Notre Dame: Fighting Irish Wire Daily Recap (Edition 1)

Each morning we’ll put out a post designed for those of you on the go as we’ll have a quick post updating you on anything you may have missed and share links to that content.

Here you go for the first edition:

Good morning (or afternoon if you’re getting here late) and happy Thursday.  I hope you’re all hanging in there in these strange and uncomfortable times that none of us have ever seen or lived through before.  Keep staying smart and staying safe and hopefully this thing will be over sooner than later so we can perhaps lose some of the additional anxiety we’ve all been handed for various different reasons the last few weeks.

The team here at Fighting Irish Wire will continue to be here putting in work even if sports aren’t being played.  Today we’re also excited to offer you the first in what will become a daily offering of the “Fighting Irish Wire Daily Recap”.

Each morning we’ll put out a post designed for those of you on the go as we’ll have a quick post updating you on anything you may have missed and share links to that content.

Here you go for the first edition:

April 1, 2020 provided plenty of news for college sports and Notre Dame fans alike even with the lack of games being played.  In what have been some dark days nationally, Lou Holtz was there to help rally the team we’re all a part of these days.  Meanwhile, on the anniversary of two Notre Dame national championships the football team made plenty of news in a variety of different ways.

The big story of the day was Brian Kelly who spoke to WSBT in South Bend for 20 or so minutes.  His thoughts on Kirk Herbstreit’s recent comments have begun gaining steam as a national story.

In the recruiting world no commitments or scholarship offers were made but the NCAA extended the recruiting dead period and news came out of a star, uncommitted football recruit sending a Notre Dame commit something very special for his birthday.

Will college football be played as we know it in 2020?  Brian Kelly wasn’t the only Notre Dame name making headlines as Jack Swarbrick offered his thoughts to Yahoo!

If you’re into NFL Draft coverage one outlet continued their love-fest of a specific Notre Dame prospect while it’s never too early for some to start looking ahead to the 2021 NFL Draft in which Notre Dame will likely have a big-time presence.

For fun – if you want to help Pete Sampson of The Athletic with a Notre Dame survey he’s conducting, go right ahead.  We’ve also gotten a list of bowl projections that are one – absurd to even think about in April but two – also a lot of fun to think about in April.

We have our Final Four in the 2020 FIW Tournament finishing up tonight. The favorites are running away with things but you have until 10 p.m. ET Thursday night to get your votes in.

Thursday at Fighting Irish Wire will bring information from a complete seven round mock draft that was recently released.  Just how many Notre Dame players get selected?  We’ll share and discuss.  We’ll also give a look back at those four games that made our tournament’s final four and share our memories from each.

As always – breaking news will come and things will pop up out of nowhere.  We’ll have you covered for all of it at FIW.  Have a great day and talk soon.