Notre Dame prepares to break ground on new football facility

Hope it looks beautiful.

This is a transitional period for Notre Dame with a new athletic director and, this summer, a new president. [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] is entering his third full season of hopefully will be a long tenure as football coach. So it only makes sense that a new football facility be built. That’s exactly what’s happening according to a report from Footballscoop.

Perhaps sometime after the current semester, ground on the Notre Dame campus will be broken for a state-of-the-art football building with a nine-figure cost. The plans are formally expected to be announced before Saturday’s Blue Gold Game. The meetings involving this facility have involved both past and present Notre Dame personnel.

This undoubtedly is an exciting time for the Irish as they position themselves to attract the best possible talent in the future. A new facility will go a long way towards making that happen, and hopefully, it will have played a role when and if the Irish win another national championship.

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Twitter reacts to Tyler Buchner entering transfer portal

What do you think of this potential loss for the Irish?

Notre Dame fans were stunned to learn backup quarterback [autotag]Tyler Buchner[/autotag] has decided to test the transfer portal. While Buchner left the possibility of returning to the Irish open, it’s worth questioning how realistic that is.

Once the announcement was made, Buchner immediately was connected to Alabama, in part due to Tommy Rees being the new offensive coordinator there. Sure enough, John Brice of FootballScoop.com confirmed Buchner will visit the Tide:

Taking away the fact Buchner might end up in Tuscaloosa, people still had their opinions about his possible departure. The natural thing to do was to take to Twitter and express those opinions. They ranged from logical to speculative to emotional, but many folks had something to say. Whatever you feel about this news, chances are your thoughts accurately are portrayed by at least one of the below tweets from people with varying connections to Notre Dame: