- 1 hour ago
Here Come The Irish - Season 2 Episode 1 -
TBA
TBA
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00The Ohio State Buckeyes have won the national championship, and Notre Dame's season comes up one game short.
00:17It's tough, man. There's not a lot of words to say when you lose the national championship.
00:26And what you all have done for this university is something special.
00:32We love you, man.
00:36And we're going to continue this thing on.
00:47The spirit of Notre Dame is a will to win.
00:51It's when things are difficult and people invoke the spirit of Notre Dame to bring them out victorious.
01:01Those wonderful words of the fight song, oh, Notre Dame will win over all.
01:05Don't forget, man, today's the day we're going to win.
01:08You can't walk the campus at Notre Dame or pray at the Grotto or gaze at the Dome without knowing that there is something special in this place.
01:17It seems to float across the whole campus on Saturday afternoons.
01:24We thank God for this wonderful spirit.
01:27We hope the blessing of Notre Dame and the spirit of Notre Dame continues to reach you wherever you are.
01:38Amen.
01:40Take the field! Hurry up!
01:43Welcome, everyone, to Notre Dame football 2025.
01:47The mindset going in 25 is no different than 24.
01:51It's to reach our full potential.
01:52What are we doing with Notre Dame?
01:56We got C.J. Carr, we got Kenny Minchie.
01:57We've got a battle that is not decided.
02:00We've got to make a decision here soon.
02:02We're going to be our starting quarterback.
02:04How's it going, Irishman?
02:08And Notre Dame has lost the season opener.
02:10The last year of fluke.
02:11Are you guys a real nil?
02:13Don't hide from it.
02:14We're 0-2.
02:16Defense, we've got to step up.
02:19Don't blink!
02:20You know, we ask prayer from Lamar when he takes the field.
02:23I'm you.
02:24Little more.
02:25Little more.
02:26It's extremely meaningful to play here.
02:29It's been a lifelong dream.
02:30I always wanted to play Notre Dame and, you know, never thought my dad would be there to watch him play.
02:35Another touchdown for Jadarian Price.
02:38Everything happens for a reason.
02:40God always has a plan.
02:41Yeah!
02:42My mom always told me that.
02:44Let's go, Irish!
02:47Let's go, Irish!
02:48Stay up!
02:50Stay up!
02:51Streaky for the end zone!
02:53That's what we needed!
02:55Is Notre Dame done?
02:56The answer's no.
02:58They do have to run the table.
03:00We're letting you create a victory!
03:02Let's go!
03:06Here come the Irish!
03:08It's the first day.
03:36This is my 16th first day at camp, and my fourth as a head coach, so you, again, you know what to expect, but it's still the first day.
03:50You know, you get those first day jitters, excitement, ready to get after it, but it's the start of a, it's really the start of the season, right?
03:58At the start of a new year, for me, I love to get up early and getting to work just so there's a time you have to yourself.
04:08I get to be a little bit selfish and work out, really be unbothered a lot of times, you know, kind of get my mind in the place it needs to be to be the leader that I desire to be.
04:23We love him.
04:29He respects us as much as we respect him.
04:31He'll do everything he can to lead us to be the best that we can be, whether it's on the field or off.
04:37Coach Freeman, as a leader, he's the do-it-first guy.
04:40He's always going to be there for you.
04:42He's a player's coach.
04:45I love the game of football, the greatest game in the world, man, the game of football.
04:50You get to compete, you get to play hard, you get to play physical, and ultimately, you find ways to win.
04:58There's a winner and a loser in everything you do, and we got to find a way to win.
05:01Everybody good?
05:20Here we go.
05:25Ready, ready?
05:27Last couple things, I'll put this.
05:28Just a reminder, okay?
05:29This is understanding.
05:30It's going to be a bumpy road, okay, on this journey, right?
05:35I was thinking about the freshmen that don't know what you don't know.
05:37You don't even know.
05:38This day one, you're going to be like, what the hell's going to happen?
05:41I don't know.
05:42You're probably nervous and all those things, and dudes have been here for six years, five years, four years.
05:45They're like, here we go, day one of fall camp, right?
05:48So everybody's at a different spot.
05:50It's okay.
05:51It's okay.
05:52Let's go practice, right?
05:54That's all it's about, okay?
05:55Don't worry about anything else, and I'm finished with this, right?
05:57There's a lot of noise.
05:58You're going to walk out there, there'll be more cameras, more people.
06:01But we put the hard work, put this program in position.
06:04That's why people are there.
06:06Everybody good?
06:06Find a way to get better on this journey, man, right?
06:09That bumpy road is the journey of you.
06:12Everybody on the same page?
06:13We've got to get better today.
06:14Finally, we get to go and compete a little bit, all right?
06:16And that's what we're all here for.
06:17Everybody good?
06:17Let's go to work.
06:18TGS on two.
06:19One, two.
06:19TGS.
06:29All right, boy.
06:30Rock and roll.
06:31Huh?
06:32All right, let's go.
06:32Lead them.
06:33Lead them, lead them, lead them.
06:34Let's go.
06:34Lead them and show them how it's done.
06:36All right, old head.
06:37Let's go to work.
06:38Lead the group.
06:39All right?
06:39Let's go.
06:39Let's go to work.
06:40Let's go to work.
06:41Fall camp is truly the grind.
06:42It's the one moment where there's no school, there's no really outside influences.
06:47It's just about football.
06:50Here we go.
06:51Let's go.
06:52Basically, you're up at between five and six.
06:55You got either treatments, tape, breakfast.
06:59Then you got two hours to two and a half hours of meetings.
07:02Then you go practice.
07:04Hell yeah.
07:04Let's go.
07:05And then you get a small break.
07:07And then you come back for probably another six hours of meetings.
07:12And then you got to do it all over again.
07:16Chin that thing.
07:16Chin it.
07:18It's either the most fun time in football or the worst.
07:22It really depends on the day.
07:25You get challenged personally, mentally, physically.
07:28And you got to be able to strive through that and work through that.
