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Notre Dame enters the expanded playoff era as one of the only teams focusing solely on record since they can’t earn an automatic berth as an independent. Still, according to Greg McElroy, they should be just fine as far as resumé based on how many wins he’s projecting for them in 2024. McElroy assessed the Fighting Irish’s ceiling and floor on a recent episode of ‘Always College Football’. He paid them a pretty good compliment to start with, marking Notre Dame as one of this season’s favorites, even though their ceilings may not be as close as the floors are to him. “Notre Dame’s floor is as h...
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Riley Leonard made a big jump this offseason, leaving Duke and transferring to Notre Dame, where he’s in line to be the starting quarterback. And so far, Leonard has noticed so differences between the two places. Speaking at the Manning Passing Academy recently, Leonard dished on the differences. The biggest ones manifest mostly from the fervent following that Notre Dame football has. “Obviously there’s a lot of social media attention that comes with it. I don’t really go on social media, so I’m not sure on that scale,” Leonard said. While it was evident he didn’t want to disparage the Duke fa...
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Quarterback Riley Leonard transferred from Duke to Notre Dame for the 2024 season. Unfortunately, injuries followed him from his time at Duke and have been an issue that he’s battling to get ready for the year. While attending the Manning Passing Academy, Leonard shared that he’s feeling good after those injury issues and that he’ll have no limitations going into next season when he’s expected to be the starter for the Irish. “Healthy, healthy, healthy,” Riley Leonard said. “I can’t stress that enough. I’m very healthy. If you were walking around in my body, you wouldn’t even know you had any ...
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Notre Dame is going to have a new-look offense in 2024 that will be led by Riley Leonard at quarterback and Mike Denbrock at offensive coordinator. Leonard was one of the quarterbacks who attended the Manning Passing Academy. While there, he spoke with the media to share that he’s been watching film on former LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels all day long to prepare for next season. “I think the proof is in the pudding with Jayden Daniels,” Riley Leonard said. “Obviously, he’s probably a little bit faster than me but — probably a lot of bit faster than me — but I can still make those reads, make ...
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The college football season grows closer by the day, which means it’s prediction season for college football magazine mogul Phil Steele. He’s always an authority on the sport, especially when it comes to his preseason predictions. As is typically the case, for the 2024 issue, Steele extensively broke down his preseason rankings of each position group among Division I teams. So below, you can see Phil Steele’s full ranking of the top-25 receiving units across the sport. Take a look: 1. OregonSteele notes that returning an 1,100-yard receiver in Tez Johnson gives the Ducks star power. But it’s t...
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Analyst Greg McElroy has shared his list of under the radar Week 14 games that fans can be on the lookout for that have College Football Playoff Implications. As he explained on Always College Football, McElroy wanted to focus on games that the average fan may not be thinking about heading into the season. That comes in a week where the marquee matchups are likely to overshadow plenty of other games. “Rivalry Week, Greg McElroy said. “We all know the big headliners in this one. We know Iron Bowl, we know Texas–Texas A&M, we know Ohio State and Michigan. We know all the big headline games in Ri...
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New Notre Dame quarterback and Duke transfer Riley Leonard may be one of the stars on the South Bend campus, but he says the transition to ND wasn’t completely seamless. “Yeah, it was good. You know, it’s tough,” he commented on the move to Notre Dame after several years with the Blue Devils. Sure, Leonard’s the QB at Notre Dame, a pretty prestigious gig, but even he says that acclimating to a brand new school had its challenges. “We’re kids just like everybody else, like, I’m a kid at a new school that didn’t know anybody. Okay, like, we’re quarterbacks and it’s cool or whatever, but we got t...
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After Tommy Rees left for Alabama last year, Marcus Freeman promoted tight ends coach Gerad Parker to offensive coordinator at Notre Dame. But he left to become the next head coach at Troy, leading the Fighting Irish to swing big and bring Mike Denbrock back to South Bend. Denbrock spent the last two years at LSU, where he helped develop Jayden Daniels into a Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Now, he’s heading to Notre Dame, where he’ll work with dual-threat quarterback Riley Leonard. Leonard spent the last three years at Duke, but transferred following the dep...
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The biggest question about Riley Leonard at this point of his career is his health. He knows it too and has since provided a resounding response about where he stands from that standpoint going into this upcoming season. Leonard left no doubts about his injuries while speaking with the media at the Manning Passing Academy on Friday. He said his body feels great place and even as though he hadn’t ever suffered those injuries before. “Healthy, healthy, healthy, healthy,” said Leonard per Shea Dixon. “I can’t stress that enough. Like, I’m very healthy.” “If you were walking around in my body, you...
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In 2023, Kyren Williams put together a breakout season with the Los Angeles Rams. The former Notre Dame star became a key part of the running and passing attacks under Sean McVay, but the franchise brought in some help in the backfield by drafting Blake Corum out of Michigan. With a new running mate on the way, Williams said he’s excited to build off his impressive 2023 campaign. But by bringing in Corum, that could open up the field for him that much more. Williams shined after taking over as the starting running back last year, finishing with 1,144 yards and 206 receiving yards while totalin...
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