Saints announce 5 additions to Dennis Allen’s coaching staff

The Saints made it official, confirming five additions to Dennis Allen’s coaching staff that had been previously reported:

It’s official: the New Orleans Saints confirmed five new additions to Dennis Allen’s coaching staff on Wednesday, each of whom had been previously reported. There are still some vacancies to deal with run-game coordinator, a general offensive assistant, and maybe an assistant secondary coach on defense, but the coaching staff is pretty much set.

That’s assuming quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Ronald Curry doesn’t leave for a new opportunity after interviewing for offensive coordinator gigs, or that Sean Payton doesn’t poach anyone else as he rebuilds the Denver Broncos. For now, here are each of the five new assistants settling in with the Saints:

Notre Dame-USC kickoff time announced

Mark your calendars!

When Notre Dame travels to USC on Thanksgiving weekend all of the lights will be on in the City of Angels.  Game time for the annual rivalry game was announced Monday and the longtime enemies are set to square off in prime time.  Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and will air nationally on ABC.

Barring an absolutely insane final two weeks of the college football regular season, USC is the only Pac-12 that remains a possibility for the College Football Playoff.  The Trojans are 9-1 with their only loss coming by one point at Utah in October.

The November 26 contest will be Notre Dame’s first trip to The Coliseum since 2018 as the annual rivalry game was called off in 2020 due to COVID.  What better way to start the [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag]-[autotag]Lincoln Riley[/autotag] rivalry than by having the Irish knock the Trojans out of CFP contention?

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