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Ep. 1 - Wisconsin 2026 · Domer & Sons

• 0:04
  Welcome to Domer and Sons, a family podcast on Notre Dame football.
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  I'm Matthew Rose, the Domer, and I'm joined by my two sons and co-hosts, William Rose.
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  Hey, William.
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  Hi, Dad.
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  And Calvin Rose.
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  Hey, Cal.
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  Hi, Daddy.
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  This is episode one, and we're looking forward to a great year of Notre Dame football.
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  Some incredibly hot and cold takes, some laughs, and maybe a decent insight every now and then from one of us, or maybe even all of us.
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  We'll be joined later on in this episode from big sis, Elle Rose, who is a sophomore at Fordham University.
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  We'll, get her on the phone so she can discuss Wisconsin with us.
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  Guys, five more sleeps, we're on a plane to Green Bay to go see the home opener.
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  When I say home opener, Shamrock Series is technically a home game for us, but we're gonna see a home opener against University of Wisconsin Badgers.
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  You guys excited?
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  Yes.
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  Yes, sir.
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  Yeah.
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  It's, uh, it's been a really long off-season.
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  I think we're all ready for some Notre Dame football.
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  Yep.
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  Last game was on November 29th, 2025.
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  That is a really, really long- Stanford?
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  Stanford.
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  That's when Linder Moore shut down everybody.
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  Yeah, and they continued to target him, which made zero sense.
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  Yeah.
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  Um, as you guys recall, nothing went for us that game in the sense that,, LSU and Oklahoma were playing.
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  Oklahoma was winning.
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  We needed LSU and BK to do us a solid, knock Oklahoma out.
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  BK couldn't do us a solid'cause it was a beka- big game.
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  Uh, and then Alabama, Auburn, same type deal.
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  We needed Auburn to, to finish off the Tide when they had them on the ropes, and they couldn't do it.
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  And the powers that be in the College Football Playoff committee left us out of the playoff, and now we've got a very hungry, very angry, very determined Notre Dame football team that enters the 2026 season.
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  Team one three-eight of Notre Dame football.
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  Uh, let's do a little bit of math, Cal.
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  How many national championships has Notre Dame won?
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  11 When you look at team 138 and you see those digits, if you add up one plus three plus eight, what do you get?
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  12.
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  Okay.
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  So I think it's only fitting that team 138- Wins us the 1290.
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  Yeah, exactly.
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  Um, early camp talk.
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  Okay.
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  We've, we've come out of camp.
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  School has sort of started at Notre Dame.
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  What have we been hearing and reading about the Notre Dame football team for 2026?
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  Calvin, start with you on offense.
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  Offensively, I think the main concern right now is our wide receivers.
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  We have not a true boundary because Micah Gilbert's only 6'2" and Jordan Faizon's 5'10" and, you know, Jaden Grant has to six feet tall.
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  Behind him is Jerome Bettis Jr., Matt Jeffrey, and Milam Graham.
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  Milam Graham had a great spring and fall camp, so don't be surprised if he makes a, very good push to get a starting job over one of those three guys Tight end-wise, great to have Cooper Flanagan back.
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  Great run blocker, a good pass catcher, and just a good presence.
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  Anias Williams looks good.
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  I think we've seen these sample sizes from him in certain big games, certain small games, but we just know, yeah, if this guy gets an open hole, he's gonna find a way to try to take it to the house.
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  Behind him, Nolan James Jr.
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  probably.
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  Keidron Young, very, very big back, probably gonna be our power back.
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  Behind him, you probably have Jonas Walton, who had an amazing fall camp, and then offensively, Joe Odding and Ashton Craig having a little bit of a position battle over there at the center.
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  Then right guard, Sullivan Absher, and, Styles Prescott is also trying to have a battle there with Sullivan Absher.
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  Styles Prescott these past two fall camps has had multiple first-team reps.
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  He hasn't really, you know, taken care of business and tried to take advantage of those, but hopefully he'll be able to now.
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  But other than that, our offensive line looks great.
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  Offense looks great.
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  C.J.
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  Carr's gonna be hopefully a Heisman contender.
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  Uh, it's pretty exciting.
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  Yeah, I, you know, I'm a little bit concerned about our offensive line, to be honest with you.
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  I think our depth's taken a little bit of hit.
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  Obviously, Charles Jagessar still recovering from that, uh, ATV incident he had in July of'25.
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  Isn't fully healthy.
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  He would make a huge difference, and we wouldn't even be talking about right guard right now.
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  Yeah.
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  And then, you know, a little bit of a surprise, Matty Augustine, broke his foot.
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  He's gonna be out for a while.
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  Really haven't heard a timeline for him coming back.
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  Yeah.
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  So it sounds like it's a major opportunity for Styles Prescott potentially to come in and lead the way at that right guard position.
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  If there anything we know about, our offensive line coach is that he will make changes.
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  He's not afraid to make changes- No and he'll put the best- Sure five out there.
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  And then last thing is, you know, I think that whole Will Black at left tackle, he's never started a meaningful game but I think, I think everybody's just been talking about him.
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  And if you get good press with this Notre Dame team...
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  Our D-line has gotten better this past season, and last season, so I just think if he's getting those good reps and, you know, handling his business against this D-line, then I think we'll be just fine I think that, that makes a lot of sense.
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  Yep.
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  Speaking of defense, William, why don't you take us through all three levels starting with the defensive line that Cal was talking about?
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  All right, so the consistence, the consistence after training camp is that Bryce Young will be the starter.
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  Keon Keeley coming out of Alabama is a very exciting younger edge rusher, but I think that Bryce Young will be great, little bit more fast.
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  He's faster than Keeley.
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  Bigger, bigger frame, and I think he's, he's lost a couple pounds, right?
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  Yeah, he's lost a little bit of weight, so I think that speed that we saw his freshman season should be a little bit more emphasized.
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  For sure.
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  Francis Brew, nose tackle, I think there's, there's no argument there.
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  He's about, had a great camp coming in from Pitt, armel Mukam He, initially entered the portal, was gonna go to Indiana, but he ended up coming back home, and he has had a great training camp, probably top three performances on the defensive side of the ball camp-wise.
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  Obviously a big frame.
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  He's very athletic.
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  Um, back- backup being Jason Onyea, who we know will also do great things.
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  Right end, Bubacar Traore.
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  Great.
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  I don't think there's any complaints there from the Notre Dame fans.
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  We know he's gonna make some splashes.
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  Drake Bowen, linebacker.
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  Fr- I would have him as the number one nine- linebacker in the country or at the Mike position at least.
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  Backing him up, we have Jaden Osberry.
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  I think he has a chance to get some reps in.
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  Him at the Sam position, I think he's a more athletic guy than Drake Bowen, but maybe he can learn to command like Bowen does.
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  KVA, great.
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  Recovering from his injury well.
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  There's a pos- There's a possibility that he'll play against Wisconsin next Saturday, right?
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  Yeah, which, you know, begs to, begs to let you, let our audience know we're, we're recording this on Sunday, August 29th.
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  Yep.
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  Or excuse me, Sunday, August 30th, and- Mm-hmm um, we're only dealing with the most current information that we have.
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  Yeah.
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  I, I don't see a reason for him to play the whole game.
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  I'd like to see him start, play a few snaps, then bring him out.
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  Obviously, we have tougher opponents than Wisconsin.
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  Their offense didn't look great last year, so maybe there'll be a chance to pull him, let some other guys have some reps.
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  With the secondary, Leonard Moore obviously consists as All-American, my personal favorite.
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  He's gonna do great things.
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  I think he's a generational cornerback.
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  I think He might be better than, um, Cam Hart in the past few years, and, um- Who's Love?
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  Venmo Venmo.
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  I think Love, he could give Love a run for his money in the cornerback position for Notre Dame.
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  D.J.
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  McKinney, blue chip out of Colorado.
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  He's gonna, he's gonna be leaning towards boundary, We don't know much coming from the Big 12, a little shaky conference, probably some tougher opponents, but they're expecting great things out of him.
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  He's had a solid camp it sounds like.
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  And then Dallas Golden with that shoulder injury, sounds like it'll be reoccurring through the season, so Christian Gray is gonna start in the nickel.
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  Hooray.
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  I think- You've got a complicated- Yeah relationship with Christian Gray, William, huh?
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  Yeah.
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  He's got a compli- he's also Christian Gray's got a complicated relationship with the football, too.
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  I don't think he has a complicated relationship with the football.
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  I think that I, I think- I think he knows where the football is.
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  I don't know if he's always there, though.
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  But, um, enough of that.
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  Let's get to free safety.
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  Brente Johnson, awesome.
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  I hope he stays next year.
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  That's If I could choose one guy to keep that's, uh, that's like a, has a good possibility of coming back, it's Tay for sure.
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  He's, he's amazing.
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  Backing him up, probably the biggest splash we've seen, um, Joey O'Brien, 6'5" frame, a little slender, flashbacks to Kyle Hamilton.
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  He's had a- amazing camp.
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  Heard great things about him.
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  Adon Shuler, team captain, strong safety, awesome.
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  Backing him up, Luke Talich, also another one of my boys.
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  That interception against USC, that was magical.
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  That's all I've got from the defense.
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  Not a lotta injuries besides Dallas Golden on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Yeah, knock on wood.
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  Yep These guys came outta camp in pretty good position for a healthy run at Wisconsin, so.
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  Yep.
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  Um, special teams.
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  I'll just wrap up here with special che teams.
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  The kicker position, we've got a transfer from Purdue, Spencer Porath.
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  Um, you know, I think everybody's pretty high on him.
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  He had a great spring.
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  What we heard outta camp the last couple of days of camp was not so great.
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  Uh, apparently he had- Mm-hmm a couple misses- where we needed, you know, we need him to have all the confidence in the world.
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  Mm.
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  I'm hoping with the strength of this offense, we won't need him to do anything exc- except kick some PATs.
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  Yeah.
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  If he can even kick those.
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  And if he can't, then Eric Schmidt is- I, I believe in him.
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  All right?
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  I, I believe.
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  I think that we struggled last year, so it's nothing new.
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  I hope that it'll be If it's somewhat of an improvement, I think we'll be all right.
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  Yeah, I think, uh, it can't get any worse than- Yeah last year when it comes to PATs.
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  For sure.
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  Yep.
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  So I think that will be a, a generational type, uh, nadir, if you will- Yeah in, in how we kicked.
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  And then punter, uh, we got Jasper Skalife or Skafe.
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  How do you pronounce that, Cal?
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  Skafe.
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  Skafe, all right.
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  Skafe.
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  He's an Aussie.
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  Oh, no, look out.
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  Yeah.
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  He's an Aussie, uh, a g- Cannon cannon.
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  Yeah.
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  That's what we've heard is just absolute cannon.
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  So, again, hopefully we don't see him that much on fourth downs this season.
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  Yeah.
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  But when we do, uh, he'll be able to provide us a- Knock it Flip of the field.
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  Um, last bit of news that came out on Friday afternoon, captains.
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  Yep.
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  We've got our 2026 captains, and it's four this year, gentlemen.
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  I like that, four.
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  Keep it, keep it short, concise.
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  Yeah.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  You think it's easier to have- Yep two leaders on both sides of the ball?
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  Love that.
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  Not handing it out- Keep it simple C's like candy.
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  Yeah, no C's like candy, huh?
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  Nope.
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  Nope.
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  That's good.
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  Uh- Captains- Yeah offensively, CJ Carr and Jordan Faison.
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  Faison with the little bit of a surprise there.
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  I don't know.
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  He's a good leader.
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  He was a walk-on.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  Now he's the starting wide receiver.
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  I think he's, I think he's kinda earned it.
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  Yeah.
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  I don't know how many years it's been since we haven't had a captain on the offensive line.
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  Probably a while.
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  It's been a minute, I think.
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  Um, yeah, I was surprised that- Emil Wagner was a captain last year.
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  Yeah, he was.
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  But I was surprised- Mm that, uh, um- Nap Nap, yeah, wasn't a captain.
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  Definitely.
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  Yeah.
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  So, but like you said, Cal, only the fifth time in Notre Dame history since 2000 that a walk-on or a former walk-on is now a captain.
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  Yeah.
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  So following in the steps of Jack Kaiser, and we know how great of a leader he was.
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  And I think, when we look back at last year and those first two games, one of the things we were missing on both sides of the ball was, you know, really true defined seasoned leaders.
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  And this year we l- we have those guys on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Yep.
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  We're repeating the captains from last year, or two of the three captains from last year on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Great.
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  Yeah.
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  Drake Bowen and- Don Schuler Don Schuler.
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  All right.
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  Uh, well, it's gonna be a great, great season, I think, guys.
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  I agree.
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  I agree.
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  Uh, let's, let's talk about, uh, who you think are the three most important players on both sides of the ball besides CJ and Leonard Moore.
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  Uh, Cal, let's start with you on offense.
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  All right.
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  Offensively, first three that I'm gonna name, Cooper Flanagan, Jordan Faison And either Joe Otting or Ashton Craig, whoever's gonna be our center.
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  Okay.
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  So you think the center position- Yeah regardless of who it is.
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  It's gonna be very important.
• 14:01
  I agree.
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  Yeah, I think that's- I don't know how much we're gonna run the ball, but I agree center is important.
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  Yeah.
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  I think that left and right guard are, a big deal, but yeah, center, center's all right, I guess.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah, we've gotta hold down those defensive tackles.
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  Yeah.
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  You know?
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, William.
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  Yeah.
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  Offensive side of the ball.
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  All right.
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  Three players, most important.
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  These aren't the best players, but the most important players.
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  You know, Notre Dame, they'll run the ball down your throat.
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  We need a good running back.
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  I think Anais Williams is really crucial.
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  Obviously, we know he's a good receiving threat.
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  He didn't get much touches last year, but when they were there, pretty brilliant.
• 14:37
  Um, Anais Williams, definitely one.
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  I have Jordan Faison, obviously as a captain, that automatically makes him important.
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  Number one receiver last year, super shifty.
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  I think if he has a 1,000-plus yard season, that'd be pretty special since we haven't had that since- Claypool our boy Chase Claypool.
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  And the third, I'll go Anthony Knapp Always big fan of having a guy on the, the line.
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  Right.
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  Uh, I can't disagree with you guys.
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  Um, I think for me, I'll just name one that you guys have not named, but I think Will Black- Yeah in that left tackle position protecting C.J.
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  Carr's blind side is gonna be absolutely imperative.
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  Like I said earlier in the show, we, uh, we're starting a left tackle who's never had a really meaningful start.
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  So he's gonna be critical for how this offense runs.
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  Red, red shirt freshman, correct?
• 15:33
  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
• 15:34
  Yeah.
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  Um, and I think obviously the, the upside, the ceiling of this team is gonna be contingent on C.J.
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  Carr's health.
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  Yeah.
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  So if I have any words of wisdom to the offensive line is protect 13.
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  Agreed.
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  Uh, defense.
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  William.
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  All right.
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  So I have Drake Bowen, obviously great.
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  He's gonna command the defense.
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  That's what we need out of him.
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  Another, I've got, Francis Brew.
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  Haven't had a lot of good D tackles over the years in Notre Dame.
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  I think that we've had like flashes, but we haven't had a really strong case on the middle of the line.
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  Uh, Howard Cross and, uh, Riley Mills were two years ago.
• 16:19
  Oh, come on.
• 16:21
  That's, that's champion Riley Mills.
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  All right, cut that.
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  Cut that.
• 16:25
  No, that's, that's staying in.
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  Uh, Don Shuler.
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  Don Shuler, definitely captain returning.
• 16:31
  He's, um, he's pretty-- I don't think he's as talented as Tay, but he makes up for it in grit.
• 16:38
  You know, one of my favorite plays last year was the play against Pitt when he lit up some dude on a hospital pass.
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  Boom.
• 16:46
  Yeah.
• 16:46
  Yeah, laid, laid the boom.
• 16:47
  I like that a lot.
• 16:49
  Um, those are my three.
• 16:51
  Yeah, I think that's great.
• 16:53
  Uh, I think you did a excellent job deflecting off of Riley Mills and Howard Cross.
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  I don't know if you recall, Riley Mills may have gotten a sack in the Super Bowl.
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  No, c- all right.
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  Riley Mills also wa- weren't there for the Natty.
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  No, he was hurt.
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  Wasn't, wasn't there for Penn State.
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  He was hurt.
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  Wasn't there for Georgia.
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  He was hurt.
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  It's like I said.
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  All right.
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  Um, my three- some people hate him, some people like him, some people love him.
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  Christian Gray's my first guy.
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  Wah, blah, wah.
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  He is gonna be so valuable.
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  He's gonna be guarding the slot receiver.
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  He's gonna be guarding the fastest and the shiftiest guys.
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  So I, I just think that's gonna be important.
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  Second one, Kingsly Onwuhare, probably one of the best linebackers in the country.
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  He was the second-best linebacker in terms of run defense last year.
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  He was only behind Jacob Rodriguez, who we know- was very, very, very good.
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  And then lastly, I have Bryce Young.
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  Bryce Young I think will also have a breakout season, so hopefully we just get a great version of Bryce Young.
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  What do you think about, Keon Keeley?
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  Do you think he can overtake Bryce Young in that starting job?
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  I don't know.
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  I just I think if he was gonna do it, he would've done it by now.
• 18:06
  Keon Keeley hasn't really lived up to the hype of being this second-best player in the nation that we saw in high school.
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  Bryce Young definitely has.
• 18:15
  Bryce Young has lived up to the hype that we've seen.
• 18:17
  Last season was a little underwhelming.
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  We were expecting him to have a breakout year.
• 18:21
  Bubacar had that breakout year.
• 18:22
  Perfectly fine.
• 18:24
  But, uh, yeah.
• 18:25
  He's been re- Bryce Young's been relatively clean with his injuries, right?
• 18:29
  Yeah.
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  Knock on wood, he has.
• 18:30
  Yeah.
• 18:31
  No.
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  So yeah, I Look, guys, I think all those guys are absolutely critical and I like those choices.
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  I really like, I like your Gray cho your Gray shout-out.
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  All right.
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  Final regular season record, guys.
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  12 and 0.
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  12 and 0.
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  I got 12 and 0 too Undefeated.
• 18:55
  Yes.
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  And then how far into the college football playoff will we go?
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  To the Natty, baby.
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  Woo! Vegas.
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  Vegas.
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  All right.
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  Uh, college football playoff, going to the Natty.
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  Who we playing and w- do we win or not?
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  We're winning.
• 19:13
  We're going 16 and 0.
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  I don't care what anybody says.
• 19:16
  My personal opinion, I would love to play USC'cause those guys chickened out of the series.
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  Dude, USC, okay, so we're recording this on Sunday.
• 19:24
  USC played yesterday.
• 19:25
  They conceded 26 points to the Spartans, right?
• 19:29
  To San Diego State.
• 19:31
  San Diego State Spartans.
• 19:31
  Uh, uh, uh- That, embarrassing correct you guys, San Jose San Jose.
• 19:34
  Yeah.
• 19:35
  State.
• 19:35
  Same thing.
• 19:35
  I'm, I'm just saying.
• 19:36
  They both suck, okay?
• 19:37
  Yeah, okay.
• 19:38
  No, embarrassing, terrible performance out of the defense.
• 19:41
  I've seen all this glaze about their young edge rusher off the left, the big number 99, number one D end out of, high school.
• 19:50
  Boy.
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  26 points.
• 19:51
  That's unacceptable.
• 19:52
  Uh- Unacceptable I don't think they're making the playoffs.
• 19:55
  Yeah, they, they stink.
• 19:55
  No.
• 19:56
  If- I want, I want Ohio State in the...
• 19:58
  That's who I want.
• 19:59
  That's who I want Ohio State or Oregon.
• 20:01
  That's my personal pick.
• 20:01
  Oh, w- we don't have enough...
• 20:03
  It's not personal enough, you know?
• 20:05
  I'll take Ohio State, Georgia, or Alabama.
• 20:08
  Preferably Ohio State or Georgia if we play Alabama, I'm saying this right now, they will not score more than 20 points on us.
• 20:16
  They will not.
• 20:17
  Yeah.
• 20:17
  I don't, um, again, I don't disagree with any of these takes.
• 20:21
  Well done.
• 20:22
  And yeah, I think we're, uh, going, not only going to Vegas, I think we're gonna win the whole thing.
• 20:26
  I, and I have a feeling we're gonna play Texas, uh, which will be a great matchup.
• 20:31
  That'd be great.
• 20:32
  Yeah, yeah.
• 20:32
  Nothing, nothing wrong about Texas.
• 20:34
  Not at all.
• 20:35
  Not at all.
• 20:35
  Maybe a little nepo baby out of Arch Manning, but nothing else.
• 20:38
  Last time we played Texas, we lost 50 to 47 in overtime.
• 20:42
  Yeah, that was one of, that wasn't one of BK's finest coaching performances.
• 20:46
  No, but BK doesn't have a lot of them.
• 20:49
  Next segment, All right.
• 20:51
  Breakout player for me?
• 20:52
  Yeah.
• 20:55
  Give me Anais Williams.
• 20:57
  It's Aeneas, just so you know.
• 20:59
  Anais, uh, Aeneas or Will Black.
• 21:01
  I think Will Black- Yeah has a chance to shine, you know, starting early as a red shirt freshman.
• 21:07
  I like that.
• 21:08
  Yeah.
• 21:08
  I like that.
• 21:09
  All right.
• 21:10
  Normally I would say Oz Berry or Sneed.
• 21:13
  Looking at this too d- deep right now, I'm gonna go for a guy who's also on the bench, Rodney Dunham, true freshman- edge rusher out of North Carolina.
• 21:22
  Oh.
• 21:23
  We've heard a lot of good things about him.
• 21:24
  He's like- He had a, he had- he's huge, isn't he?
• 21:26
  He's pretty big.
• 21:27
  Yeah.
• 21:27
  He had a great, blue and gold game.
• 21:29
  I think we saw it.
• 21:30
  He was helping stopping the run, getting at the quarterback a little.
• 21:33
  So hopefully, you know, we get it going.
• 21:36
  Oh, yeah.
• 21:36
  Yeah.
• 21:37
  And, I'm gonna go with Armel Mukham.
• 21:40
  Uh, he- Mm he came back, and, I think we've heard really good things about him from camp.
• 21:47
  And, and being a, uh, a, a vet, I think he's got a lot to contribute, and he'll be hungry to do that.
• 21:54
  All right.
• 21:55
  Moving on.
• 21:56
  Next segment, Wisconsin preview.
• 21:59
  Cal.
• 22:00
  Yep.
• 22:01
  Before we get your sister on the phone to give us her score pick tell us a little bit about the Badgers- All right from Madison, Wisconsin.
• 22:11
  They have a great dual threat quarterback, all right?
• 22:14
  He's very good.
• 22:15
  He transferred in from Old Dominion.
• 22:17
  They don't have a clear wide receiver one.
• 22:20
  Not saying that Notre Dame does either, but they just don't.
• 22:22
  They, and, they had a big NIL donor, but I don't know if that's really gonna help them.
• 22:27
  Their right side of the line, their two starters are gone.
• 22:31
  They're gone.
• 22:32
  They're injured.
• 22:32
  So Bubacar, Pres Young, Amamuko.
• 22:35
  In a reimagined line too.
• 22:37
  I think they, they've got 34 incoming transfers- and I think four of the five people on the line are transfers.
• 22:46
  Yeah.
• 22:47
  So- It's, it's not gonna be good.
• 22:49
  All right?
• 22:49
  I'm just gonna say that.
• 22:50
  All right?
• 22:51
  And just to say this, the key to contain Colston Joseph, do not let him,, step up in the pocket.
• 23:00
  He steps up, he's gonna rush up.
• 23:01
  You know, I'm not really worried about Colston Joseph.
• 23:03
  Obviously out of Old Dominion, shout out C.J.
• 23:05
  Harper, Lori is king no, he's, he's not ready for the competition.
• 23:09
  I think the OC on the Wisconsin side might have to change a couple of diapers.
• 23:14
  You know, I think that the N- the Notre Dame defense is gonna wallop them.
• 23:20
  I've...
• 23:21
  You'll hear my score prediction in a second, but I don't think it'll be a big deal at all.
• 23:25
  One more thing, they had two really good true freshman linebackers last year, so just watch out for that in the run game and even sometimes in the pass.
• 23:33
  Yeah, I think it's fortunate we're playing these guys in week one.
• 23:36
  They will be a better team six games into the season, but trying to integrate those new transfers, the injuries on that right side of the line, ooh boy.
• 23:45
  Uh- Yeah you guys are right, I wouldn't want to be, the offensive line coach this week trying to prep for Notre Dame's D line- Yeah and the number of bodies and good bodies that we can throw at that, hurt, that struggling offensive line- Yeah in game one.
• 24:01
  Uh, all right, let's get your sister on the phone in New York.
• 24:06
  All right?
• 24:08
  Go Rose.
• 24:09
  Hey, El Rose.
• 24:11
  Let's, let's get you on the phone.
• 24:11
  All right.
• 24:12
  Let's get your sister on the phone.
• 24:13
  Yes.
• 24:26
  Hello.
• 24:28
  Hey, El.
• 24:28
  Hello.
• 24:30
  Oh, just at the botanical gardens.
• 24:32
  Oh, New York's finest.
• 24:34
  New York's finest.
• 24:36
  How are you guys today?
• 24:38
  Good.
• 24:38
  Great.
• 24:39
  Yeah, we're really good.
• 24:40
  Good.
• 24:40
  Yeah.
• 24:41
  Nice.
• 24:41
  How's it going?
• 24:43
  Uh, I think it's going pretty well.
• 24:44
  Yeah.
• 24:44
  Yeah, episode one.
• 24:45
  Nice.
• 24:45
  Episode one.
• 24:46
  You know?
• 24:46
  Episode one.
• 24:47
  Can I- I have some fans here that wanna say hi.
• 24:49
  Yo.
• 24:50
  Hey.
• 24:50
  Hi.
• 24:51
  Hey, what's up, gents?
• 24:53
  Hello.
• 24:55
  Awesome.
• 24:55
  All right.
• 24:56
  So El Rose, we don't wanna keep you long'cause I know you're having a nice walk through the park here.
• 25:01
  Um- Yeah, she is Wisconsin score, what you got?
• 25:06
  All right.
• 25:06
  I've been doing a lot of thinking about this.
• 25:08
  I've been- really digging deep.
• 25:10
  I'm gonna go with 34 to 14 us.
• 25:15
  Oh.
• 25:15
  34, 14 us.
• 25:18
  Oh my gosh.
• 25:18
  That's kind of a low scoring- That's, that's a stinker of a pick, El I like that though.
• 25:20
  Not a good day for you.
• 25:21
  Okay, sorry.
• 25:23
  No, I think 34, 14 is a good pick Oh my gosh, I thought it was like a free space to share my idea.
• 25:27
  Then I realized- tough crowd, dude.
• 25:30
  W- wow.
• 25:31
  Yeah, no, I think that's good.
• 25:33
  That's good.
• 25:33
  Well- What were y'all's?
• 25:35
  All right, well, you're about to find out.
• 25:37
  Oh, all right.
• 25:38
  59 to 10.
• 25:40
  Williams- 59 to 10.
• 25:43
  59-10, Williams.
• 25:43
  Yeah, El, you know that Wisconsin had the second worst offense in the country last year.
