The countdown had already begun, with less than two weeks to go until the Irish kick off the season in Tallahassee against Florida State, there are bound to be plenty of interesting predictions. Chris Hummer of 247Sports is included in that group as today he made some bold predictions regarding this coming season.
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There are some interesting takes, like Oklahoma winning the College Football Playoff title but his 5th point, true freshman QB’s are coming … eventually that should have the eyes of Irish nation. Hummer claims that this season “is a big of a rebuilding year” and Jack Coan is clearly not the future.
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Agreed on his Coan point but rebuilding this year just doesn’t seem right, but that isn’t Hummer’s main idea. It’s that Tyler Buchner is the future and I can’t agree more on this.
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Hummer thinks that “if things start slow for Notre Dame, I wouldn’t be shocked if Buchner started to earn some reps.” I think that Buchner gets rep even if things go great early on. Brian Kelly can’t afford to enter the 2022 season with an inexperienced quarterback, especially opening against Ohio State in Columbus.
After a solid spring game showing, Buchner has the ability to lead this offense now and into the future. It will be very interesting how Kelly handles this situation, while playing to win now and preparing for the future.