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Here Come The Irish - Season 2 Episode 1 -
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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.
17:40Get a break.
17:41Get a break!
17:42Hey, TDS on 2-1-2-3.
17:43TDS!
17:44Good work.
17:45Like, flying around?
17:46Yeah, hell yeah.
17:47Uh...
17:48No, I don't know.
17:49Just a big fan.
17:50Hope you guys kill it this year again.
17:51And, uh...
17:52Yeah, that's it.
17:53That's awesome.
17:54Yeah.
17:55Appreciate you, man.
17:56Thanks, brother.
17:57Let's go.
17:58Get a break, get a break, get a break, get a break.
18:00Hey, TDS on two, one, two.
18:02TDS!
18:03Good work.
18:10All right.
18:11I just wanted to get us together today to just kind of
18:13meet to 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.
18:25And now you're seeing them hire from outside of college football,
18:29NFL experience, other sporting experience, famous alums.
18:33Like, you're seeing a lot of different strategies
18:35for the general management position.
18:39It's a totally different calculation
18:41than we've ever seen in college football before.
18:43Yeah.
18:44It was funny.
18:45I 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 and not realizing the opportunities
19:02in college and how, you know, colleges now have all the GMs.
19:06But then it was like, I was telling the 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 is 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.
19:36The one thing he has done positively
19:40is I think he's shown a little more mobility than I thought.
19:43But now you've got a GM who is coming in to help you
19:46potentially take things off your plate.
19:48But you know how he's going to win,
19:50so I'm not really, 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.
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, we 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.
20:35I feel it.
20:36The NFL, you know, it's about what can you do for me right now?
20:41College football, it's all about development.
20:43Everyone knows, look, we're going to win national championships here.
20:47But we're also going to win off the field, you know, in so many different ways.
20:51And so we just got to keep selling that because, I mean, that's just fact here.
20:55You know, if you're only football here, it probably doesn't work.
20:58I'm here to help construct a roster.
21:00But as much as I'm here for that, I think, you know, I'm here to help develop young men.
21:05Prior to coming here, I did not realize how significant, you know, that was and that is.
21:12And I didn't realize how crucial that is to this role.
21:16Cool.
21:17All good.
21:18All right. Appreciate it.
21:19Thanks.
21:20Yeah.
21:34Hey, let's give a round of applause for O, the mentalist.
21:38Thank you, Coach.
21:41Fighting Irish.
21:43Notre Dame.
21:44People say I can read minds, but 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.
22:13Right over here.
22:14One, two, three, four.
22:15Is that CJ?
22:16Hold that card up.
22:17Stand up.
22:18Let's hear it for CJ already.
22:19Make some noise.
22:20Try not to give it away.
22:21Red, black.
22:22Red, black.
22:23Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:24Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:26Ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and ten.
22:28Jack, queen, king.
22:29You could have thought of any card.
22:30Is that right?
22:31Yes, sir.
22:32Turn your back so you can't see me.
22:33I can't see you.
22:34Hold that card up high with pride.
22:35Tell us all, nice and loud, before you open your eyes, what was that card?
22:37Say it.
22:38Three diamonds.
22:39That's crazy.
22:40That's crazy.
22:41That's crazy.
22:42That's crazy.
22:43That's crazy.
22:44That's crazy.
22:45I've got coach.
22:46Where's my OC and my DC?
22:47Where are you at, gentlemen?
22:48Stand up.
22:49Stand up.
22:50Stand up.
22:51Stand up.
22:52Stand up.
22:53Stand up.
22:54Stand up.
22:55Stand up.
22:56Have we ever spoken a single word in our lives?
23:19No.
23:20No.
23:21All right.
23:22You're gonna be picking several players.
23:23All right, you're going to be picking several players.
23:26Coach, look back and forth.
23:27Sweep your eyes.
23:30Stop.
23:31Obvious choices.
23:33I said offense.
23:34I said defense when I brought the coordinators up.
23:36So you know what I did?
23:37I made them think of someone else.
23:39Unsung hero.
23:40I think you did the kicker.
23:41Burnett.
23:42Is it Burnett?
23:42Yeah.
23:44Is that for real?
23:45Stand up for me.
23:46Noah.
23:46Noah, stand up.
23:48All right, let's go.
23:50Mike, Chris, look around.
23:53Try not to say anything.
23:54Cover your eyes, gentlemen.
23:55Cover your eyes.
23:57All right, we had Burnett.
