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***OFFICIAL WEATHER THREAD***
- Pick/market: What can you say, another Starkey gem replete with amusing pictures.
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Weather good for Game 2
- Pick/market: For all attending today: The forecast looks excellent for football: • Mostly sunny with highs around 84–86°F by afternoon.
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Prister criticism of the offense
- QB/OL: The subject is being blown out of proportion on all sides.
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Staff Picks: No. 3 Notre Dame vs. Rice
- Pick/market: My prediction came from: Irish offense has explosives and score 35 relatively quickly, put the back ups in but allow them to run real plays at a good tempo Rice gets a field goal...
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Porter Update
- Injury: Eric Hansen reported he thinks based on some poking around that Porter will be a factor the 2nd half of season.
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Notebook: Defending Rice’s Triple-Option Offense, Notre Dame’s KVA No Longer ‘Questionable’
- Notre Dame removed linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa's questionable designation from Thursday's availability update after he missed Wisconsin while returning from an ACL tear; Marcus Freeman reported a good practice week and optimism that he could help against Rice, without promising a full workload.
- Notre Dame used only three linebackers on defense against Wisconsin, leaving Madden Faraimo's work on special teams; Freeman praised that contribution but did not announce a larger defensive role or confirm the article's suggested five-man rotation against Rice.
- Freeman described Rice's triple option as using substantially more shotgun than the Army and Navy versions Notre Dame has faced, while retaining the dive, quarterback and pitch responsibilities that make disciplined reads essential for the Irish defense.
- Notre Dame defensive tackle Jason Onye remains out with a left ankle injury, increasing the option-defense responsibilities of transfers Tionne Gray and Francis Brewu, whom the report describes as less experienced against that offense.
- Freeman said starting defensive ends Boubacar Traore and Bryce Young will play against Rice after practicing their assignments, despite limited college option experience: Traore did not play against Navy last season, while Young logged only 16 snaps in that game.
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Dunham
- QB/DL: I wouldn’t get too concerned with the lack of pass rush.
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Bud Elliot
- Pick/market: I normally do not mind Bud or Danny (everyone has their own flaws and biases - holding those against someone is a good way to always be miserable when listening to or watching anything)...
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Tuesday, Bloody Tuesday
- LB: Its Bowen and it will continue to be Bowen till hes gone Bowen is NDs best Mike LB since Teo and you never hear anyone mention him as it pertains to his on the...
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Notebook: Notre Dame’s Starting Rotation Gets Week 1 Shake-Up
- Notre Dame safety Brauntae Johnson injured his left foot and defensive tackle Jason Onye his left ankle against Wisconsin, with Marcus Freeman ruling both out for Rice and describing an absence of a couple of weeks without giving either a firm return date.
- Notre Dame's Rice depth chart elevates Luke Talich to starting safety with freshman Joey O'Brien backing him up, while Freeman said O'Brien and Ethan Long must earn greater practice trust as their roles expand following Johnson's injury.
- Notre Dame expects more interior defensive-line work for Tionne Gray and Francis Brewu without Onye after Gray made five tackles in 18 snaps and Brewu recorded a sack and three pressures in 28 snaps against Wisconsin, with Armel Mukam retaining a starting role.
- Notre Dame linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa missed Wisconsin while building back from last November's ACL tear, and Freeman expected a limited Rice appearance as practice volume increased but said the workload remained undecided.
- Notre Dame intentionally split right-guard work between Styles Prescod and Sullivan Absher at roughly 30 snaps each, and although rushing improved from 29 first-half yards to 82 after halftime, Freeman endorsed the ongoing rotation rather than naming a permanent winner or confirming an Absher injury.
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Nolan James
- OL/RB: I have said it multiple times Williams and James are not Love and Price.
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Mike Denbrock
- QB/LB: I couldn’t disagree with you Denbrock haters more than I currently do.
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Cover 3...tom starts to get angry. Lol
- QB/WR: I will say that there are teams out there with game wreckers (QB, WR, Edge) - and they can still lose because they are weak in other areas, like overall line play or they...
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SP+ #1 offense
- LB: It absolutely will work if presented with the exact same circumstances.
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Notre Dame’s Offense Takes What’s Given in Opener. What’s Next?
- Pick/market: Junior quarterback CJ Carr's opening game passing ledger shows two touchdowns, no interceptions, and more than half of his team's total yardage accrued through the air while completing 65.5% of his 29 pass attempts.
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Live updates: Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman Sept. 8 press conference before Rice game
- Notre Dame pressured Wisconsin on nine of 12 true drop-back passes, including two sacks, according to Marcus Freeman, who called Bryce Young's current form the best he has seen from him and excluded screens and play action from that pressure sample.
- Notre Dame defensive tackle Jason Onye is out for Rice and expected to miss a couple of weeks, with Freeman anticipating a return later in the season and larger roles for younger linemen rather than an immediate recovery.
- Notre Dame safety Brauntae Johnson is also out for Rice with a multiweek absence expected, while Freeman said he views Luke Talich as a starter and expects younger defensive backs to assume more responsibility.
- Freeman expects Notre Dame linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa to play Saturday as his practice volume increases, but the published availability report still lists him as questionable and Freeman explicitly left his workload undetermined rather than promising a full return.
- Notre Dame planned roughly 30 Week 1 snaps apiece at right guard for Styles Prescod and Sullivan Absher, but Freeman said the Rice allocation would be decided during the week rather than confirming the same split.
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Notre Dame’s Jason Onye Suffers Left Ankle Injury, Out Multiple Weeks
- Injury: Notre Dame defensive tackle Jason Onye will be out for several weeks with a left ankle injury suffered in Sunday's 41-13 victory over Wisconsin in Lambeau Field.
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O’Malley’s Monday Musings
- LB: Pretty sure this is also the game that Carlisle Holiday bit Linebacker Will Dirting to recover a fumble😂
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Notre Dame’s Brauntae Johnson Suffers Foot Injury, Out Multiple Weeks
- Injury: Notre Dame safety Brauntae Johnson suffered a left foot injury in Sunday's 41-13 victory over Wisconsin in Lambeau Field, forcing him to stand on the sideline in a walking boot for the second half.
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Upon Further Review
- OL/LB: This…Jason Garrett said it live on the air…and a number of folks on Twitter said the same…it was a teach tape snatch and trap and should not have been called on Knapp
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My Doubts about the ‘Leave No Doubt’ Team
- QB/OL: Will break it down by position groups plus coordinators: OC: The 1H playcalling was simply terrible.
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Looks like time was left
- LB: Clearly the so called fumble recovery was a bad call but because it favored ND, none of you will complain.
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