07:31Because it's going to grind on you the same way the season would.
07:33You want it to hurt.
07:38You want it to stress you out.
07:42Like the biggest lie in football is that you're going to feel good and things are going to work out.
07:47You're going to have something you've got to overcome.
07:48You can face some real demons.
07:52And sometimes in your mind you feel like, I can't do this no more.
07:55I can't do it.
07:55I can't do it.
07:57That's the demons talking.
07:58You don't even supposed to listen to them.
07:59You can do this.
08:00You can succeed.
08:02This is the opportunity to take reps, get better.
08:05Every single day you're competing.
08:08It's not yet win or lose.
08:10I know in the first couple practices there's going to be a lot of bad mouth and a lot of talk back and forth.
08:14But it's going to be up to us to find our identity, what works for us, and how we're going to move forward.
08:19The last part is competition, right?
08:21There's a lot of jobs for stake.
08:23It's about being available for practice.
08:25It's about going out and stacking days consistently and executing.
08:29Those are the things I think that makes training camp special.
08:34CJ versus Kenny.
08:36I'm telling you guys, it's a close battle.
08:40Quarterback competition is real.
08:41Everything I've gathered, whoever we pick, we're thrown to the Wolves.
08:45And they're going to have to be ready.
08:46We better make a right decision.
08:52A true quarterback battle is when you genuinely don't know who's going to be the starting quarterback heading into fall camp.
08:59The physical skills are what jump out with CJ Carr.
09:03The arm.
09:04The ability.
09:04CJ Carr is a guy who came in with a lot of expectation.
09:09A guy who I frankly thought would push Riley Leonard a little bit last year, maybe.
09:15There was so much hype and so much expectation.
09:18And for Michigan fans, surprise that someone with the Carr last name ends up picking Notre Dame and not Michigan.
09:24So Lloyd Carr is one of Michigan's great coaches.
09:28He won a national championship in 97.
09:32And CJ Carr is his grandson.
09:34So you're talking about college football royalty and a name that everyone knows.
09:41Minchie is more of the mobile quarterback threat.
09:43So he brings a little bit more of a dual threat perspective to the offense, similar to what Riley Leonard had last year.
09:50The natural ability and the skill set is there.
09:53I think it's tough to be around a quarterback battle, especially if it's really even.
10:01At the end of the day, we've got to go out and win football games.
10:03The guy who we trust the most is the guy who's going to get the starting job.
10:07It's going to bring out the best in both of them.
10:11That's what battles are for.
10:12That's what competition is for.
10:14It's to bring out the best.
10:15Let's go, man.
10:15Let's go.
10:16Let's go.
10:16Both are going to work their tails off to put themselves in a position to be the guy.
10:20Put this in the end zone.
10:21Let's go.
10:21Let's go.
10:23Kenny does a great job in preparation.
10:24He's going to know the offense inside and out.
10:26He's also going to know the defense inside and out.
10:30On me.
10:31From physical tools, Kenny's a super accurate passer.
10:35He has the athleticism to create some problems for a defense with his legs.
10:42He's never going to be too high, never going to be too low.
10:45He's always going to be playing the next play, which I think is important in a quarterback.
10:51CJ, he's going to put in the work.
10:55He's going to have the install done.
10:57He's going to know the defense install for the day before I even get in there.
11:00I got the corner.
11:01You got the shallow.
11:02He's got the OTB.
11:02He's got the over shallow.
11:05CJ's got unbelievable arm talent.
11:11CJ is a gunslinger.
11:13There's not a throw, a window that he thinks is too tight.
11:17He believes in himself, believes he can make those throws, which guys love.
11:22It's going to be an epic battle.
11:23They both understand the game, they work at it, they prepare, they both see it, they both have really good arms.
11:31Now, they're both inexperienced in terms of real game experience, and so they're more similar than they are different.
11:37Being a quarterback at Notre Dame is one of those positions that I think everyone wants and envies and dreams about.
11:46But when you're in it, it's a lot of pressure.
11:49You're the shortstop for the New York Yankees.
11:51Everybody in the country is going to know exactly who you are.
11:54You know, if things go good, you're going to get a lot of praise.
11:57If things go bad, you and Coach Freeman are going to have to sit on that podium and answer why.
12:01Day one, some good, some bad.
12:03Appreciate the way you came out here with tension and focus.
12:06Let's get back to work.
12:07It is a bumpy road, and the faster we can take a bad play and get like this, guess what?
12:12That's how fast we elevate.
12:13Coach is going to yell at you.
12:14I told you yesterday, we're going to yell at you.
12:16Okay, we're going to coach you hard.
12:18Take it, reload, and go for it.
12:20Last thing I had was just a leadership.
12:23Guys that have been out here, guys that are leaders, lead.
12:25Right, lead.
12:26It's your responsibility to make those guys around you and the guys that you're leading better.
12:31It ain't about just leading yourself.
12:33You've got to make this dude better, whoever this dude is.
12:37Good?
12:37Good work, man.
12:37Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
12:39You got it, Bill?
12:40Let's go.
12:40Hey, TGS, how do you want to?
12:42TGS.
12:43Good work, good work, good work, good work.
12:46Good work, good work, good work, good work.
13:16But if we don't have the love for each other, the brotherhood, the team first mentality,
13:25if we don't have that, we're not going to reach our full potential.
13:29TGS.
13:31And you have to believe that to build the brotherhood, to build the culture of this program.
13:37I'm a part of something bigger than myself.
13:39Great teams have great players.
13:44They have great schemes.
13:47And they have great brotherhood and love for each other.
13:51I think this year's Notre Dame team, the expectation is to do right about what they did last season.
14:01They should be able to compete for a national championship.
14:05They're not going to surprise anybody.
14:06They're not going to be able to fly under the radar like they did last season.
14:09The pieces around that program and just what we've learned of the Marcus Freeman era, I think, is going to lead to really high expectations.
14:17You're going to be able to lean on the run game.
14:23Arguably the best running back room in the country, and I think the best individual running back in the country, in Jeremiah Love.
