Score Predictions
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Weather
- Pick/market: They would not be able to due to TV agreements.
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Gambling Thread
- Pick/market: Parlay of MSU under 10.5 points and ND -23.5 for my big bet smaller shots: Cooper Flan.
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Prister’s Thursday Thoughts
- Pick/market: It’s surprising to me that you don’t see how they’re related.
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*** Sunday NFL Thread ***
- Pick/market: Watching the Bears with the score 21-21 in the second quarter against Carolina.
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Injuries
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The "U" Looks Mortal
- Injury: Despite the new CFL landscape of transfers and NIL...there seems to be a common theme each season that certain teams jump out as being almost unbeatable.
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Mensah is elite
- Injury: I watched the game so I came here to enjoy the hyperbolic overreaction swing.
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Hansen on Porter
- Injury: He had minor knee surgery in January and cleanup in mid August.
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TNF
- Injury: Good coaches find ways to win when you suffer an insane amount of injuries on a football team and he’s done that the past two seasons.
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- Injury: There isn’t a team in the NFL that doesn’t lose key players every year.
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Notre Dame Pass Game Takes Shape with the Return of Jaden Greathouse
- Injury: Jaden Greathouse put on a show in the College Football Playoffs two years ago against two top-10 defenses.
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Was PB and J injured?
- Injury: Oh yeah, I knew who it was lol I just didn't call him out by name.
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Hansen on Porter
- Injury: Hanson has some of the most, if not the most, sources to ND football.
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Trent Mosley out….
- Injury: You don’t want anyone to be injured I feel for these kids - they are trapped.
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Sam Leavitt doubtful for Saturday...
- Injury: Interesting reporting from The Athletic: The SEC issued a clarification last year that coaches have a “duty to act in good faith” on the availability reports.
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Sam Leavitt doubtful for Saturday...
- Injury: it's "arm soreness", which could easily be cleared up by gameday and very difficult to prove it didn't exist.
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Weis Interview
- Injury: Lots of talk over the years of him tailoring practices to favor the offense and discourage physicality.
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Quarterbacks
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Friday Night Lights - September 18
- QB: The broadcast said that live, too, I did not think it was roughing live and the replay they showed at the time was moving away from the QB at contact, but it looked like...
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Mensah is elite
- QB: He's a good quarterback, but like all who came before him, ,quite human when pressured.
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Rain
- Pick/market: Really, I can see this being something like a 45-17 score.
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Ryan day blew it
- QB: Manning missed so man open throws.
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Under Center
- QB/OL: Denbrock is saying that he doesn't trust his qb to be able to drop back from behind the center, read a defense and still complete a pass even though he has 5 wr's to...
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Coaching / Pressers
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Live updates: Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman Sept. 14 press conference before Michigan State game
- Marcus Freeman said Dallas Golden is now full-go after a shoulder injury cost him extended fall-camp time and contributed to his limited nickel role. Christian Gray has played well there. Golden is next in the punt-return order behind Jordan Faison, and Freeman valued his game reps against Rice.
- Notre Dame is gradually increasing Viliamu-Asa's snap load. Freeman said the main linebackers will all play through their own packages and that the staff will manage his progression carefully; he did not provide a target snap count or declare an unrestricted workload.
- Freeman said the staff is considering run-game scheme changes to fit its new backs. Jonaz Walton could earn more reps if opportunities arise; his speed is a strength, but he is still learning college-level block reads, setup and timing. More work is possible, not a guaranteed change in the backfield order.
- Anthonie Knapp and Will Black intentionally stayed in the Rice game longer than the other starters for extra work. Freeman particularly wanted Knapp to see more situations at his new guard position; the extended snaps were developmental reps, not an announced change in availability or starting status.
- Elijah Burress and Jerome Bettis Jr. are earning the Notre Dame staff's trust through game execution, while Matt Jeffery, Logan Saldate and Devin Fitzgerald also impressed against Rice. Freeman said young receivers can earn further opportunities, without announcing a new starting lineup or fixed target distribution.
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Weis Interview
- QB: Weis was a gifted play caller who wasn't very good at teaching blocking and tackling.
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Michigan State | Marcus Freeman Weekly Press Conference (9.14.26)
- Notre Dame's staff is reviewing running-back aiming points, reads and blocking combinations to create more explosive runs with this year's personnel instead of assuming last year's backs' instincts will transfer. Marcus Freeman said Jonas Walton could earn more opportunities and Nolan James is building trust in both phases. These are developmental adjustments, not a declared new starting rotation.
- Notre Dame deliberately kept Anthony at left guard and Will Black in longer for position-specific experience. Cam Herren's guard work offers another option because the staff trusts Ashton Craig and Joe Auding at center. Freeman liked Herren's toughness but still sees technique cleanup; the extra reps do not announce a replacement starting line.
- Freeman is progressing Kingston's workload rather than immediately giving him everything, while viewing four Notre Dame linebackers as starter-quality and planning rotations and passing packages. Dallas Golden is back after missing substantial camp time with a shoulder injury and handled backup punt returns. Neither update guarantees a full defensive workload.
- Freeman trusts CJ Carr to adjust unfavorable looks after coach-to-player communication stops. His confidence in Spencer Porath also affects third-down calls and can make a field-goal attempt preferable to fourth-down aggression. Those comments describe Notre Dame's situational options, not a blanket move to conservative play-calling.
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Offensive Updates
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Hansen on Porter
- OL: I wish this well thought out and well stated reply would would get through to Ol’ packyp.
