Category: Notre Dame

Watch: Notre Dame quarterback Pyne preparing for spring battle

This battle will be intense

The Irish played three quarterbacks during last season, with Jack Coan getting the lions share of snaps when healthy. It was Tyler Buchner and Drew Pyne getting the other reps and each of them showing flashes of their future potential.

Pyne got into two games, Wisconsin and Cincinnati, while Buchner got reps in five games, playing more but not really much as a passer. Each of them threw for less than 300-yards on the year, but Buchner’s legs gained 336-yards showing he is a true dual-threat.

With Coan moving on, this spring will be very telling as to which quarterback will take the first snap against Ohio State in the season opener. Pyne however, is training like he wants to be the starter. In a tweet by QB Country, it looks like Pyne isn’t just going to succeed the job to Buchner in the coming weeks.

Spring practices begin on the 27th of this month and after 14 practices it concludes with the Blue and Gold game. We will all soon have a much better idea of who Marcus Freeman is leaning to be his starter come September 3rd.

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Notre Dame Baseball comes back against NC State and wins in extra innings

Eight in a row, this time with some dramatics

It wasn’t a game that the Irish were accustomed too, coming from behind has not been something this team has done much of this season. That was the case on Friday night however, as the Irish saw a late 4-0 deficit entering the seventh inning.

That’s when the bats came alive and the Irish scratched out three runs in the seventh and the tying run in the eighth to even the score at four and force extras. It was Carter Putz’s solo home run to start the scoring for Notre Dame and Jack Brannigan finished off the comeback.

The game would extend into the twelfth inning when the Irish bats once again came alive. Four runs in that inning once again highlighted by a long ball, this time by Zack Prajzner.

The story wasn’t just about the Irish bats, it was the bullpen. Starter Aidan Tyrell wasn’t his sharpest, giving up four runs over four innings. Then Alex Rao, Radek Birkholz, Ryan McLinskey and Brannigan took over. They combined for nine innings without allowing a run and striking out 11 batters.

Although the win improved the Irish to 10-1, this game could be looked at as the starting point to another run at the ACC regular season title. If the Irish were to repeat as regular season champs, it would be the first time in program history that feat was accomplished. They have won consecutive conference tournament championships, the last time being the stretch from 2002-2006 when they won the Big East Conference tournament title every year.

The Irish continue their three-games series against the the Wolfpack this afternoon as they try and keep their 8-game winning streak alive.

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Notre Dame Baseball’s starting rotation is set for their ACC opening series

Don’t mess with success

The ACC season finally begins for the Irish this weekend, as Friday night they will be in Raleigh, North Carolina to face off against host North Carolina State for a three-game set.

As noted earlier this week, Link Jarrett’s pitchers have been absolutely phenomenal early this year, leading the nation in ERA. A lot of that is due to the starting rotation and the three starters remain the same against the Wolfpack. Jarrett won’t mess with success as he will send out Aidan Tyrell in game one, followed by John Michael Bertrand in the second contest and finishing with Austin Temple on getaway day.

The Irish enter the weekend series on a seven-game winning streak and a 9-1 overall record. NC State will be the first true challenge for the Irish this season, as they are ranked in the Top-25 also and carry a 9-4 record into the weekend series.

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Five-Star 2024 Tennessee cornerback set to visit Notre Dame in April

The Irish hope to impress the 5-Star

Although the Irish currently do not have a commitment in their 2024 class, that doesn’t mean they have not been working hard at securing future commitments. That effort by Marcus Freeman and his staff seem to be paying off with Tennessee cornerback Kaleb Beasley.

The five-star announced that he will be visiting South Bend next month, the first weekend of April on the second. This is a huge development as Beasley already holds offers from not just the Irish but also from Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma and a host of others.

At six-feet and 174-pounds, Beasley has the skill set to lock down bigger wide receivers. His frame will allow him to continue to add weight as he gets older and become more of a complete player.

Although it is just an unofficial visit, it’s still a good sign that Beasley is heading north on his own dime to check out the campus. Hopefully it is the start of many more trips to South Bend for Beasley.

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Notre Dame vs Virginia Tech College Basketball Prediction, Game Preview

Notre Dame vs Virginia Tech prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Thursday.

