2026 Notre Dame Commits, Offers, and Prospects The target number is ~25 recruits for this year (7 Verbals, ? EEs [^]) : Overall 247 Composite Rankings: Total Points - #? Overall and Player Avg. - #? Overall 247: Notre Dame 2026 Football Offers 247: 2026 Football Recruiting Composite Team Rankings QB (1) FL QB Noah Grubbs [ND Verbal]: 247 Composite 4* 0.93 RB (2) VA RB Brian Bonner [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.95 GA RB Jonaz Walton [Offer]: 247 Composite 4* 0.95 PA RB Messiah Mickens [Offer,
I see the chicken little’s are out again. No surprise.
Folks, the sooner you come to grips and embrace that we are who we are, the better.
We aren’t going to bend academic rules, we aren’t going to recruit knuckleheads.
Embrace the success we have had. We haven’t been a top tier team since 1993. Almost 30 years. I will concede that there have been some embarrassment over the years, but ten win seasons are far better than five win ones.
2012 Alabama was the night I packed up my expectations for good and enjoyed the ride. I didn’t expect us to win the first time against Clemson; I didn’t even more yesterday.
Does that make me a fairweather fan? Nope. I’m as Irish as they come. If anyone has been around here as long as I have, you may remember the very heated “realists vs. optimists” debates. I chose to keep it real. We are not playing on an even field with the likes of the Clemsons and Alabamas of the college football world.
Embrace the successes and efforts our players HAVE had. Celebrate the fact we came out of a crazy season with just one loss. Embrace the fact that we have players who give their all for our enjoyment. Embrace the fact that we are once again playing with attitude, a chip on our shoulder and some swagger.
Perhaps one day the stars align and we shoot for the moon, but until then - enjoy the ride, the turbulence and the occasion burn up on re-entry.
Merry Christmas, “loyal” sons and daughters. Love and peace to all...yes, even you...