14:29Oh, he leads to man the 20!
14:31Leonard hands it off to Love, running right, through one tackle at the two, muscles his way to the goal line!
14:37Touchdown, Jeremiah Love!
14:38He's a freak show, Jeremiah Love.
14:41I've never seen an athlete like him before.
14:45Jeremiah is just a difference maker in every way possible.
14:52The whole world has seen what he can do with his legs, hurtling people, trucking people, making people miss.
15:00Love's the best to me.
15:01He's the best running back in the country because he's got the wiggle, he's got the juice, he's got moves.
15:06Love is something that we haven't really seen at Notre Dame.
15:09He's a home run threat every time he touches the ball.
15:13You can try and game plan for him.
15:14He's just that good that I don't think it matters.
15:17He's gone!
15:18I think he's the best player in the country, without a doubt.
15:21Jeremiah Love has done it again!
15:24I hear people talking about the Heisman, I hear people saying I'm the best running back in the country.
15:28In my mind, I still haven't reached the level that I want to be at.
15:31I just try not to listen to all of it, because I know that people's opinions can change in a snap of a finger.
15:38It's nice to hear, but it doesn't really carry any weight until I prove it to myself.
15:45It's gonna be wasting all your sprint yardage, you know what I mean?
15:49One of the most interesting storylines of last year was that Notre Dame was likable.
15:53This is a program that, no matter where you live in the country, you're aware of them, you've watched them, and you've probably rooted against them.
16:00And they became so likable because of Marcus Freeman.
16:03Looky, look. Have a good one, boy. All right?
16:07He's cool. He's young.
16:09Just really resonated with a lot of people who maybe had checked out or hadn't really noticed how much had changed since Marcus took over.
16:17Shane was awesome. To be able to shoot an Under Armour commercial with Shane Gillis, to have that guy that a lot of our players love to follow, he's a big Notre Dame fan.
16:34Hey, be alert of the camera there. Good. Here we go.
16:40Hey!
16:41Stay up!
16:42Stay up!
16:43What are you doing?
16:44All right, run the play.
16:45Here we go.
16:47Great run!
16:49Great run!
16:50He didn't really go exactly off the script, and so I had to be adaptable.
16:54Sometimes there's two whistles.
16:55Here we go. Another play.
16:56Here we go. Another play.
16:57Wait a minute. Just same play?
16:58He's a professional. He made it easy.
17:00Same play.
17:01Same play.
17:02Run it back. I didn't love it.
17:03I would say Notre Dame has gotten a lot cooler.
17:07Don't be off-sized now!
17:08Players are always coming in and out of college football, and just the style of the game that it is now, and Notre Dame is adapting to that style.
17:16Stay off! Stay off!
17:17Get out of the hut!
17:18Do it!
17:19I think that commercial's gonna turn out really good.
17:23Since we got him here, I thought, what else? We might as well let him say it a couple words to you, right?
17:28Mr. Shane Gillis!
17:29I got nothing. I don't know what to say to you guys. Good work today. I like what I saw out there. Guys flying. You like flying around? Yeah, hell yeah.
17:32Come on now.
17:33No, I don't know. Just a big fan. Hope you guys kill it this year again, and yeah, that's it.
17:37That's awesome.
17:38Yeah. Appreciate you, man. Thanks, brother.
17:39Let's go. Get a break. Get a break. Get a break. Get a break.
17:40Hey, TDS on two-one! TDS!
17:48Good work.
17:51And yeah, that's it.
17:53That's awesome.
17:54Yeah, appreciate you, man.
17:56Thanks, brother.
17:57Let's go, get a break, get a break, get a break, get a break.
18:00Hey, TDS on two, one, two, one.
18:02TDS!
18:10All right.
18:11I just wanted to get us together today to just kind of meet,
18:14to go through some of our roster numbers,
18:16what 2026 roster numbers will look like.
18:21A lot of the major college football programs
18:23have hired general managers.
18:26And now you're seeing them hire from outside of college football,
18:30NFL experience, other sporting experience, famous alums.
18:34Like, you're seeing a lot of different strategies
18:36for the general management position.
18:39It's a totally different calculation
18:41than we've ever seen in college football before.
18:44Yeah.
18:45It was funny, I had to talk to the parents the other day,
18:47and I was telling them my story and, like, my journey here
18:50and how I kind of, through 20-something years,
18:53I was praying to, like, reach the pinnacle of my career,
18:56you know, and try to make it to a GM job, you know?
18:59I thought it would be an NFL
19:01and not realizing the opportunities in college
19:03and how, you know, colleges now have all the GMs.
19:06But then it was like, I was telling parents, I was like,
19:08God also has a sense of humor, too,
19:09because he made me the GM during this crazy time.
19:13The NFL has always had a model
19:15where the personnel department
19:16is separate from the coaching staff.
19:19Some of these head coaches make up to $10 million.
19:22And I think because of that,
19:24they're used to having full control over their roster,
19:26full control over everything.
19:28Just how's he been playing?
19:30A little up and down.
19:32Hasn't been the greatest year for him.
19:37The one thing he has done positively
19:40is I think he's shown a little more mobility
19:42than I thought.
19:43But now you've got a GM
19:45who is coming in to help you
19:47potentially take things off your plate.
19:49But you know how he's going to win,
19:51so I think the players will come.
19:53You know, he's a big body.
19:55He's pretty consistent, casting the ball.
19:57He'll just, you know, he'll break some tackles
19:59and make things happen.
20:00Him and Devin are similar.
20:02I think the best teams in college football,
20:04the elite of the elite still build
20:07through the high school recruiting ranks.
20:10That's what a general manager's job and purview is.
20:13We're going to run this scouting apparatus.
20:15We need to get in that one.
20:17Yeah, for sure.
20:18And that's either high school or portal.
20:20Yeah.
20:21Like there's no question about that, right?
20:23Right.
20:24We can't depend on those two to say
20:27No.
20:28We have to get one more.
20:29Yeah.
