Social media reacts to Jadarian Price’s clean touchdown run

Nice carry, young man.

[autotag]Jadarian Price[/autotag] has a long way to go in establishing himself as a legitimate college player. It takes more than one game to make that distinction, so it obviously can’t happen in your very first contest.

But Price at least put the rest of the country on notice late in the first quarter of Notre Dame’s game against Navy. He avoided a couple of defenders and ran as smoothly as silk for a 19-yard touchdown, putting the Irish up, 14-0:

You never forget your first impact play at the college level, so Price undoubtedly will have this moment playing in his mind forever. But let’s not forget the reactions of those watching the game, too. You only get one opportunity to make a good first impression, and Price certainly did in this game. Check out some of the best reactions that were posted to social media right after Price’s score:

Original basketball court at Joyce Center torn up

Anyone have memories of this floor?

With Notre Dame students home for summer break, now is the time to make improvements to the campus. This includes renovating the playing area in the Purcell Pavilion portion of the Joyce Center. However, the renovation this year involves something very different. WHME-TV’s Chuck Freeby tweeted out this photo indicating that the building’s original basketball court still was there, but it’s there no more:

Considering that the Irish have played in the Joyce Center since 1968, that is a long time for a court to be held intact, even if it hasn’t seen any actual action recently. This has to be a bittersweet moment for older Irish alumni who have their own memories of that court. Still, nothing lasts forever, and this is the latest reminder of that. It’s sad to see a piece of history go like this.

It will be interesting to see what the new floor looks like or even if there’s a noticeable difference. We’ll find out in the fall, if not sooner.

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