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I had Catholic priests trying to convince me that I should focus on Notre Dame. I left for public school and attended Fred Taylor’s summer program when I reached high school.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
USC, Notre Dame to renew rivalry; Irish-Indiana home-and-home off
USC and Notre Dame will renew their rivalry matchup starting in 2030 with a four-game series that will feature back-to-back season openers, the schools announced Monday.Notre Dame's reunion with USC, however, also will coincide with the departure of defending national champion Indiana from the Fighting Irish's future schedules, sources told ESPN's Adam Rittenberg.
In 2021, Notre Dame and Indiana announced a home-and-home series with the Hoosiers opening the 2030 season at Notre Dame, the slot USC will now fill. Notre Dame was set to visit Indiana in late September 2031. But both games will not be played, at Indiana's request, a source told Rittenberg. The desire to get USC back on the schedule in early-season slots drove the shuffling, along with Indiana's philosophy toward nonconference scheduling.
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ScriptOhio
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2026 US LBM Coaches Poll preseason Top 25 rankings
- Ohio State (38 first-place votes)
- Oregon (6)
- Georgia (7)
- Texas (2)
- Notre Dame (5)
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Well, all that being said, would prefer to see tOSU #8 or somesuch, as being pre-season #1, means the only place to go is down. But if the pre-season losses happen to be 2 for the Buckeyes, won't be there long. Guess am wishing for a first round bye in the playoffs, and don't really care about who they face. Hopefully Day can keep the team from being complacent and arrogant.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Ohio State has never won a championship when #1 in the opening polls. Let tejas have it. We'll take it in week 2.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
And there it is. Guess the old adage "Tis better to be #1 in November than August". Took some liberties with paraphrasing, but believe idea is communicated. Probably the networks are setting up an early #1 v #2, in order to get a bigger market share. As if that would be needed.....
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ScriptOhio
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Former Notre Dame assistant tells the real story about how star QB CJ Carr ended up with the Fighting Irish
How did star quarterback CJ Carr end up with Notre Dame over Michigan? A former fighting Irish assistant tells the full story.
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Former Notre Dame assistant tells the real story about how star QB CJ Carr ended up with the Fighting Irish
How did star quarterback CJ Carr end up with Notre Dame over Michigan? A former fighting Irish assistant tells the full story.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback CJ Carr is one of the biggest reasons the program enters the 2026 college football season as a legitimate national title contender.
The story of how Carr ended up in South Bend, however, required former Notre Dame and now Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Tommy Rees to overcome deep family ties to the Michigan Wolverines. Rees, now the offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons, recently joined
The Echoes podcast with former Notre Dame offensive lineman Mike Golic Jr. and Jessica Smetana to discuss his time with the Fighting Irish, his ascension to the NFL, and some memorable recruiting battles.
The most notable of those stories centered around Carr’s recruitment.
For those unfamiliar with Carr’s background, his grandfather is former Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr. His father, Jason Carr, played football for the Wolverines, and his mother is also a Michigan graduate. With ties that deep to Ann Arbor, Michigan was always assumed to be the team to beat for the talented signal caller.
How Rees won CJ Carr over
Rees went into detail on the podcast about the first time he encountered Carr and why he knew the young quarterback was special. When asked about the recruitment, Rees said:“I remember exactly the first time I met CJ,” Rees said. “He was just finishing his freshman year of high school, and he was at our camp throwing. He was obviously talented, but I knew his family and his lineage, all of that. I just remember him being in line. He had a little bit of prick to him. He was talking a little bit and had a little edge to him. And I’m like, all right, I really like this kid.
“Then he started throwing, and he was talented,” he continued. “He had a little bit of prick to him. He was talking a little bit and had a little edge to him, and I’m like, alright, I really like this kid. Then he started throwing, and he was talented. He would pull receivers over, talk to them, make sure he was going with the right guy. There was something about him, about how you want your quarterback to be wired. That’s what it looks like. And for a 15-year-old kid to already act like that, it really stood out. I told them, I told him, until you tell me you’re going to Michigan, I’m going to recruit you like your last name isn’t Carr.”
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