20:30We'd be in a bad spot if we did not replay.
20:33You know, we would have to look better.
20:34For sure.
20:35The NFL, you know, it's about
20:39what can you do for me right now?
20:41College football, it's all about development.
20:43Everyone knows, look,
20:45we're going to win national championships here.
20:47But we're also going to win off the field, you know,
20:50in so many different ways.
20:51And so we just got to keep selling that
20:53because, I mean, that's just fact here.
20:55You know, if you're only football here,
20:57it probably doesn't work.
20:58I'm here to help construct a roster,
21:00but as much as I'm here for that,
21:02I think, you know, I'm here to help develop young men.
21:05Prior to coming here,
21:07I did not realize how significant, you know,
21:10that was and that is,
21:12and I didn't realize how crucial that is to this role.
21:16Cool.
21:17All good.
21:18I appreciate it.
21:19Thanks.
21:20Yeah.
21:21Hey, let's give a round of applause for O, the mentalist.
21:38Thank you, coach.
21:41Fighting Irish.
21:42Notre Dame.
21:43Notre Dame.
21:44People say, I can read minds.
21:46But you ready for the truth?
21:47Can't read minds.
21:48I read people.
21:50Everybody right now, talk is cheap.
21:51Hold up your left hand.
21:53Good, good, good.
21:55Everybody imagine you have an invisible deck of cards in your hands.
21:59And you spread them out nice and wide.
22:02You can see every single one of those cards.
22:04And everyone right now, look back and forth.
22:07Actually, don't even look.
22:08Look away.
22:09Look away.
22:10And reach over and grab one at random.
22:12Grab one out.
22:18Right over here.
22:19One, two, three, four.
22:20Is that CJ?
22:21Hold that card up.
22:22Stand up.
22:23Let's hear it for CJ already.
22:24Make some noise.
22:26Try not to give it away.
22:28Red, black.
22:29Red, black.
22:30Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:31Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:33Ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and ten.
22:36Jack, queen, king.
22:37You could have thought of any card.
22:38Is that right?
22:39Yes, sir.
22:40Turn your back so you can't see me, I can't see you.
22:42Hold that card up high with pride.
22:49Tell us all, nice and loud, before you open your eyes.
22:52What was that card?
22:53Say it.
22:54Three diamonds.
22:58That's crazy.
22:59That's crazy.
23:00That's crazy.
23:03I've got coach.
23:05Where's my OC and my DC?
23:06Where are you at, gentlemen?
23:07Stand up.
23:08Show some love.
23:09Show some love, offense, defense.
23:12Come join me, gentlemen.
23:17Pleasure.
23:19God is your witness.
23:20Have we ever spoken a single word in our lives?
23:22Nope.
23:23No.
23:24All right.
23:25You're gonna be picking several players.
23:26Coach, look back and forth.
23:27Sweep your eyes.
23:28Stop.
23:31Obvious choices.
23:32I said offense.
23:33I said defense when I brought the coordinators up.
23:35So you know what I did?
23:37I made him think of someone else.
23:39Unsung hero.
23:40I think you did the kicker.
23:41Burnett.
23:42Is it Burnett?
23:43Yeah.
23:44Is that for real?
23:45Stand up for me.
23:46Noah.
23:47Noah, stand up.
23:48All right.
23:49Let's go.
23:50Mike, Chris, look around.
23:52Try not to say anything.
23:53Cover your eyes, gentlemen.
23:54Cover your eyes.
23:55All right.
23:57We had Burnett.
24:00All right.
24:01Who do I think?
24:02Huh.
24:03Keep your eyes closed.
24:04Close your eyes, gentlemen.
24:05Close your eyes.
24:11Gentlemen, with your eyes closed.
24:13Mike, who did you pick?
24:15Owen Streeper.
24:18Take a look.
24:19Chris, who'd you pick?
24:21Tommy Powell.
24:22How?
24:23Open your eyes.
24:24Take a look.
24:25Take a look.
24:26We're three for three.
24:27Rattle off.
24:28Random.
24:29Next player, coach.
24:30Who's next?
24:31Robbie Wolin.
24:32Okay.
24:33We got Wolin.
24:34Who we got next?
24:35Who we got next?
24:36Call it out.
24:37Eli Reardon.
24:38Reardon?
24:39Okay.
24:40There we go.
24:41Keep it going.
24:42Who's next?
24:43Dominic Williams.
24:44Perfect.
24:45Keep it going.
24:46One more round.
24:47Who you got next?
24:48Don Shuler.
24:49Don Shuler.
24:50We got Shuler next.
24:51We got Fields.
24:52And one last player, Chris.
24:54Ethan Long.
24:55Ethan Long.
24:56There is no way we could have known who you would pick.
25:00You didn't even know who you were going to pick.
25:02Burnett, tell us your first name.
25:03Noah.
25:04Is Noah.
25:05Keep going.
25:06Streeping, tell me your first name.
25:08Owen.
25:09Noah.
25:10Owen.
25:11Let's keep going.
25:12We got Jimmy.
25:13We've got Robbie.
25:14We've got Eli.
25:15We got Noter.
25:16Are you ready?
25:17We got Dominic.
25:18We got Adan.
25:19We've got Fields.
25:20We got Malachi.
25:21We've got Ethan Long.
25:22We have exactly what you think.
25:23Noter.
25:24Dame, everybody.
25:25I can't hear you.
25:26Who's got cash?
25:27Raise your hand if you got any money.
25:28You got wallet?
25:29Yeah.
25:30Do me a favor.
25:31What's your name?
25:32Luke.
25:33Luke.
25:34And we were spoken a word to each other in our life.
25:43Ever.
25:44Go in your wallet.
25:45Take out any bill you want.
25:46Stand up for me, Luke.
25:47I want you to fold it in half.
25:48He's got cash, raise your hand if you got any money.
25:50You got a wallet?
25:51Yeah.
25:52Do me a favor, what's your name?
25:54Luke.
25:54Luke, have we ever spoken a word to each other
25:56in our life, ever?
