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‘It’s the brotherhood’: Why Notre Dame backups stayed loyal and became key cogs in CFP run

IMG_7504by:Jack Soble01/06/25

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Notre Dame vyper Junior Tuihalamaka. (Chad Weaver, Blue & Gold)

Three Notre Dame veterans who began the season as backups — Pat Coogan, Rocco Spindler and Junior Tuihalamaka — are fueling the CFP run.

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