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Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman had his first Signing Day press conference today. The Irish Rising Class of '22 consists of 21 recruits, 12 of which will be enrolling early next month. It's currently a top 10 class for 2022.

LFG!  How can you not run through a wall for this guy?

Welcome to Notre Dame, coach Marcus Freeman.  They are lucky to have you.

Go Irish!

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Despite the fact that a Cincy loss could've meant #NotreDame getting into the #CFBPlayoff, new #FightIrish Head Coach @Marcus_Freeman1 said he couldn't root against his former team this past weekend. Freeman was the #Bearcats DC from 2017-2020 pic.twitter.com/oHLYyIbO5t

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) December 6, 2021

Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman admitted on the Dan Patrick Show today that he could not help but root for Cincinnati to win even if it meant Notre Dame would lose out on the final playoff spot.

Honestly who could blame him?  Freeman recruited and developed a lot of relationships with those same Cincinnati Bearcats players when he was their DC under Luke Fickell before coming to Notre Dame.

It's good to see Notre Dame have a stand-up coach who is loved by his players and his peers.

Go Irish!

a player's coach@Marcus_Freeman1 | #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/pf9E1OygA8

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 3, 2021

You think the Notre Dame football players like the choice of Marcus Freeman?

Haha holy Shit!  Goosebumps city!

I've never seen the Notre Dame fanbase, alumni, students, players and former players come together as much as they have over the promotion of defensive coordinator Freeman to the head coaching job.  Everybody loves this guy!

Freeman brings everything to the table you want in a head coach minus the actual experience.  He's young, energetic, great coach, relentless recruiter and motivator.  If you want  a player to run through a wall for you Freeman will get that out of them.

This is such an amazing hire I completely forgot about the guy he replaced.

Marcus Freeman is the new head coach of Notre Dame Football!

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Try your best not to run through a brick wall after this Kirby Smart halftime speech in the World's Biggest Cocktail Party.

 

Kirby Smart at halftime vs UF.

You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/JXUxB1taRD

— Pat ➐ (@UGA_PB) November 16, 2021

Well, shit.  This isn't the greatest news coming out of week 1 for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team looking to get back into the playoffs.  Head coach Brian Kelly informed us on what's going on with the football team in terms of injuries, transfers, and position changes.  Go ahead and pull up a chair and sit down.  This isn't pretty.

-Starting left tackle Blake Fisher is out for up to 8 weeks, possible more, from a torn meniscus.  Fuck.  Fisher already had surgery today for his knee.  Michael Carmody is now the starting left tackle vs Toledo this week. 

-Backup tight end Kevin Bauman has a fibula fracture.  He's out for 6 weeks.

-LB Shayne Simon is out for the season with a torn labrum.  Must have been all those arm tackles he tried unsuccessfully vs the Seminoles.

-Rover LB Paul Moala is out for the season with a torn achilles.  He has now torn both of his achilles in less than two seasons.  Poor kid has been snake bitten ever since he stepped foot on campus.  His playing career could be over.

-LB/DE Jordan Botelho and RB C'Bo Flemister continue to be out because they are on double secret probation.  In other words they are serving suspensions for off the field issues.

-RB Logan Diggs is back this week.  He was probably out because of Covid but it's unconfirmed.  Hopefully he can get some carries vs Toledo to lighten the load for starters Kyren Williams and Chris Tyree.

-Backup slot WR Lawrence Keys is no longer on the roster.  Keys decided to quit the team and focus on graduating in December so he can move on to another school where he won't be featured.

-Sophomore WR Xavier Watts, whom I had big expectations coming into this season, has moved to Rover LB.  Watts will now be the backup to Jack Kiser and Isaiah Pryor there for a rather depleted LB crew now missing Simon and Marist Liufia for the season due to injuries.

-Freshman LB Prince Kollie now moves to ILB to back up starter JD Bertrand.  I'm very excited to see both of these guys play vs Toledo.  Both are studs.

-Freshmen WRs Deion Colzie and Lorenzo Styles are now back ups to starters Kevin Austin and Braden Lenzy.  Expect to see them vs Toledo and getting some valuable playing time.  The coaching staff is very excited about both prospects.

-WR Joe Wilkins (who all he does is make plays including a TD catch vs FSU) is now the back up to senior Avery Davis with Keys quitting the football program.

So other than all that it's just been a rosy day for Coach Kelly and the Fighting Irish.  Hopefully some of these injuries will be fast healing and we can see players like Fisher and Bauman back in October.  The good news is gives other players (namely true freshmen) a chance to make an impression and shine for a team hoping to not skip a beat this young football season.

Here is the updated depth chart vs Toledo...

Updated Depth Chart and Game Notes for Toledo

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— Notre Dame Football PR Team (@NDFootballPR) September 9, 2021

Just a couple of more weeks till the FSU game and it looks like Notre Dame is locked and loaded for the 2021 season.  Head coach Brian Kelly seems to be confident this team can compete with anybody despite replacing a lot of offensive firepower including their all-time QB winner in Ian Book.

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We all know Notre Dame Tight End Michael Mayer is a special talent.  The sophomore tight end set Notre Dame freshman records last season for catches and yards at the tight end position.  Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees, who played with some standouts in Tyler Eifert and coached Cole Kmet, couldn't help but praise Mayer aka "Baby Gronk" after practice yesterday.

 “I don’t mean any disrespect to any of the guys that I have played with or any of the guys that have come, but Mike Mayer, he’s has the ability to be the best tight end to ever come here,” offensive coordinator Tommy Rees said. “I mean he is a special talent. You wanna talk about a guy that’s wired the right way. He comes to work every single day with the mentality that he’s going to get better and that he wants to go be dominant.”

Who are we to argue with Touchdown Reesus?  Mayer is just going to continue to get better and it wouldn't shock us if he is putting up all-time numbers for Tight End U.

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