Irish get a call at the end that most agree that the ref shouldn't have made the call. Tae Davis makes the free though for the win. Next up is UNC, a team with a much better roster,who we almost beat the last time we played but I will be surprised if we can compete with them.
I saw a social media post from a which referred to Luke Talich as “former walk-on”. Didn’t know but not surprised. IMO he’s a legit high level talent.
Yeah Luke turned down Div 1 scholarships to be a PWO at ND, and he earned a scholarship after his freshman year. He's from somewhere in Wyoming and had a great HS career but it's Wyoming and the competition isn't great, but he believed in his talent and wanted to play at ND. He's been great as a special teams player and did get a pick 6 in a game this year. To me he's a ND kid.
Coach McGraw on the Irish women's BB. Good read. Analyst Muffet McGraw sees the Notre Dame WBB team's flaws as fixable
The Irish were not competitive with UNC today and got beat handily by 20 points. UNC isn't even a great team this year and they are on the bubble. Shrewsberry will lose 8 seniors from this team, he's got some good players in his incoming freshman class, but they will be freshmen. I imagine that he'll also be bringing in some portal guys, but with the Covid exception finally having worked it's way through the system, there won't be any 4 year Seniors who can grad transfer. There is some hint the NCAA is ready to go to a 5 year scholarship and eliminate the need for redshirts altogether so if they do that in time there might be some players.
In a big surprise, Irish Hockey, took down the Gophers in Minnesota to advance in the Big 10 Hockey Tournament. This hasn't been a good season for them and an early exit was expected. This is Jackson's last hurrah as he's retiring at the end of the season. Unlikely we'll sneak up on Michigan in the next round.