WATCH: Reacting to latest Notre Dame football news with Hyde and Singer
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.
It’s been a wild week with Marcus Freeman parting ways with receivers coach Chansi Stuckey and five Fighting Irish players entering the transfer portal. Hyde and Singer break down the latest news, plus discuss a potential transfer portal quarterback option for the Fighting Irish.
Former Notre Dame captain Mike Goolsby joined the show for a lively debate with Hyde about the Irish’s quarterback philosophy, which was certainly interesting.
The show aired live on the Blue & Gold YouTube page Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. Watch a replay of this week’s show in the video player above.
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Where Notre Dame football ranks in Week 14 College Football Playoff Rankings
If you’re looking for a numbers-based sign of improvement for head coach Marcus Freeman going from his first year at Notre Dame to his second, here’s one: the Fighting Irish are ranked No. 17 in the Week 14 College Football Playoff rankings. At the same time last year, the Irish were ranked No. 21.
The difference is just one win, and you could make a case that this 9-3 season was more upsetting than last year’s 8-4 campaign considering the differing circumstances that came with one compared to the other, but a better rankings placement is a better rankings placement. Freeman and company will take it.
Notre Dame wrapped up the regular season with a 56-23 victory over Stanford this past Saturday. It was the Irish’s second blowout win in a row going back to Nov. 18’s 45-7 Senior Day romp of Wake Forest. It was the game before that, though, and two others that came before it that will define this Notre Dame season. Losses to Ohio State, Louisville and Clemson will not be lost on Irish fans any time soon.
There is some salvation potentially on the horizon if Notre Dame caps the year with a bowl game victory. The 10-win plateau is a base line for many programs. Former Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly hit it five seasons in a row before he left for LSU. If the Irish face off against Kelly and the Tigers in the Reliaquest Bowl, which is a popular pick less than a week prior to bowl game announcements, then beating that program to get to 10 wins would not be such a bad consolation prize for missing out on the College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six.