24:01All right, who do I think?
24:03Huh.
24:04Keep your eyes closed.
24:04Close your eyes, gentlemen.
24:05Close your eyes.
24:08Hmm.
24:12Gentlemen, with your eyes closed, Mike, who did you pick?
24:16Owen Streeper.
24:19Take a look.
24:20Chris, who did you pick?
24:22Tommy Powell.
24:22Open your eyes.
24:24Take a look.
24:24Take a look.
24:26We're three for three.
24:27Rattle off.
24:28Random.
24:29Next player, coach.
24:30Who's next?
24:30Robbie Wolin.
24:31Okay, we got Wolin.
24:32Who we got next?
24:33Who we got next?
24:34Call it out.
24:35Eli Reardon.
24:36Reardon?
24:36Okay, there we go.
24:37Keep it going.
24:38Who's next?
24:38Let's go.
24:39Dominic Willough.
24:40Perfect.
24:40Keep it going.
24:41One more round.
24:42Who you got next?
24:43Adon Shuler.
24:44Adon Shuler.
24:45We got Shuler next.
24:46Okay, keep going.
24:47Keep it going.
24:47Another player.
24:48Look around this room.
24:48Who's he going to be?
24:49Malachi Fields.
24:50Fields.
24:51We got Fields.
24:53And one last player, Chris.
24:55Ethan Long.
24:55Ethan Long.
24:57There 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.
25:06Keep going.
25:07Strabig, tell me your first name.
25:08Owen.
25:09Noah.
25:10Owen.
25:10Let's keep going.
25:11We've got Tommy.
25:12We've got Tommy.
25:12We've got Robbie.
25:15We've got Eli.
25:18We've got Noter.
25:20Are you ready?
25:22We've got Dominic.
25:24We've got Adon.
25:27We've got Fields.
25:28We've got Malachi.
25:29We've got Ethan Long.
25:31We have exactly what you think.
25:33Noter Dame, everybody.
25:37I can't hear you.
25:38I can't hear you.
25:38Who's got cash?
25:49Raise your hand if you've got any money.
25:50You got a wallet?
25:51Yeah.
25:52Do me a favor.
25:53What's your name?
25:54Luke.
25:54Luke, have we ever spoken a word to each other in our life?
25:56Ever.
25:57Go in your wallet.
25:58Take out any bill you want.
26:01Stand up for me, Luke.
26:02Luke, I want you to fold it in half.
26:05Fold it one more time.
26:07And sit on it.
26:12Let's get five guys up.
26:13One, two, three, four, five.
26:16Gentlemen, stand up for me, please.
26:21I'm going to have you each visualize a third and ten.
26:25And what happens during that play.
26:27Whether 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.
26:35Open your eyes.
26:36See that number of yards right now in your head.
26:39Here we go.
26:45Long pass.
26:47Strong run.
26:48Bam.
26:48Huge first down.
26:4945 yards.
26:50Sit down if I'm right.
26:5412 yards.
26:5511 yards.
26:55Both first downs.
26:57Sit down if I'm right.
26:58Jeremiah's trying to stump me.
27:05Quarterback sack.
27:06Zero yards gained.
27:07Am I right?
27:1445-12-11.
27:16We had zero yards gained.
27:18Right over here.
27:20Look this way at me.
27:21What is that?
27:22What's that noise?
27:22They brought out the chain to measure.
27:24We're within inches.
27:25We didn't get the first down.
27:26Nine yards on that last play, didn't we?
27:30And nine yards.
27:34Your bill.
27:35Your pocket.
27:36You're sitting on it right now.
27:38Take it out.
27:39Every bill.
27:39Every bill has a serial number on it.
27:42Read us.
27:43Read us the digits.
27:45One at a time on your bill.
27:46One at a time.
27:46Go ahead.
27:494, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 0, 9.
27:56And wait, wait, wait.
27:57There's two letters at the beginning and the end of every bill.
27:59What are your two letters?
28:01N-D.
28:02Yeah.
28:02N-D.
28:03You know what that stands for?
28:03Notre Dame.
28:04And 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!
28:16Thank you very much.
28:34Everybody good?
28:37Here we go.
28:44Ready?
28:45Yes.