25:57Go in your wallet, take out any bill you want.
26:01Stand up for me, Luke.
26:02I want you to fold it in half.
26:06Fold it one more time and sit on it.
26:12Let's get five guys up.
26:13One, two, three, four, five.
26:16Gentlemen, stand up for me, please.
26:18I'm going to have you each visualize a third and ten
26:25and what happens during that play.
26:26Whether it's offense or defense, who knows?
26:29I'm going to have you close your eyes right now
26:31and see yourself on the field.
26:33Close your eyes.
26:34Good.
26:35Wake up, open your eyes.
26:36See that number of yards right now in your head.
26:39Here we go.
26:45Long pass, strong run.
26:48Bam, huge first down.
26:4945 yards, sit down if I'm right.
26:5412 yards, 11 yards, both first downs.
26:57Sit down if I'm right.
27:02Jeremiah's trying to stump me.
27:05Quarterback sack, zero yards gained, am I right?
27:0745, 12, 11, we had zero yards gained.
27:19Right over here, look this way at me.
27:21What is that, what's that noise?
27:23They brought out the chain to measure.
27:24We're within inches, we didn't get the first down.
27:26Nine yards on that last play, didn't we?
27:28And nine yards, your bill, your pocket,
27:36you're sitting on it right now.
27:38Take it out.
27:39Every bill, every bill has a serial number on it.
27:42Read us, read us the digits one at a time on your bill,
27:46one at a time.
27:47Go ahead.
27:484, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 0, 9.
27:56And wait, wait, wait, there's two letters
27:58at the beginning and the end of every bill.
27:59What are your two letters?
28:01N-D.
28:02Yeah, N-D, you know what that stands for?
28:03Notre Dame, and you know what I say when I see Notre Dame?
28:06I got two words for you.
28:08Go, Irish!
28:12Thank you very much, Notre Dame!
28:34Everybody good?
28:37Here we go.
28:44Ready, ready?
28:45Yes.
28:46Good, man.
28:46Hey, I want to talk about leadership really quick.
28:49Some people want to be called leader,
28:50but they really don't want to lead and influence others.
28:53They just want the title.
28:55They want this position of being a leader,
28:57but they really don't want to influence other people.
29:01You shouldn't want a title that you're ineffective
29:03at carrying out the role, and that's OK.
29:05You should allow somebody else to lead.
29:06Real leadership's uncomfortable.
29:08Real leadership's uncomfortable.
29:10How you lead during tough times affects how people see you.
29:14If you're strong, if you're strong and courageous during high-pressure tough times,
29:20people will feel your influence.
29:24If you're inconsistent during tough times and lose self-control,
29:28you lose control of your mind and yourself during tough times,
29:31people lose trust in you.
29:33Influence starts inside first.
29:36You can't convince somebody to believe something if you don't believe it inside of you first.
29:42If inside of your heart you believe more in individual glory,
29:49you believe more in what's best for me than the team,
29:52then don't try to be a leader and convince people to put team before me.
29:59It's phony, and people will see it over time.
30:03To have influence on something means to change it.
30:06Being named a captain isn't about wearing a C on your chest.
30:10Being a named captain is a responsibility to influence those that you lead in the right way
30:14and to make the group better.
30:16The C is a reflection of the influence you have.
30:20So, if you want that responsibility to be a captain, okay,
30:24and you're in your junior or senior year,
30:28then you'll come up here and stand and say,
30:31I want the opportunity to be a captain, okay?
30:35So, if you want the opportunity to be voted on to be a captain, come up.
30:40Let's go.
30:43Be sure.
30:45I don't want this to be something cool.
30:46I want this to be like really, really, really sure.
30:49Like, you sure.
30:51It's a lot of responsibility.
30:53So, here's what we'll do.
30:54Pass out the ballots.
30:58To be a captain at Notre Dame is one of the greatest honors anybody could ever receive.
31:04Trying to emulate my brother, he was a captain at Notre Dame.
31:07And so, I'm trying to be my best that I can be to try and reach that standard.
31:13Whether it's 60 years down the line or it's right now,
31:15if you tell someone you're a captain at Notre Dame, their eyes will light up.
31:18To be a captain, period, is amazing.
31:19But to be one at Notre Dame, it just, it gives you a pride, a sense of loyalty,
31:24a sense of just, you're really doing it for the guys around you.
31:26And so, if I am a captain, it would be one of the greatest honors of my life.
31:30All right. Appreciate that. Appreciate that.
31:32So, we'll tally them up and then we'll announce it later today.
31:36Mm-hmm.
31:37You know, if you're a captain, you have to set the standard and you have to be able to,
31:41you know, know when to really yell or not yell, who to talk to and how to talk to them.
31:47Love, to Yawamaka, face on it.
31:55Wackerman.
31:56Being a captain at Notre Dame is, it's like being a president, I feel.
31:59Like, no matter what happens, no matter the situation, people are going to look at you to
32:04do the right thing and have your head in the right space.
32:07I'm a shooter.
32:08I think being named a captain here is, is one, is a reflection of the respect your peers have for you.
32:18It's a extremely high standard.
32:23It's a challenge to live up to the expectations of being a captain.
32:34All right. Take a knee.
32:35The numbers were interesting, but basically there was six and then there was a huge,
32:43it was a, it was a separation between after six.
32:45All right.
32:46So I had to make a decision.
32:47I'm going to cut it at four or go to six.
32:49And I made the decision to go to six.
32:50Okay.
32:51And so I want you, I'm going to name the captains, have you come up here
32:55and then you guys can address the team once everybody's up here.
32:57Okay.
32:59Drake Bowen, Billy Shrouth, Don Shuler, Will Pauling, Emile Wagner,
33:05and Donny Heinisch.
33:06Come on up.
33:11It means the world to me guys.
33:12Hold me accountable.
33:13I'm going to take this with a lot of responsibility.
33:16A lot of honor.
33:17Love you guys.
33:19You guys are all my brothers.
33:20I love you to death and to earn your respect is the greatest honor I could have ever received.
