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8 things to note from Kyzir White’s first Eagles press conference

8 takeaways and observations from Kyzir White’s first Philadelphia Eagles press conference

The Eagles signed Kyzir White to a one-year deal worth up to $5 million after a 2021 season with the Chargers that saw him log 144 tackles, a sack, two interceptions, and four quarterback hits.

White held his introductory press conference on Tuesday, and he’s a natural fit for Philadelphia, growing up an hour away in the Allentown area.

Now a member of the Eagles, White talked about Brandon Graham being a mentor, his fit in Jonathan Gannon’s defense, and much more while addressing the media.

Here are eight things to note from White’s introduction to the locals.

5 things about ‘Rudy’ that irk me

There anything that bothers you about the movie?

I spend too much of my life scrolling Twitter.  That’s something I’ve known for a long time but still continue to do it.  However, late last night I saw a tweet that it was the 28th anniversary of the movie “Rudy” being released in theatres.

I was in second grade at the time and my parents took me to see it that fall right as Notre Dame was in the middle of a national championship race that was only making my young Irish fandom grow by the week.  The movie only made me like Notre Dame football more and to this day if its on TV you can bet I’m not going to be changing the channel until it’s over.

That said, I’ve still got a few issues with it.

Joe Montana went through and detailed flaws with the movie long ago but I’ve got a few of my own I need to get off my chest and the 28th anniversary (+1 day) of it’s theatrical release is just the time to do it.

FIW Notre Dame Tournament – Grotto Regional Final Voting

Who gets the final four berth between a bowl win over the No. 1 team in the country and a last second win over a legendary program?

We have reached the Elite Eight in determining the greatest Notre Dame football game since 1986.  As we said upon selection, there were some great ones that didn’t end in Notre Dame’s favor, no doubt.  We did decide make the requirement that Notre Dame did in fact need to win in order to garner consideration for a tournament berth.

In the Grotto Regional Final we get an Orange Bowl win that ruined Colorado’s national championship hopes matched up with an all-time Senior Day, as Rick Mirer, Jerome Bettis and Reggie Brooks pulled off a last-second win over Penn State in the 1992 Snow Bowl.

Tale of the Tape:

1989 was another great year for Notre Dame, it just wasn’t as great as the year before.  The Irish took an 11-0 record into Miami the final weekend of the year but got rolled by the Hurricanes, 27-10.  Unfortunately that loss would end up being too much for Lou Holtz and company to overcome for a second-straight title, but after a slow start offensively, Notre Dame rolled to  21-6 win over No. 1 Colorado to ruin the Buffaloes title dreams as the Irish would finish the year ranked second.

1992 was another great year but a hiccup against Stanford during mid-terms week kept the title from title contention late.  In what would be the final game played at Notre Dame Stadium by Jerome Bettis, Reggie Brooks and Rick Mirer, the Irish came back late against a Kerry Collins quarterbacked Penn State team, capping the victory with a two-point conversion late to seal the victory in what’s known as the Snow Bowl.  The win helped send Notre Dame to the Cotton Bowl where they would dismantle Texas A&M and ultimately finish ranked fourth nationally.

So who goes to the Final Four?  Time for you to decide:

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The winner of this match-up will play the winner of ’88 Miami and ’91 Florida who are playing in the Basilica Regional Final.