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Notre Dame back to getting votes in latest USA TODAY AFCA Coaches Poll

The Irish aren’t far from being ranked again

The Irish got one of their biggest wins of the season yesterday, defeating Syracuse and subsequently getting some votes in this weeks USA TODAY AFCA Coaches Poll. The eleven votes put Notre Dame as No. 33 team in the country. The top 8 of the poll remained the same, with a good amount of movement behind that.

Just a few upsets over the weekend which included former No. 22 Kansas State routing former No. 9 Oklahoma State, unranked UCF defeating former No. 19 Cincinnati, unranked Missouri beating former No. 25 South Carolina and obviously Notre Dame’s win over former No. 16 Syracuse

Find out below where each team inside the top 25 was ranked this week, with last weeks ranking in parenthesis.

Five-star California quarterback set to visit Notre Dame very soon

Time to impress the young man

The Irish are still without a 2024 commitment, but that is not stopping Marcus Freeman from scouring across the country looking for the best talent at every position. Getting those players on campus is the first goal and that’s exactly what is happening with California five-star quarterback Julian Sayin.

After a extremely impressive sophomore season, the signal caller holds an impressive offer list which includes the Irish along with Auburn, Georgia, Michigan, Penn State, USC and others. With the offers piling up, Sayin needs to start looking at schools and fortunately for the Irish, they’re getting a visit from the rising star.

Sayin tweeted out that he will be visiting on April 7th, just two weeks from now. He will be visiting Georgia on the first on April and follow up his visit to South Bend by traveling up north and looking around Ann Arbor.

It’s a great first step in Sayin’s recruitment that the Irish get a chance to impress the young player early. Hopefully this is the first of many visits to Notre Dame.

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Alabama Morning Drive: NCAA Tournament field is set

The top stories involving Alabama and the SEC on Monday morning.

Good Monday morning folks. We have another exciting edition of Alabama Morning Drive to deliver here at Roll Tide Wire and we are certainly thrilled that you decided to join us this morning.

Just a couple of headlines win the day for the Tide and the SEC and we will discuss those just below. So grab your cup of coffee or latte and let’s get this Monday started off on the right foot.

Alabama basketball will try and stay classy in San Diego

March Madness has officially arrived. Sunday afternoon on CBS, the brackets were released and the Crimson Tide found themselves as a sixth seed and will await the winner Rutgers and Notre Dame.

Alabama has now made back-to-back tournament appearances for the first time since 2006.

Alabama is scheduled to play Friday afternoon in San Diego, CA.

A couple of SEC teams were hosed on Selection Sunday

Boy, I don’t know what else the selection committed wanted from Buzz Williams and the Texas A&M Aggies. The Aggies caught fire towards the end of the season and went on to wreak havoc in the SEC Tournament but apparently their 22-12 record and NET 44 ranking was not enough for the committee.

SEC Tournament champs Tennessee was also swindled out of a two-seed by the committee. The Vols had five more wins against quad one and quad two teams than what Duke did, but the Blue Devils received the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Vols.

Georgia basketball makes strange coaching hire

Oddly enough, maybe the strangest news around the SEC on Sunday was the fact that the Georiga Bulldogs announced its hiring of Florida Gators head coach Mike White to take over the head job in Athens.

The hiring came completely out of left field and left fans around the SEC in shock just moments before the brackets were revealed.

Mike White spent seven seasons as the head coach at Florida, amassing a 142-88 overall record with the Gators.

That is going to put an end to our Monday edition of Alabama Morning Drive. I hope everyone has a safe and happy day. Make sure to stay tuned to Roll Tide Wire for all the latest on the Alabama Crimson Tide!

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Offer out to 2024 Georgia athlete after impressive season

This would be an impressive pull from Georgia

The Irish are really hitting the recruiting trail hard and it’s not just finishing out the 2022 class. The coaches are evaluating all current high school athletes and have found a very good one in Georgia’s Sammy Brown.