28:46good man hey uh i want to talk about leadership really quick some people want to be called leader
28:50but they really don't want to lead and influence others they just want the title they want this
28:56position of being a leader but they really don't want to influence other people you shouldn't want
29:01a title that you're ineffective at carrying out the role and that's okay you should allow somebody
29:05else to lead real leadership's uncomfortable real leadership's uncomfortable how you lead during
29:11tough times affects how people see you if you're strong if you're strong and courageous during high
29:18pressure tough times people will will feel your influence if you're inconsistent during tough
29:26times and lose self-control you lose control of your mind and yourself during tough times
29:31people lose trust in you influence starts inside first you can't convince somebody to believe
29:39something if you don't believe it inside of you first if inside of your hearts you believe more
29:47in individual glory you believe more in what's best for me than the team then don't try to be a leader
29:56and convince people to put team before me it's phony and people will see it over time to have
30:03influence on something means to change it being named a captain isn't about wearing a c on your chest
30:09being a name captain is a responsibility to influence those that you lead in the right way
30:14and to make the group better the c is a reflection of the influence you have
30:19so if you want that responsibility to be a captain okay and you're in your junior or senior year
30:27then then you'll come up here and stand and say i want the opportunity to to be a captain okay so if you
30:36want the opportunity to be voted on to be a captain come up let's go
30:43be sure i don't want this to be something cool i want this to be like really really really sure
30:49like you sure it's a lot of responsibility so here's what we'll do pass out the ballots
30:55to 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 and so i'm trying to be my best that i
31:10can be to try and reset that standard whether it's 60 years down the line or it's right now if you tell
31:15us when you're captain at notre dame their eyes will light up to be a captain period is amazing
31:19but to be one at notre dame is just it gives you a pride a sense of loyalty a sense of just you're
31:25really doing it for the guys around you and so if i am a captain it would be one of the greatest
31:29honors of my life all right appreciate that appreciate that we'll uh tally them up and then
31:34we'll announce it later today you know if you're a captain you have to set the standard and you have to
31:40be able to um you know know when to really yell or not yell who to talk to and how to talk to them
31:47love to y'all maca face on
31:55wakerman being a captain at notre dame is it's like being a president i feel like no matter what
32:01happens no matter the situation people are going to look at you to do the right thing and have your
32:06head in the right space i think being named a captain here is is one is a reflection of the
32:12respect your peers have for you it's a extremely high standard it's a challenge to live up to the
32:25expectations of being a captain thank you all right take a knee the numbers were interesting but
32:39basically there was six and then there was a huge up it was it was a separation between
32:45after six all right so i had to make a decision i'm gonna cut it at four or go to six and i made
32:49the decision go to six okay and so um i want you i'm gonna name the captains have you come up here
32:55and then you guys can address the team once everybody's up here okay um drake bowen billy
33:01shroud a don schuler will pauling emil wagner and donny heinish come on up
33:11means the world to me guys told me accountable i'm going to take this with a lot of responsibility
33:15um a lot of honor love you guys you guys are all my brothers i love you to death and to earn your
33:21respect is the greatest honor i could have ever received i love you guys and let's do this thing
33:26this is by far the greatest honor of my life to serve you guys in any way possible man i love it
33:30to death and thank you all man i love this team love you guys go irish i really really appreciate
33:35you guys voting for me uh this place means the world to me and i promise you guys i'm gonna come
33:39in here and bring the right attitude the right mindset and hold all you guys accountable i ask you guys do
33:42the same for me and uh love you guys go iris this is the greatest honor for me um to earn the respect
33:49of every one of you i love this team i love this place um everything i'm going to do is for you guys
33:52i hope you guys hold me accountable the way i'm going to uh for you guys so thank you
33:59greatly appreciate you guys just like they said we're gonna come in here and work every day man and
34:02like like they said bro i'll get the shirt off my back for each and every one of y'all and i'm glad
34:07y'all y'all y'all ready to go to war let's go you know i just want to make sure you six guys
34:14understand it's not about the title it's not about wearing a c but the responsibility you guys have
34:20you've been voted to be the captain so now you have a huge responsibility to make sure you lead
34:25this team in the right way everybody understand that good congratulations man congrats what are we
34:31doing with notre dame we got cj carr we got kenny minchi we've got a battle that is not decided
34:37competition at the quarterback spot is really really healthy come on yeah more than anything
34:45i think what i expect to see is someone that can use his tools uh that he has his god-given ability
34:52that can communicate effectively if you were calling the play yeah what's the first play you'd call down