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Mensah is elite
- OL: There have been some pretty bad pass pro reps from the OL, it just doesn’t matter because the pass D is sooooo soft.
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Irish Illustrated Preview: Michigan State (2-0) @ No. 3 Notre Dame (2-0)
- Notre Dame is averaging 114.5 rushing yards per game and 3.58 per carry through two games, with inconsistent production from the line and backs. CJ Carr has been sacked only once for eight yards, so sack losses do not explain the low rushing totals. The preview separates the run-blocking concern from stronger early pass protection.
- Aneyas Williams has taken 45.3% of Notre Dame's running-back carries. Nolan James Jr. and Jonaz Walton have combined for 96 yards on 21 carries, and James has five catches for 66 yards and a touchdown. The writer sees potential for the rotation to shift toward the younger backs, but reports no announced depth-chart or workload change.
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Notre Dame Pass Game Takes Shape with the Return of Jaden Greathouse
- Jaden Greathouse says he feels healthy after the hamstring injury that ended his previous season, and the report says he was full-go when fall camp began. This is a current self-reported health and participation update, not a new injury or a claim that last year's hamstring problem remains active.
- Greathouse followed one catch for six yards against Wisconsin with three catches for 48 yards against Rice, including a 23-yard sideline reception. That is increased involvement in Notre Dame's passing game, although the report describes Rice's secondary as overmatched and does not establish a target-share guarantee.
- Greathouse credits repeated offseason work with CJ Carr for their developing connection and says Notre Dame wants explosive passing plays to open Michigan State's defense. Carr praised Greathouse as another receiving option against man coverage. These are player assessments and stated aims, not a newly installed package or a yardage projection.
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Weis Interview
- OL/DL: I dont have a hatred for any of the coaches Davie and Ty were bad hires.
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Freeman & Media on Thursdays
- OL/LB: Why Notre Dame is playing the long game with CJ Carr’s Heisman candidacy | Thursday Takeaways Notre Dame is taking a patient approach to CJ Carr’s Heisman buzz, a strategy the Irish used with...
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Soble Says
- OL/TE: Seems to me that most of the problems except such as limited explosiveness and lack of adjustment during the play by one or more of the running backs have been just mistakes - they've...
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Cam Edwards deeper dive
- Pick/market: I start by saying Cam Edwards is a decent running back.
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Rating the RBs
- RB: We have a serious RB issue regardless of how they are ranked.
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Young Skill
- QB/WR: ND is stacked at WR, running backs, QB's, they are stacked at every position.
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Defensive Updates
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✦ AI Summary · 4 items synthesized
- [on3] DL: Would have a field day against OSUs defensive line.
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- [247] LB: Might be grasping at a straw here but...on today's pod the talk was that the MSU game probably is just another game for much of the team rather than a rivalry like most fans...
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- [247] Pick/market: 45-3 ND's Defense continues its ZERO TD DOMINANCE.
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- [247] LB: Ahhhhh, I just remembered Snow from that group and assuned him.
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A Thought From Today's Pod
- LB: Might be grasping at a straw here but...on today's pod the talk was that the MSU game probably is just another game for much of the team rather than a rivalry like most fans...
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CJ Carr
- DL: Would have a field day against OSUs defensive line.
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Everything
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CFB Friday Night Football
- Intel: Even the announcer said a few times that a flag shouldn’t have been thrown against Wake on said plays
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Weather
- Intel: People are looking at the hourly forecast on weather apps and don’t realize those are as reliable as me asking my 2 year old to do my taxes lol
O’Malley Sighting
- KICKER: That’s awesome!Y’know, Tim provides a lot of commentary about special teams, which I guess now makes sense given how much he out-kicked his covera...
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Has anyone seen this yet?
- Intel: Havnt seen it posted and I looked very hard, lol A day in the life of a ND football player.
Harrison Tyler
- Intel: Yea, he was an early commit to the football team.
Hansen on Porter
- LB: Sure but all the sources in the world can’t necessarily predict exactly how someone’s body will heal.
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Qs for Larry Fitzgerald?
- Intel: Ask him his thoughts on CJ and what attribute does CJ have that NFL scouts discern but the general public doesn't.
Prister’s Thursday Thoughts
- Intel: Let’s put it this way 1) anonymous whistleblower reported hazing 2) outside legal team investigated for 6+ months 3) legal team found widespread physical and sexualized hazing in the football program 4) dozens of...
Rain
- LB: For what it is worth, forecast seems to be changing but no agreement yet.
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OT Fantasy football.
- Intel: 8 team league so we're all fairly stacked but this is supposedly a PFF D+ draft grade and was highest score this is a non PPR league FYI.
- Intel: HUSKERS FOOTBALL Set To Renew Hostilities Against Notre Dame in 2032-2033 https:// ift.tt/19NWvbp https:// ift.tt/BDro1tL
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- Intel: NEW SHOW: A good conversation with The Athletic's @PeteSampson_ on just how good this Notre Dame football team is and the rivalry and matchup with MSU.
Brauntae Johnson?
- Intel: almost certain pimpi is correct (the only issue is I don’t know Onye timeline)
With Oregon and Ohio State losing - Does Notre Dame go to #1
- Intel: Thread title aside, I’ve never been part of a board where so many posters would rather question your premise or legitimacy for starting a discussion rather than actually talk football and discuss.
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Inexcusable by NBC
- Intel: Greathouse back to return the punt, Carr completes his first pass ( it was his third) ....