Notre Dame football: Sam Hartman’s rib necklace has debuted

Check out Sam Hartman’s new jewelry which has debuted just before the 2023 season kickoff. Incredible!

If you’ve followed Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman’s story for very long you’ve probably heard about how he had to have a hip removed before his 2022 season at Wake Forest.  The surgery cost Hartman a game but ultimately he hasn’t seemingly impacted on the field.

The bigger story involving Hartman’s rib this past year has been what he planned to do with it.  We thought it’d make a good rivalry trophy between Notre Dame and Wake Forest but Hartman understandably had better plans.

And they seemed like something an old viking or something would do.

He wanted to make his rib into a piece of jewelry and in time for kickoff, Sam Hartman has his rib on a necklace.  Check it out below.

Call me old school but this is a lot cooler for a quarterback to do than paint his finger nails trashing his opponent.

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Notre Dame football: An idea for Sam Hartman’s rib

It’d instantly be the best of it’s kind in all of college football.

If you follow Notre Dame, Wake Forest or college football closely in general you’re probably aware of quarterback [autotag]Sam Hartman[/autotag] and his removed rib.  If you’re not, Hartman had to have a rib removed before the 2022 season which forced him to miss the opener for Wake Forest last year.

This past off-season the graduate-transfer moved onto Notre Dame and although no longer in his body, his rib will soon be coming with.

Hartman was interviewed on ESPN on Thursday and asked about the rib so it became news again like when it first happened a year ago.  It was the first time some have heard the story and that Hartman is having the rib made into a piece of jewelry he can wear.

Listen, I think that’s entirely awesome and seems like something you’d hear about an old viking or someone doing.  However, what if Hartman and company did something else with his rib?

Notre Dame and Wake Forest don’t share an extensive football background together but they have met five times since 2011 with Notre Dame winning them all.

What if…

Seahawks RB Travis Homer suffered rib injury after hit on Sunday

Seattle Seahawks running back Travis Homer sustained a rub injury during his only carry of the day in Week 3 against the Atlanta Falcons.

Seattle Seahawks running back Travis Homer logged just one carry Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons during which he took a hit to the ribs and left the game, unable to return.

Coach Pete Carroll said Homer was still feeling the pain the next day.

“He’s really sore, he got hurt,” Carroll told reporters Monday afternoon. “He had a significant, I don’t know if they call it bruised ribs, a little bit of cartilage dipped in there. I don’t know how far it’s going to take him or not, but I know he’s really uncomfortable today.”

Carroll confirmed the injury happened during the running back’s lone touch of the day.

“Yeah, he got hit on one side, but it actually hurt him on the other side which is really unusual in my experience which is very limited,” Carroll said. “He got banged pretty good.”

The first injury report of the week isn’t due out until Wednesday so stay tuned to see how and if Homer makes the list.

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