34:57there for yourself that's what i'm looking for uh ernie w fade and switch bluff hook not necessarily
35:10getting into a mindset where they feel like they've got to to win the game i certainly don't want a game
35:15manager i want someone who's playing up on their toes and aggressively but at the same time there's a
35:21lot of people around them that can make plays and it's their job to make sure they're getting the ball to
35:25the right guy fourth and three to five ernie first call ernie w hitch switch bluff hook you have to name
35:38a guy going into week one whoever that guy is going to have to earn it you know i'm excited to see what
35:43they can do um i think the sky's the limit for both guys just just remember right early early in the deal
35:50in particular first downs first downs first downs first downs first downs right let's let's gain
35:56momentum let's get the ball out of our hand let's just be decisive and move the chains
36:03in a room where only one person plays at a time i tell myself all the time like i'm rooting for the
36:08guy next to me like i 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 i get to be in
36:20this situation in a competition at the best university in the world and um we get to play
36:25alongside the best best players in the world where are you with the correct competition how close are you
36:34to uh to need them to start right now we're um we're still in a competition um we'll go back and
36:41evaluate today's practice today and make a decision uh we got to make a decision here soon i don't know
36:48when we'll make it i don't want to put a timeline on it but they've both been playing really really well
36:55and every a lot of decisions i make i involve people um i believe we have the best staff in america and so
37:02how do you not take some of their opinions into account like we'll talk and and at the end of
37:08the day i have to make a decision how are you doing good now you want to hurry i'm good
37:16stress not really yeah there you go it's tough i hear it on social media but i hear it and i feel it
37:24um i got it ultimately i have to make a decision i mean it's never been like a closer competition you
37:36you know we're gonna be our starting quarterback
37:45keep going there's a lot of things that went into why i made this decision a lot of things
37:55but this is the way i want to go and i believe in you you know like you have to understand like it's
38:06not about improving the other people that i'm at this no it's not i'm just trying to reach my full
38:11potential and that takes time it takes work it's going to take ups and downs i know that you're
38:19going to have some ups and downs i'm believing you i want to follow you the program is going to follow
38:29you you're going to do great things man appreciate you coach you learn all right all right buddy all
38:39right bud thanks coach you care about these young men like they're your own sons and and to deliver
38:46news of disappointment to one and deliver news of excitement for another is is a challenging thing to do
38:52it was a tough decision to make because both of you all deserve to start there's a lot of factors
39:11that played into my decision to say okay we're gonna start cj right now sucks i understand i get it
39:21i've been in your shoes as a coach and as a player like i get it
39:27it will pass and 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 i know it is i know it i choose to believe
39:40this but there's gonna be a point i look at you and go i told you this i told you this is just
39:47delay gratification it's one of the hardest decisions i've made in my life in my for sure
39:53as a head coach um one of the hardest decisions i've made
39:58kenny it was a difficult meeting and you had to deliver news of disappointment i think if it ever
40:03becomes easy you know you might be in the wrong profession
40:07i appreciate you all yes sir all right yes sir
40:24real quick i wanted to grab you guys for uh one quick second met with the quarterbacks and i
40:35told to let them know cj will start okay um i told them both we're gonna need both of them they
40:40know that i thought it was important that you all hear it first because it'll be out on social media
40:46and all those different things and and you guys don't understand sometimes being in that position
40:53um everything's a big deal everything's a big deal everything's a big deal i told both of them
41:00this is an example for both guys and for our entire program of delayed gratification
41:07right we name you a starter you're great it feels great in the moment but you have to understand
41:14delayed gratification because that's temporary if you don't understand that you have to continue to put in
41:21the work right to fulfill that title of being a starter then you won't be a starter for long
41:28and that goes for everybody in this room i remember this i remember being named the head
41:33coach here that moment was one of the greatest moments of my life but it was a temporary moment
41:39it was people see oh man you're the head coach it's great and quickly i learned the value of
41:44delayed gratification the very first game we lose
41:46what's the lessons i gotta learn from hold on i gotta 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 gotta value delay gratification this this too shall pass for kenny and a lot of other guys
42:08okay that aren't getting what they want right now but you have to value delayed gratification if you
42:17want to get over this and be better because of it everybody understand that okay so i thought it was
42:22a great opportunity just to make sure we understand this as a program
42:36i feel like we always overreact to early season games in college football but when you have a
42:50schedule like notre dame does this year you actually are going to learn quite a bit about this year's team
