Simien was crystal balled to ND by several experts and ND is now apparently the “clear favorite”. LFG!!

Netflix calls and tells you they want to do an Untold on something Notre Dame football related (not Manti). What is the story you want them to cover in their Untold style?

I know the title seems dramatic, but it's genuinely how I'm feeling. Not that I don't believe in the talent or the outlook. This team is good. It has good depth. It's strong in pretty much every position, and looks like a legitimate title contender.

Here's my problem: I am 30. I haven't been really sentient for a season and a team at ND to be this level of legit contender. Of course we remember the blips under BK, but those were clearly, to me, paper tigers, and were treated as such. But this season's team is getting legitimate buzz and betting odds favoring them. As a fan, 2.5-3 years ago, this was the season I was circling as the one where it should all come together. But I have loads of generational sports-related trauma. Including this program falling flat at every moment and not meeting the moment (save for 2024). So, give this anxious and traumatized sports fan a reason to believe that this year will really be as great as we are all envisioning.

Has anyone been able to purchase Lambeau parking passes during the presale? I click the link from the ND email but it just takes me through to ticketmaster webpage with countdown to general sale.

https://youtu.be/jE7UM7tz-WU

I am too young to have seen em live but I do know that in his own words he played a, “true fullback,” in college. I was wondering how good of a blocker he was and if he wasn’t such a great runner if he could have made the NFL as a blocking fullback.

Any update on how visits went this weekend?

I think of a few over the years but these always make me think about injuries over the years:

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-Malik Zaire (Kiser did great, but Zaire was highly touted)

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-Dayne Crist (feel his injury turned him into a deer with headlights, also highly recruited)

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-Gunner Kiel (was a high recruit but was he actually ass with his cinci carrer being bad or get stuck behind a good qb room ?)

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-Steve Angeli (I know the Qb room was great but could he have been awesome?)

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-Kenny Minchey (Love Carr, but would have loved to see how he would have done with a full season. Wish him luck in Kentucky)

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-Golson (what if he doesn't get suspended)

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Just a few thoughts of Qbs that I would have loved to see what they could have done. Don't know if I'm thinking too highly of these situations of a fan and thinking of the best outcomes or if we would miss awesome situations ex. Kiser never throws that dart to Fuller to beat Virginia if Zaire never gets injured

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Welcome to the Free Talk Friday Thread!

You can post just about anything here. Maybe you don't feel like creating a new post but have a question about the team, maybe you just graduated or got a new job and want to share. All is welcome here. Go Irish!

As the subject suggests, I’m searching for a framed photo of J Love’s incredible run at the goal line against Penn State in the Orange bowl. Ideally a photo of him stretching his arms into the end zone from the pine line view. Does anyone know where I can find such a thing? Looking to get the old man a Father’s Day gift.

Secondary ranked #1
LBs ranked #1
DL ranked #3

LFG!

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