WATCH: Hyde and Singer react to Notre Dame’s latest seeding in CFP bracket

In a weekly YouTube live show, Blue & Gold’s Tim Hyde and Mike Singer discuss and react to the latest news and notes in the world of Notre Dame football and recruiting.

The guys went live shortly after the College Football Playoff rankings updated and spent a high majority of the show breaking down the Irish landing in the No. 6 seed and hosting a first round matchup as of this week.

The show aired live on the Blue & Gold YouTube page Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. Watch a replay of this week’s show in the video player below.

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What Army head coach Jeff Monken said about Notre Dame football

Army head coach Jeff Monken was asked, in general, about the attitude of Army relishing in the role of the underdog. It wasn’t a question specific to being a 14.5-point underdog against Notre Dame this week.

Rather, it was pertaining to a week-to-week mindset Monken has instilled at West Point.

“The prognosticators might not make us an underdog every week, but I can assure you we got more guys on our team from the state of Texas than any other state right now. That’s our most well represented state. And we don’t have a guy on our team that got offered a scholarship by North Texas,” Monken said. “I don’t know what the spread was by the prognosticators, but in my mind that makes us an underdog.

“We play good players and good coaches every week. It’s really hard to win a college football game. And it’s hard at Army to win a football game. So our guys have to embrace the fact that we have to execute our assignments and the fundamentals at a really high level and try to do that better than anybody else does that because some players can rely on talent.”

Army was a 6.5-point favorite against North Texas two weeks ago. The Black Knights won, 14-3, on the road — against a program who didn’t offer any of Army’s players from the Lone Star State, according to Monken. Another program that probably didn’t offer any of Army’s players?

Notre Dame.

“That makes an an underdog all the time,” Monken said. “We have to practice and play with absolute exactness. Because if we don’t, we’re going to get embarrassed. That’s who we are. I embrace that. That does not mean we’re void of talent. we’ve got talented players on our team. But more talented than Notre Dame, collectively as a football team? No.”

The Black Knights and Fighting Irish face off at Yankee Stadium at 7 p.m. ET Saturday. Here’s what Monken said about Notre Dame in his press conference Tuesday.

On what it means to play Notre Dame

“For our players, the first time they ever put shoulder pads on and decided to play football, they likely hoped they would have an opportunity to play in a game like this, in this kind of venue against one of the blue blood football programs in the country. Notre Dame is college football. Their history in this game, it’s as far back as the game itself. It’s just a great opportunity, and I’m excited for our players. I know they are too.

“But it’s a football game we have to prepare for and try to win, and that’s what we’re doing. We’re just trying to get our players prepared. They always work really hard, always practice hard. We’re going to have to play very assignment-sound football. Block the right guy, play the right gap, cover the right receivers and play well fundamentally. Block. Tackle. Take care of the ball. All of those things need to happen for us to have a chance to win. It is exciting, but it is an opportunity for us to play a game, play it well and try to beat one of the best teams in college football.”

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