The rising junior played just over six games this fall but that was enough for Marcus Freeman and company to offer him a scholarship. The Jefferson High School star has seen multiple big time schools offer him including Ohio State, Oklahoma, Auburn, Georgia and others.

It’s quite an impressive list for a player finishing his second-year of high school but Brown has an extremely high ceiling. It seems like he will play linebacker at the next level and after retweeting the official hiring of Al Washington, the Irish look to have a solid chance with Brown.

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Notre Dame adds yet another star to 2023 recruiting class

Who is the Notre Dame corner you were most excited about when they committed to the Irish?

Notre Dame has been trying to put the finishing touches on their 2022 recruiting class in recent days as the early signing period is now just days away.  That doesn’t mean they haven’t been hard at work beyond 2022 however as the Irish received another significant commitment in next year’s class over the weekend.

Justyn Rhett is a 6-1, 192-pound cornerback from powerhouse Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas and committed to Notre Dame over the weekend.  Rhett is listed by 247Sports as the 10th best corner nationally in the 2023 class and 101st player overall.

Rhett and Bishop Gorman are fresh off another Class 5A Nevada state championship, the program’s 11th in the last 13 years.  If the high school sounds familiar for Notre Dame fans it may be because it’s produced a handful of Fighting Irish players in recent years such as Ronnie Stanley, Alize Mack, and Nicco Fertitta.

Rhett becomes the seventh commitment in Notre Dame’s 2023 class and chose the Irish over Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, and USC.

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Notre Dame’s 2023 recruiting class commitments

Notre Dame Makes Cut for Former Star Commitment

Deion Colzie is one of the top wide receivers in the 2021 recruiting class. The one-time Notre Dame commitment hasn’t eliminated the Irish.

Notre Dame once had a commitment from wide receiver Deion Colzie of Athens, Georgia before the star high school senior-to-be stepped away from that and reopened his recruitment.

Colzie still hasn’t announced the school of his choice but did make a cut down to ten teams over the weekend and Notre Dame is still in the discussion.

Notre Dame joins Georgia, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Penn State, Oregon, Virginia and Florida for the talented receiver.

247Sports ranks Colzie as the third best receiver in the 2021 recruiting class while the 247Sports composite rankings find him to be the 45th best prospect in the entire class and fifth best receiver.

Tom Loy of 247Sports reported the following of Colzie:

“In talking to a source on this front, some on the staff believe that if Colzie agrees to get back on campus at some point before making a decision, the staff feels strongly that they can get him back on board. However, again, nobody feels great about a return trip taking place. They are just hopeful at this point.” – Tom Loy of 247Sports

That’s not the most-optimistic of looks for the Fighting Irish who currently have just one wide receiver in their 2021 recruiting class, Lorenzo Styles, Jr.

Notre Dame Offers Three Tuesday – Third and Final Writeup is of (Other) ’21 Georgia Defensive End

Collins was one of four defensive linemen from the state of Georgia to receive an offer from Mike Elston and Notre Dame on Tuesday. 

If you’ve been paying attention to Notre Dame recruiting at all this Tuesday you’ve seen a very busy day for Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish.

High school teammates and defensive linemates Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Jefferson were offered Tuesday as defensive line coach Mike Elston attempts to stack his defensive line prospects in the 2021 class.

Joining both Robinson and Jefferson was Noah Collins, a taller but thinner defensive end prospect also from Snellville, Georgia.

Collins has an impressive list of programs pursuing his services as Florida, LSU, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Nebraska, Michigan State and plenty of others have already offered him scholarships.

Collins was one of four defensive linemen from the state of Georgia to receive an offer from Mike Elston and Notre Dame on Tuesday.

Others include:
Victoine Brown – Strong-Side Defensive End
Jonathan Jefferson – Defensive Tackle
Joshua Robinson – Weakside Defensive End