• 25:47
  You didn't do your research, did you?
• 25:49
  Yeah, El.
• 25:50
  Surprise.
• 25:52
  Um, my score prediction is- I thought it was low stakes.
• 25:55
  Dad said low stakes It is low stakes.
• 25:57
  It doesn't mean you're not gonna get a little bit of grief.
• 26:01
  All right, whatever, y'all.
• 26:02
  For me, I'm gonna go 70-0.
• 26:05
  No, I'm just kidding.
• 26:05
  I'm gonna go 49 to 7.
• 26:07
  49-7.
• 26:09
  They'll get one touchdown on us.
• 26:10
  Yeah.
• 26:10
  A little freebie at the very end.
• 26:12
  Yeah.
• 26:12
  Some Narduzzi stuff.
• 26:13
  And I'm gonna go 42 to 14 Irish.
• 26:18
  So- Ours aren't that much different.
• 26:19
  Yeah, they're not that much different.
• 26:20
  I don't like that so much.
• 26:20
  I don't like that.
• 26:23
  So El, we're gonna see you on Friday, right?
• 26:25
  Yes, I'm very excited.
• 26:27
  Going to the game.
• 26:29
  Going to the game.
• 26:30
  Can't wait to see you.
• 26:32
  I know.
• 26:32
  I'm gonna be in Hartsfield again.
• 26:34
  Oh man, the magic of Hartsfield.
• 26:35
  It's gonna be great.
• 26:36
  We're gonna have a- Yep reunited after nine days away.
• 26:41
  I know.
• 26:41
  It's been too long.
• 26:42
  It's been way too long.
• 26:43
  All right, sweetie, you guys are gonna have fun in the park.
• 26:45
  All right.
• 26:46
  Thanks, love you guys.
• 26:47
  Love you too.
• 26:48
  Bye, El.
• 26:49
  Goodbye, Irish Nation.
• 26:51
  All right.
• 26:52
  Awesome.
• 26:53
  Little game.
• 26:54
  All right Next The next segment is a game we're calling Starting 11.
• 27:00
  Yep.
• 27:01
  It's a riff off of- Ooh 20 Questions.
• 27:03
  21 Questions.
• 27:05
  21 Questions.
• 27:07
  Is it really 21 Questions?
• 27:08
  It's 21 Questions.
• 27:09
  It's 20 Questions.
• 27:10
  He's messing with you.
• 27:10
  No, it's 21 Questions.
• 27:11
  It's 20 Questions, dude.
• 27:13
  21 Questions.
• 27:14
  No, it's 20 Questions.
• 27:14
  Oh, for sure.
• 27:14
  It's 21.
• 27:16
  You're thinking about 21 the basketball game.
• 27:18
  Oh.
• 27:19
  You're thinking about 21 Savage.
• 27:20
  I admit to this for the record.
• 27:22
  This wasn't chat.
• 27:26
  This is me.
• 27:26
  All right.
• 27:26
  So William and I have chosen a player on- Yep the two deep.
• 27:32
  Yep.
• 27:33
  All right?
• 27:33
  We've, we've discussed it and we have it.
• 27:36
  It's Cal's got 11 questions to figure out who that player is.
• 27:41
  And what we're gonna do, w- this is gonna be a recurring segment on the show over the course of the season.
• 27:46
  Mm-hmm.
• 27:47
  And we'll take turns choosing each week.
• 27:51
  Yep.
• 27:51
  Uh, and so by the end of the season, each of us will have chosen four times.
• 27:57
  Yep.
• 27:57
  Yep.
• 27:57
  Right?
• 27:58
  Yeah.
• 27:58
  And who has the least amount of questions with the most right answers is the winner.
• 28:05
  All right.
• 28:05
  I like that.
• 28:05
  Yeah.
• 28:06
  Yeah.
• 28:07
  Great.
• 28:07
  All right.
• 28:07
  All right.
• 28:07
  So Cal, why don't you, uh, start us off here?
• 28:10
  Okay.
• 28:11
  Is this player on defense?
• 28:15
  No.
• 28:15
  No.
• 28:16
  Is this player a skill position?
• 28:19
  Yes.
• 28:23
  All right.
• 28:24
  Does this player normally receive the ball?
• 28:28
  Uh, yeah.
• 28:30
  I'd say so, yeah.
• 28:30
  Yeah.
• 28:31
  Yeah.
• 28:31
  Yeah.
• 28:31
  Is this Cooper Flanagan?
• 28:33
  No.
• 28:35
  That's four questions.
• 28:39
  Is this Aeneas Williams?
• 28:42
  No.
• 28:43
  LeBron James?
• 28:44
  No.
• 28:45
  At six.