Notre Dame vs Virginia Tech prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Thursday, March 10

Notre Dame vs Virginia Tech Game Preview, ACC Tournament How To Watch

Date: Thursday, March 10
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Notre Dame (22-9), Virginia Tech (20-12)
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Notre Dame Baseball leads the country in this very important stat

This group has led the team to a 9-1 record early

Through ten games so far this season, the Irish baseball team has dropped just one game, a one-run loss to Delaware in their third contest of the year. Playing a huge part of their 9-1 record has been the pitching staff and after Tuesdays win over Elon, the Irish are tops in one extremely important statistic, earned run average.

The team ERA for Link Jarrett’s team is a minute 1.41, having given up just fourteen total runs so far. They are just one of eight teams to have an ERA under 2, and lead Texas by slim margin, .13, but still tops in the nation.

Although this collective effort has been impressive, it’s the starters that have shined early. Aidan Tyrell, John Michael Bertrand and Austin Temple each have ERA’s under a two, with Tyrell and Bertrand’s under a one.

The bullpen hasn’t been slacking either, eight of them having pitched two or more innings without allowing a single run. When the Irish start their ACC conference schedule, which begins this weekend against host North Carolina State, their numbers will most likely not be as impressive but early on, the whole pitching staff has shown it has the makeup to shut down any team.

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Notre Dame pitcher Temple had himself a weekend, gets recognized

What a weekend

The Irish baseball team won another weekend series. Copy, paste, print. It’s been a reoccurring theme since Link Jarrett took over the program, and early this year it’s been three series played, and three series victories.

Two of those have been sweeps, this weekend being another one. The Sunday starter, Austin Temple made Minnesota miserable, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning while striking out a career-high 9 Gophers. For his efforts he was named the MVP of the Cambria College Classic, but the recognition didn’t stop there for Temple.

On Monday, Temple was named the ACC pitcher of the week for his gem this past Sunday.

The Irish ultimately won the game, 3-1, taking all three games against the Big Ten foes in the CCC.

With their three win, the Irish improved to 8-1 on the year and once again are looking like a team that has College World Series aspirations.

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Star California quarterback set to visit Notre Dame in late March

Would love to see him in the Blue and Gold

The most important position in football is quarterback and the Irish are currently looking to fill that spot in their 2024 recruiting class. The past two classes have seen Tyler Buchner in 2021 and Steven Angeli in 2022 join the Irish, two very solid options for Marcus Freeman going forward.

What about this upcoming class? That spot has yet to be taken and the Irish are in the mix for several high caliber players, but that’s not the only quarterback class their after. California 2024 quarterback Julian Sayin will be entering his junior year in the fall but is already on numerous teams radars, including Georgia, Auburn, USC, Texas A&M and others.

Sayin recently partook in the Under Armour Los Angeles Next Football Camp and according to a report from 247Sports Blair Angulo, he’s set to visit the Irish sometime later this month.

It’s great news as Notre Dame has traditionally recruited the state well, Buchner being a prime example of that. Hopefully the unofficial visit goes well and Sayin makes a return trip to South Bend for an official visit in the near future.

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The time Tom Brady got locked in Notre Dame Stadium

So did @TomBrady ever pay @ndfootball back for that ladder?

Long before Tom Brady became the GOAT, he was competing for a starting quarterback spot at Michigan.  After the Wolverines split a national title with Nebraska in 1997, Brady entered his junior year set to replace Brian Griese in the starting spot.

It just so happened that roughly a month before Brady and Michigan were to open the 1998 season at Notre Dame, Brady was driving back to Ann Arbor from Chicago when he saw a sign for South Bend.  What followed next was the future football legend having to escape Notre Dame Stadium.

Brady shared the story almost two-decades ago with NFL Films but it recently started to again make the rounds thanks to Tim Prister of Irish Illustrated.

So here is how the greatest quarterback the NFL has ever seen (this isn’t open to debate) got locked in Notre Dame Stadium.

First: A wedding in Chicago… 

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Texas star wide receiver has Notre Dame in his top group

The Irish are in the top group

The Irish have been doing a great job recruiting for the 2023 class, especially on the defense side of the ball. What is needed however, are big time playmakers on the offensive side of the ball.

Texas wide receiver Braylon James is a target for Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman got some very good news. James named his Top 9 schools which included Ohio State, Georgia, Texas, TCU, Texas A&M, LSU along with the Irish and a few others.

It will be difficult for the Irish to pull James away from his region, he visited LSU today and has three of his home state schools in his top group.

There is still hope, as two of his top 9 are Midwest school and the key for Freeman will be to get James to South Bend for an official visit.

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