33:23I love you guys and let's do this thing.
33:26This is by far the greatest honor of my life.
33:28To serve you guys in any way possible, man, I love it to death.
33:30And thank you all, man.
33:31I love this team.
33:32Love you guys.
33:32Go Irish.
33:33I really appreciate you guys voting for me.
33:37This place means the world to me and I promise you guys I'm going to come in here and bring
33:39the right attitude, the right mindset and hold all you guys accountable.
33:41I ask you guys do the same for me and I love you guys.
33:43Go Irish.
33:46This is the greatest honor for me to earn the respect of every one of you.
33:49I love this team.
33:50I love this place.
33:51Everything I'm going to do is for you guys.
33:52I hope you guys hold me accountable the way I'm going to for you guys.
33:56So thank you.
33:56Greatly appreciate you guys.
34:00Just like they said, we're going to come in here and work every day, man.
34:02And like they said, bro, I'll get the shirt off my back for each and every one of y'all.
34:06And I'm glad y'all ready to go to war.
34:08Let's go.
34:09Let's go.
34:10You know, I just want to make sure you six guys understand it's not about the title.
34:17It's not about wearing a C, but the responsibility you guys have.
34:20You've been voted to be the captain.
34:21So now you have a huge responsibility to make sure you lead this team in the right way.
34:25Everybody understand that?
34:26Good.
34:27Congratulations, man.
34:28Congrats.
34:28Congrats.
34:31What are we doing with Notre Dame?
34:32We got CJ Carr.
34:33We got Kenny Menchie.
34:34We've got a battle that is not decided.
34:36Competition at the quarterback spot is really, really healthy.
34:42Come on.
34:42More than anything, I think what I expect to see is someone that can use his tools,
34:50that he has his God-given ability, that can communicate effectively.
34:54If you were calling the play, what's the first play you'd call down there for yourself?
35:00That's what I'm looking for.
35:01Ernie W fade.
35:07Switch bluff hook.
35:08Not necessarily getting into a mindset where they feel like they've got to win the game.
35:14I certainly don't want a game manager.
35:16I want someone who's playing up on their toes and aggressively.
35:19But at the same time, there's a lot of people around them that can make plays,
35:23and it's their job to make sure they're getting the ball to the right guy.
35:27Fourth and three to five.
35:31First call.
35:32Ernie W H.
35:36Switch bluff hook.
35:37You have to name a guy going into week one.
35:40Whoever that guy is is going to have to earn it.
35:42You know, I'm excited to see what they can do.
35:45I think the sky's the limit for both guys.
35:47Just remember, right, early in the deal in particular,
35:52first downs, first downs, first downs, first downs, first downs, right?
35:55Let's gain momentum. Let's get the ball out of our hand.
35:58Let's just be decisive and move the chains.
36:00In a room where only one person plays at a time, I tell myself all the time, like,
36:08I'm rooting for the guy next to me.
36:09Like, I hope everyone else in the room goes out and has a perfect day of practice.
36:13Every day we can continue to just come in here with appreciation that, you know,
36:19I get to be in this situation, in a competition at the best university in the world, and
36:23we get to play alongside the best players in the world.
36:31Where are you with the quarterback competition? How close are you to Nathan Astro right now?
36:36We're still in a competition. We'll go back and evaluate today's practice today and make a decision.
36:46We've got to make a decision here soon. I don't know when we'll make it.
36:49I don't want to put a timeline on it, but they've both been playing really, really well.
36:55A lot of decisions I make, I involve people. I believe we have the best staff in America,
37:01and so how do you not take some of their opinions into account?
37:05Like, we'll talk, and at the end of the day, I have to make a decision.
37:11How are you doing?
37:12Good, man. You want to hurry?
37:14I'm good.
37:16Streis?
37:17Not really.
37:18Yeah.
37:18There you go.
37:19It's tough. I hear it on social media, but I hear it, and I feel it.
37:27I got to ultimately make a decision.
37:30I mean, it's never been, like, a closer competition, you know?
37:36I'm going to be a starting quarterback.
37:45You got it. You got it.
37:47You got it.
37:48There's a lot of things that went into why I made this decision.
37:54A lot of things.
37:57But this is the way I want to know, and I believe in that.
38:02You know?
38:04Like, you have to understand, like, it's not about improving the other people that I'm at this.
38:09No, it's not.
38:10I'm just trying to reach my full potential.
38:13And that takes time.
38:15It takes what?
38:16It's going to take ups and downs.
38:18I know that.
38:19You're going to have some ups and downs.
38:21I believe in you.
38:26I want to follow you.
38:28The program is going to follow you.
38:30You're going to do great things, man.
38:32Appreciate you, Coach.
38:33You are.
38:34I'm proud of you, man.
38:36All right.
38:37All right, buddy.
38:39All right, buddy.
38:39Thanks, Coach.
38:41You care about these young men like they're your own sons, and to deliver news of disappointment
38:47to one and deliver news of excitement for another is a challenging thing to do.
38:53Good?
38:53Yes, sir.
38:54Good.
38:54I met CJ 10 minutes ago.
38:59He's going to start.
39:00And it was a tough decision to make because both of you all deserve to start.
39:09There's a lot of factors that played into my decision to say, okay, we're going to start CJ.
39:18Right now sucks.
39:18I understand.
39:20I get it.
39:21I've been in your shoes as a coach and as a player.
39:24Like, I get it.
39:27It will pass.
39:28And I can't say anything right now to make you feel better.
39:32But I know when it dies down, there's going to be a point.
39:37I know it is.
39:38I know it.
39:39I choose to believe this.
39:41But there's going to be a point when I look at you and go, I told you.
39:43I told you.
39:46This is just delayed gratification.
39:49It's one of the hardest decisions I've made in my life.
39:51And for sure, as a head coach, one of the hardest decisions I've made.
39:57Kenny, it was a difficult meeting.
40:00You had to deliver news of disappointment.
40:03I think if it ever becomes easy, you know, you might be in the wrong profession.