• 28:46
  You're not helping yourself out here, pal.
• 28:48
  Um, is this a wide receiver?
• 28:51
  No.
• 28:52
  No.
• 28:53
  Is it C.J.
• 28:54
  Carr?
• 28:56
  No.
• 28:56
  No.
• 28:56
  Blake Hebert?
• 28:58
  No.
• 28:59
  I, I just wanna bring this up.
• 29:00
  No, no, no, no, no, no.
• 29:01
  Let him, let him burn.
• 29:02
  No.
• 29:02
  Let him burn.
• 29:03
  No, no, no, no, no.
• 29:04
  You just asked earlier if he- Let him burn normally receives the ball.
• 29:08
  Let him burn.
• 29:09
  And you said no.
• 29:11
  We said yes, Cal.
• 29:12
  No, you didn't.
• 29:13
  Yes, no.
• 29:13
  You'll see the recording.
• 29:14
  Okay.
• 29:15
  Well- You said yes.
• 29:15
  We said yes.
• 29:16
  Is this my goat?
• 29:17
  Did you take my pooky bear?
• 29:21
  Is this, is this Matthew Jeffrey Jordan?
• 29:26
  No.
• 29:26
  All right, last one.
• 29:27
  No.
• 29:27
  Last one, Cal.
• 29:28
  Clutch up.
• 29:29
  Ah! Do, do, do Five.
• 29:32
  Gilbert.
• 29:33
  Wrong.
• 29:37
  Yes.
• 29:37
  Who was it?
• 29:38
  Who was it?
• 29:38
  Who was it?
• 29:39
  Off to a great start, James Flanagan.
• 29:41
  I was about to guess him.
• 29:43
  You should have guessed him.
• 29:44
  Yeah, you, you went through it.
• 29:45
  I went with my gut.
• 29:46
  Yeah, well, you you gotta keep track of these questions, man.
• 29:50
  Yeah, come on.
• 29:51
  You normally receive them all.
• 29:52
  You said no.
• 29:53
  No, we said yes.
• 29:54
  You said yes, you'll see the recording.
• 29:55
  You know, the great thing is we got receipts.
• 29:57
  Yeah, we got receipts.
• 29:58
  Oh, all right, let's go.
• 30:00
  We got receipts.
• 30:00
  Let's do this,'cause William said no.
• 30:02
  I heard him clearly.
• 30:03
  Okay.
• 30:03
  I said yes.
• 30:04
  I said yes.
• 30:04
  Yeah.
• 30:04
  Right, yes.
• 30:04
  Just like how Notre Dame hasn't had a good D-line in a couple years.
• 30:08
  A good D-tackle.
• 30:08
  I said D-tackle, and no we haven't.
• 30:11
  All right.
• 30:12
  Uh, sorry Cal.
• 30:14
  Yeah.
• 30:15
  No, it wasn't a great showing there, buddy.
• 30:17
  0-1.
• 30:18
  0 and 1, that's okay.
• 30:19
  Gotta win out.
• 30:20
  Well, hey, y'all, really appreciate you sticking with us here on our first episode.
• 30:25
  Hopefully you enjoyed it.
• 30:27
  Next week we will be recapping the Wisconsin game, and that's after we get- Yep back from the game.
• 30:34
  Yep.
• 30:34
  Hopefully nice.
• 30:35
  And we'll have another guest picker and, just to tease that- Big Cel.
• 30:40
  No.
• 30:41
  No?
• 30:41
  I think it's gonna be Uncle Tony.
• 30:42
  I think it's gonna be Big T.
• 30:44
  Uncle Tony, who we're gonna see at the game.
• 30:46
  So no profanity.
• 30:48
  So no pro- I've already warned him no profanity.
• 30:49
  So we'll see how long that hands, uh, holds up.
• 30:52
  Um, we'll hand out game balls from the Wisconsin game.
• 30:55
  Yep.
• 30:55
  And then we'll look forward to Rice, get another splendid, uh- Not, not the food.
• 31:04
  All right?
• 31:05
  No, not the food.
• 31:08
  We'll look forward to Rice In the meantime- Oh follow us on Instagram at, uh, domer.and.sons.
• 31:21
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• 31:23
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• 31:30
  Yeah.
• 31:30
  And if you have any, uh, questions for us and want us to talk about anything in particular, hit us up at our Gmail account.
• 31:36
  That's domer.and.sons@gmail.com.
• 31:42
  I'm Matthew Rose, class of'97.
• 31:46
  William Rose, class of'29.
• 31:48
  Calvin Rose, class of 2031.
• 31:52
  Had to do the math real quick there.
• 31:54
  Yep.
• 31:56
  All right, thanks y'all, and, go Irish.
• 31:59
  Go Irish.