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ESPN’s Bill Connelly makes it clear in the opening paragraph of his piece — these aren’t the best college football teams of all time. These are the most influential. Notre Dame has two of them. Influential means spurring major innovation and/or defining eras. Influential means making an impact through greatness and cultural or social impact. Influential means making an indelible mark on the sport. Here are Connelly’s 30 most influential college football teams of all time. 1968 Texas (9-1-1)1924 Notre Dame (10-0)1925 Alabama (10-0)1986 Miami (11-1)2008 Texas Tech (11-2)1991 Iowa Wesleyan (10-2)...
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BlueandGold.com will release a countdown article highlighting a significant Notre Dame football statistic every day until the 2024 season opener at Texas A&M at 7:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 31 in College Station, Texas. Today, there are 81 days until the Irish and Aggies kick off at Kyle Field. Entering his freshman year and fellow offensive tackle Aamil Wagner‘s sophomore year, the irony of what the two roommates needed to do to reach their desired weight was not lost on Charles Jagusah. “I’ll come back to the room with my salad or whatever and he’s got four boxes of [Raising] Cane’s,” Jagusah said l...
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Conference realignment talks are as quiet right now as they’ve been in the last handful of years. Teams like Texas and Oklahoma are soon settling into the SEC, and the likes of USC and Oregon are gearing up for their jump to the Big Ten. Notre Dame is independent, of course. Much to the dismay of every major conference, ESPN analyst Greg McElroy said. Not everyone is harping on which major dominoes will fall next as conferences seek more and more money by expanding their membership, but McElroy gave a little juice to the topic during the dog days of the offseason by mentioning the Fighting Iri...
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In a wide-open quarterback draft class, a surprise name or two could emerge as a first-round talent this season. ESPN NFL Draft expert Jordan Reid believes one of those names could be Notre Dame’s Riley Leonard. Monday morning on SportsCenter, Reid said he does not have Leonard in the first round at the moment, but he’s ‘excited to see’ the ex-Duke signal-caller this season in South Bend. “If you remember, the very first week of the season, they had a big victory over Clemson,” Reid said. “A big reason behind that was how Leonard played. Now, he transitions to Notre Dame who is under new offen...
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Notre Dame has one representative on On3’s annual All-Transfer Portal Team: Former South Carolina kicker Mitch Jeter. After going 23-of-25 throughout his time in the Southeastern Conference, Jeter will finish his career with the Fighting Irish. Here’s what On3 said about Jeter, as well as Blue & Gold’s thoughts on his inclusion — and any potential snubs from Notre Dame. What On3’s Jesse Simonton said about Mitch Jeter“The former South Carolina kicker was 12 of 14 on field goals last season with 33 of 34 made PATs. He also served as the Gamecocks’ place-kicker, with 65.1% of his kickoffs going ...
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Notre Dame has been on more trips to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on the Michigan Wolverines in “The Big House” than most other teams that are not in the Big Ten, if not all of them. Never, though, will the Fighting Irish have played in a game at Michigan Stadium with higher stakes than a matchup On3’s Andy Staples is predicting just under three months before the 2024 college football season starts. How about No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Michigan in a first-round College Football Playoff game? The CFP is in its first season of a 12-team format after 10 years of a four-team system. The top four seeds...
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Back in late April, the Los Angeles Chargers selected Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. It was just a formality that Alt would officially sign his rookie deal with the Chargers, and that occurred on Monday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, it’s a four-year, $33.2 million dollar deal that includes a signing bonus of $20.9 million dollars. His contract also includes a fifth-year option for the team to keep him through the 2028 NFL season. Alt was the first offensive tackle to come off the board during the NFL Draft. He follows in the footste...
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The last outgoing Notre Dame player in the transfer portal has found a new home. More than six months after entering the portal on Dec. 4, former Irish safety Antonio Carter II committed to Jacksonville State on Monday. Carter has one season of eligibility remaining. Carter transferred to Notre Dame in May 2023 as graduate student from Rhode Island. After four seasons with the Rams, Carter committed to Notre Dame over portal offers from Florida, LSU, Texas A&M, Iowa, Washington, Wisconsin, Ole Miss and others. In his one season with the Irish, Carter appeared in 8 games. He had 8 tackles (7 so...
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Take a poll of Notre Dame fans asking if they’d like to see more of Notre Dame great Manti Te’o on their television screens, and most of the responses would be yes. Absolutely. Unimously positive, perhaps. Good news for the supporters: it might actually be happening. Te’o is being considered as a replacement for Jason McCourty on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” show, which will be based in Los Angeles starting this year. It was previously based in New York. The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand linked Te’o and Akbar Gbajabiamila as candidates to sit on the panel alongside host Jamie Erdahl. Te’...
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The Notre Dame quarterback room has been landing in all kinds of top 10 lists this offseason, and that of Pro Football Focus is on par with the rest of them. PFF has the Fighting Irish’s contingent of four scholarship QBs ranked eighth nationally. “For the second straight season, Notre Dame will be starting an ACC transfer under center,” PFF’s Max Chadwick wrote. “Riley Leonard comes to South Bend from Duke and will take over for the departed Sam Hartman. He led the ACC with a 2% turnover-worthy play rate over the past two years, and his 17 rushing touchdowns in that span tied for the most. “R...
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