40:09All right.
40:11Appreciate you.
40:12Yes, sir.
40:12All right.
40:13Yes, sir.
40:14Real quick, I wanted to grab you guys for one quick second.
40:33Met with the quarterbacks, and I told them to let them know CJ will start, okay?
40:38I told them both we're going to need both of them.
40:40They know that.
40:41I thought it was important that you all hear it first because it'll be out on social media
40:46and all those different things.
40:47And you guys don't understand sometimes being in that position, everything's a big deal.
40:55Everything's a big deal.
40:57I told both of them, this is an example for both guys and for our entire program of delayed gratification.
41:06Right?
41:07We name you a starter, you're great.
41:09It feels great in the moment, but you have to understand delayed gratification because that's temporary.
41:17If you don't understand that you have to continue to put in the work, right, to fulfill that title of being a starter, then you won't be a starter for long.
41:27And that goes for everybody in this room.
41:30I remember this.
41:31I remember being named the head coach here.
41:33That moment was one of the greatest moments of my life.
41:38But it was a temporary moment.
41:39People see, oh man, you're the head coach.
41:41It's great.
41:42And quickly, I learned the value of delayed gratification.
41:45The very first game we lose.
41:49What's the lessons I got to learn from?
41:51Hold on.
41:51I got to fulfill this title that I have.
41:54And it took three losses in a row to learn just a little bit more.
41:59But then you got to value delayed gratification.
42:01This too shall pass for Kenny and a lot of other guys, okay, that aren't getting what they want right now.
42:11But you have to value delayed gratification.
42:16If you want to get over this and be better because of it.
42:20Everybody understand that, okay?
42:21So I thought it was a great opportunity just to make sure we understand this as a program.
42:41I feel like we always overreact to early season games in college football.
42:50But when you have a schedule like Notre Dame does this year,
42:54you actually are going to learn quite a bit about this year's team.
42:57And these are teams that have good defenses.
42:59And I think that's going to be part of it.
43:05As well as against Miami, you're going up against Carson Beck.
43:08And all the experience that he had from Georgia, all he's got to prove at Miami.
43:13There's just a lot of storylines.
43:15If you've got to get somebody up for week one, you know, they don't have a pulse.
43:19You're the only show in town on that Sunday night, prime time.
43:24Everybody's going to be watching you in that spot.
43:26I think it's going to be huge.
43:29I feel like the team is kind of getting ready for week one.
43:31And then kind of realizing that, you know, it's about to get real.
43:35And, you know, we're not fall camp anymore.
43:37It's time to kind of come together as a team.
43:39And, you know, it's not offense, defense.
43:40It's Notre Dame.
43:42We know who we're playing Sunday night, 7.30 p.m.
43:45Hard Rock Stadium.
43:46Let's roll.
43:46With tradition comes responsibility.
43:48Let's talk about the history real quick.
43:50I think if you're a fan of college football, you understand the game of 88 and how important
43:58that game was and the rivalry that really entailed.
44:02There have been hostilities between these two schools, bad feelings.
44:06At that time, those two teams were at the top of college football.
44:10So naturally, there's a rivalry.
44:12That ugly few moments down there in the end zone, pushing and shoving broke out.
44:17There was some kicking.
44:19History is something that comes if we're in the gold helmet.
44:22We take a lot of pride in it.
44:24This one in specific, it holds a little bit of that blood.
44:29We've won.
44:30We've lost.
44:31It's always a big deal.
44:32And it matters.
44:34And it matters in the grand landscape of college football.
44:3787 at Miami.
44:39Notre Dame lost 24-0.
44:40Miami won a national championship.
44:4388.
44:43Notre Dame wins 31-30.
44:45This play is about to explode.
44:47Wins a national championship.
44:49The next year, at Miami, Notre Dame loses 27-10.
44:52Miami wins the national championship.
44:54So three years in a row, the winner of this game won the national championship.
44:58Sunday night is here.
44:59Okay?
44:59We still got five days, right?
45:01So let's take care of the day.
45:02Everybody good?
45:03Let's go to work.
45:03TGS on two.
45:04One, two.
45:04TGS!
45:07Before you come to Notre Dame, it's nothing personal with Miami or USC or any other team.
45:11But as soon as you step on campus, you have that relationship where, okay, I have to hate this other
45:16team.
45:16Like, it's something personal.
45:17So that's how we're entering this season.
45:19It's personal.
45:20You know, this ain't your grandpa's Notre Dame.
45:23We're a different team.
45:25Everyone here has been looked down upon at least once or twice in their life.
45:28Everyone has fought for something.
45:30And so I think that gives us an edge that we didn't have before.
45:33And I think that this team is going to honor that tradition.
45:38When I put that gold helmet on, I know everybody is looking at us.
45:41And, you know, we have to hold the standard.
45:43All the people that came before us, all the history, the legacy, like, it's in my hands at that moment.
45:59How's classes going and how many are actually going right now?
46:02They're going good.
46:03I mean, I mean, for me, I got all my core classes now, so I hired.
46:07School's pretty important at this point.
46:09Yes.
46:09I got to pass them.
46:11All right.
46:11So what do you got finance-wise?
46:14Right now, I'm in corporate finance.
46:16That's your only finance class?
46:17Well, and macro finance and portfolio strategy.
46:22That's good.
46:23That's a lot of numbers, though, throwing at me.
46:26That's what a calculator's for.
46:27Huh?
46:28That's what a calculator's for.
46:29Yeah, I wish calculators solved it all, but it don't.
46:31You know, you have all the emotions racing before a game, but being able to sit down and,
46:36you know, talk with your family and people who have been around you your whole life,
46:38it brings a sense of peace and, you know, calmness to you.
46:41I'm just hoping that tomorrow you guys can now hit somebody else.
46:47Oh, yeah.
46:48And all the fighting.
46:49That's how we talk about it, yeah.
46:50I mean, you go through all fall camp and summer, it's just, you're going against your guys.
46:54And it gets a little heated, too.
