it was like a trade. I would love to see JT catch 50 passes for UVA next year.

 

[ZibbyQuinn]

I guess this does not say a whole lot about Riley Leonard's "make up....," who "left..." Duke and transferred to Notre Dame before graduating.

Well clearly Notre Dame is the only premier institution in the land that offers the blend of academic excellence and opportunities to compete for a national championship. So when players leave, they’re clearly leaving because they don’t want to compete or chasing money…duh 🤪

 

[stu4don]

Agreed and i hope he sticks through the spring. It is also very big that both Aneyas Williams (man, he made some some big big plays --especially as a receiver in the last few games!) and Kedren Young (love his size! we don't have a big back like him!) stick as both Price and Williams will be gone in '26.

25: Love, Price, Williams, Young (with CJ as QB, I expect a lot of 2-back stuff, like OSU)
26: Williams, Young, James (and hopefully 5* Freshman!)

Not sure where that leave Payne...

 

[BGI User 756]

I guess this does not say a whole lot about Riley Leonard's "make up....," who "left..." Duke and transferred to Notre Dame before graduating.

Or Brian Kelly that left before the bowl game and while on a recruiting trip..

 

[BGI User 1596]

Or Brian Kelly that left before the bowl game and while on a recruiting trip..

Ouch!