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On the topic for this week’s show is Notre Dame beating out Michigan for Saline (Mich.) High four-star quarterback CJ Carr, and Goolsby gives his thoughts on the NIL era in college football and how it affects the Fighting Irish.
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Countdown to kickoff: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State only 81 days away
With 81 days left, we take a look back at the careers of two legendary No. 81s, wide receiver Tim Brown and tight end Ken MacAfee.
Find Brown’s name in a Notre Dame record book, and you’ll probably find MacAfee’s nearby.
They both won the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. They were first-team All-Americans, top-10 draft picks and ended their college careers at or near the top of Notre Dame’s career receiving list. They’re in the College Football Hall of Fame. And, of course, they donned the No. 81 jersey. They still stand as the two most decorated Irish players to wear it.
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MacAfee and Brown’s careers were exactly 10 years apart, with the former arriving at Notre Dame in 1974. He needed half a season to pilfer the starting tight end job. He ended his freshman year as a starter on a 10-2 team that beat Alabama in the Orange Bowl.
That was just the start.
MacAfee was named a first-team All-American each of the next three seasons, leading the Irish in receiving yards twice in that span. His career culminated with 54 catches for 797 yards and six touchdowns in 1977, which earned him the Walter Camp award, unanimous All-American status and a third-place finish in the Heisman Trophy voting. Notre Dame won the national title that year, defeating Texas 38-10 in the Cotton Bowl.