46:55That's the part.
46:56Like, you feel a little hostility in the locker room with you guys.
46:59Like, now everyone comes together at this point in the season and we all just go forward.
47:03So that's the question.
47:04Are you guys now friends?
47:06Yeah.
47:07How do we feel about tomorrow?
47:08It feels good.
47:09It's probably going to storm.
47:11There's been bad weather around here.
47:13Yes.
47:14On and off.
47:14Florida typical, which you know.
47:16Yeah.
47:17Growing up for me, you know, I've always been around football,
47:19especially being from the South Florida area.
47:21My dad was a coach when I was younger.
47:23So, you know, I got pretty much got right into football.
47:26You can't not get good from being from South Florida.
47:28You know, I was a Dolphins fan, but, you know,
47:30wasn't really into college football game yet.
47:32You know, obviously all family around me, friends, they all love the U.
47:35So, you know, it meant a lot going into that game.
47:38Our wide receiver room, I think it's going to be a big test for us.
47:41Oh, big time.
47:42They stack the box and essentially they're saying,
47:45I don't trust that your receiving room and car can beat them.
47:50Answer the call.
47:52It's going to be a fun game.
47:54On paper, it looks great.
47:55You guys just got to go deliver.
47:56Yeah.
47:57Right now.
47:58Was last year a fluke?
48:00Are you guys a real deal?
48:04They've been with you throughout your entire life.
48:06You know, they've watched you play countless games when you were little to now.
48:10And they know pretty much all about you.
48:12So, you know, they bring you back down to the ground.
48:14You know, allow you to get out of your own head and, you know, get away from all those emotions
48:18and, you know, lock in for the game.
48:27Three receivers to the bottom, one to the top.
48:29It's Gilbert Malone for Carr.
48:32The offense hasn't looked terribly sharp.
48:35Takes the shotgun snap.
48:36Carr looking right.
48:37Now spins out of the pocket.
48:38Pressure.
48:39I was on the other side of the field and then I see CJ running around the backfield.
48:43You know, I'm trying to get open for him, but I didn't really know where he was going.
48:45Oh, he's running back to the 30-yard line, keeping the play alive.
48:49I see him running across the field on the other side.
48:50And then he's looking to the middle of the field.
48:52And I'm looking, too, and I'm like, I don't really see no one in the middle of the field.
48:56Carr looking downfield.
48:57Fire!
49:00Touchdown!
49:00Micah Gilbert!
49:03What a play by CJ Carr!
49:05And then he hits a no look to Micah wide open in the end zone.
49:08And it was just like, yeah, this boy's a baller.
49:11You know what I'm saying right there?
49:13Yeah.
49:13Throw it away, throw it away, throw it away.
49:16Heck of a first touchdown pass.
49:18Let the legend begin.
49:22Now for Miami, they feel momentum going to the Irish.
49:25They want it back.
49:27We knew going into that game was going to be a really good team.
49:29Feels like a really important defensive stand is coming here for this Notre Dame defense.
49:33They're very well coached.
49:34They have good running backs.
49:35They have a good quarterback.
49:37Carson Beck is really smart.
49:40So giving him time to develop in the pocket became an issue.
49:43You've got to stop that underneath crosser.
49:45It is just killing Notre Dame's defense.
49:49Applying the pressure was, you know, a big thing.
49:51And when we weren't able to do that, he was able to kind of pick us apart.
49:55Game is tied at seven deep in the second quarter.
49:57Beck takes a shotgun snap.
49:59Pressure coming.
49:59He has to get rid of it.
50:00Throws to the end zone.
50:02And it's caught.
50:04Touchdown, CJ Daniels.
50:06It looked like it could have been picked.
50:08And Daniels came out of nowhere to bring it in.
50:11Let's go, man.
50:15Let's go.
50:20As an offense, you know, we're not a team that's going to back down.
50:22Carr turns, runs into Williams.
50:25Now throws.
50:25He has Faison who makes the catch and walks into the end zone for a touchdown.
50:31Just like that.
50:32It's a one-score game.
50:34We're not going to back down no matter, you know, what point in the game it is.
50:37And then, you know, we're going to have that no-quit mentality.
50:39Three minutes, 30 seconds to play.
50:41Shotgun for Carr.
50:42Takes the snap.
50:44He's going to run up the middle, across the five for the end zone.
50:47He's in.
50:48CJ Carr runs in for a touchdown.
50:52And the Irish can tie the game with an extra point.
50:57CJ was great.
50:59He showed what he can do.
51:01He's a dog on the field, off the field.
51:0547-yard attempt coming for Davis.
51:07This is for the lead.
51:09Drives it on its way.
51:11And the kick is good.
51:14And Notre Dame has lost the season opener.
51:17Wasn't our best football.
51:18And, you know, it wasn't what we wanted to display to everyone that was watching.
51:23Going off the field obviously sucked.
51:26We lost.
51:28When you go through a tough fight battle like that and see your guys down, it's heartbreaking.
51:33I personally, you know, I think that as I failed it, I failed them.
51:36I didn't do the best that I could or play the best that I could.
51:39But I made sure to keep my chin held high because I didn't want to give them the satisfaction that they defeated me.
51:49Credit to them.
51:50We lost a three-point game to a top 10 team, okay, in a battle.
51:53And we know damn well we could have won that game and should have won that game, right?
51:56We got a damn good ball team, but we got to get back to work.
51:59This taste of pain hurts, the embarrassment, okay?
52:02We got to use this as we go back to work.
52:04Proud of the way you guys played, man.
52:05A loss like that fuels us obviously, and I feel that really carries a team.
52:09And I think we'll carry our team, you know, to the end of the season.
52:13Go to work, stay together, and we'll get it fixed.
52:15Everybody good?
52:15Keep your heads up.
52:16Here we go.
52:17Hey, TGS how to?
52:18Who are you?
52:18TGS!
52:47Well, uh, uh, uh, uh...
53:08ấn
53:11chests
53:13Transcription by CastingWords
Be the first to comment