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It certainly adds an interesting wrinkle that we are rebuilding our OL at the same time. Mobility may be required as there will likely be more missed assignments than we've been used to seeing.

At OL, I wonder if we take Fitzpatrick as well. From spring practice coverage, It seems that some guys we thought were tackles are moving inside now.

Blue and Gold Illustrated's Lou Somogyi passed away this morning. Sad to hear. I always enjoyed reading his coverage of ND football and his perspectives on podcasts. https://notredame.rivals.com/news/blue-gold-legend-lou-somogyi-passes-away

Faith, I agree this will affect everyone but some programs more than others. It might make 25-28 man classes fairly common. It's probably going to force coaches to stay really connected with players so they see these things coming ahead of time and plan for them. The increases to staff we've already seen could continue with analysts managing the transfer portal daily.

Good article about how the rule change about 10 years ago affected punt returns... https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Brian-Polian-Defends-Notre-Dames-Punt-Return-Approach-in-2020-164145403/

This team looks legit. I love the grittiness of a team that can come back from a 7-0 deficit against a ranked team. They will be fun to follow.

I like this development if it opens up space for the legacy Rairdon (who probably has more upside) while we chase Staes. If I were McNulty, I'd even consider arm wrestling Elston for using Agu at TE.

Yes - with Agu committing now and Wesolak only down to a Top 15, I can see Wesolak still being at the station when the '22 train is leaving

Thanks Big - yes, that is what I was referring to. There were links to tweets and articles on a bunch of different topics like the NCAA tourney, etc. Looks like the main 2022 recruiting thread got fixed to your point. Thanks again

Not a fan of the new site either. This is supposed to be a discussion board, not a running commercial for 247 articles that don't have anything to do with ND football. That's okay, lot of sites out there to get news and updates.

Others not mentioned: Ronnie Powlus- 11 Tyler Buchner - 12 Ryan Barnes - 15 Devin Aipiu - 44 Caleb Johnson - 72 Cade Berrong - 80 Mitchell Evans - 88

Burnham is Irish!! Happy St. Patty's Day

Big beat down last night to UNC in the ACC tournament that really shows how far we've fallen since those 2 glory years of Elite 8 appearances. We haven't recruited well at all, our grad transfers, which seem to be something we are relying on more heavily due to lack of recruiting success, have been hit or miss (mostly misses with mediocre players). I only watched part of the Kentucky game this year because it's been the same themes all along, but am guessing the younger players haven't gotten significant time either? When and how are we developing them? I'm not calling for Brey to get le

FWIW - his coach said he's a blazer. Not sure how that squares with the 4.5-4.6 times listed above, but he is supposed to be really fast per Jersey's comment.

I love Burnham's size at 6'4" and 215 already. Could see him as a beast at about 235 / 240. He is a total ballhawk and gets there in a hurry. Looks like he is higher rated than Sebastian Cheeks and Devon Jackson for reference purposes (per 247)