42:57and these are teams that have good defenses and i think that's going to be part of it
43:05as well as against miami you're going up against carson beck and all the experience that he had
43:10from georgia all he's got to prove at miami there's just a lot of storylines
43:15if you've got to get somebody up for week one you know they don't have pulse you're the only show in town
43:21on that sunday night prime time everybody's going to be watching you in that spot i think it's going
43:27to be huge i feel like the team is kind of getting ready for week one and kind of realizing that you
43:33know the it's about to get real and you know we're not fall camp anymore it's time to kind of come
43:38together as a team and you know it's not offense defense it's notre dame we know who we're playing
43:43sunday night 7 30 p.m hard rock stadium let's roll with tradition comes responsibility let's talk about the
43:49history real quick i think if you're a fan of college football you understand the game of 88
43:56and and how important that game was and the rivalry uh that really um entailed there have been
44:03hostilities between these two schools bad feelings at that time those two teams were at the top of
44:09college football so naturally there's a rivalry that ugly few moments down there on the end zone
44:15the back of pushing and shoving broke out there was some kicking history is something that comes
44:20if we're in the gold helmet we take a lot of pride in it this one in specific it holds a little bit of
44:26bad blood we've won we've lost it's always a big deal and it matters and it matters in the in the grand
44:35landscape of college football 87 at miami notre dame lost 24 nothing miami won a national championship
44:4388 notre dame wins 31 30. this place about to explode wins national championship the next year
44:49at miami notre dame loses 27 10 miami wins the national championship so three years in a row the
44:55winner of this game won the national championship sunday night is here okay we still got five days
45:01right so let's take care of today everybody good let's go to work tgs on two one two yes
45:07before you come to notre dame it's nothing personal with miami or usc or any other team but as soon as you
45:11step on campus you have that relationship where okay i have to hate this other team like it's
45:16something personal so that's how we're entering this this season is it's personal you know this
45:22ain't your grandpa's notre dame we're a different team everyone here has been looked down upon at
45:27least once or twice in their life everyone has fought for something and so i think that gives us an
45:31edge that we didn't have before and i think that this team is going to honor that tradition
45:36when i put that gold helmet on i know everybody is looking at us and you know we have to hold the
45:42standard all the people that came before us all the history the legacy like it's in my hands at that
45:47moment
45:59how's classes going and how many are actually going right now they're going good i mean
46:03i mean for me i got all my core classes now so i hired school's pretty important at this point
46:09yes i gotta pass them all right so what do you got finance wise right now i'm in corporate finance
46:16that's your only finance class well and uh macro finance and portfolio strategy
46:22that's good it's a lot of a lot of numbers though throwing that
46:26that's what the calculator's for huh that's what a calculator's for yeah always calculated
46:30solved it all but it don't you know you have all the emotions racing um before a game um but being
46:35able to sit down you know talk with your family and people who've been around your whole life
46:38um it brings a sense of peace and you know calmness to you i'm just hoping that tomorrow
46:44you guys can now hit somebody else oh yeah and all the fighting that's how we talk about yeah i mean
46:51you go through all fall camp and summer it's just you're going against your guys and it gets a little
46:55heated too that's that's the part like you feel a little hostility in the locker room between guys
46:59like now everyone comes together at this point in the season and we all just go forward so that's
47:04a question are you guys now friends yeah how do we feel about tomorrow i feel good probably gonna
47:11storm has been bad weather around her yes on and off florida typical which you know yeah growing up
47:18for me you know i've always been around football especially being from the south florida area
47:21my dad was a coach when i was younger so you know i got pretty much got right into football
47:26you can't not get good from being from south florida you know i was a dolphins fan but you
47:30know wasn't really into college football game yet you know obviously all family around me friends
47:34they all love the you so you know it meant a lot going into that game our wide receiving room
47:39i think this will be a big test for us oh big time if they stack the box and essentially they're saying
47:45i don't trust that your receiving room and car can beat them answer the call it's gonna be a fun
47:53game on paper looks great you guys just got to go deliver yeah right now was last year a fluke
48:00are you guys a real deal
48:04they've been with you throughout your entire life you know they've watched you um play countless games
48:08when you were little to now and they they know um pretty much all about you so you know they bring
48:13you back down to the ground you know allow you to get out of your own head and you know get away
48:17from all those emotions and you know lock in for the game
48:27three receivers to the bottom one to the top it's gilbert alone for car
48:32the offense hasn't looked terribly sharp takes the shotgun snap car looking right now spins out
48:38of the pocket pressure i was on the other side of the field and then i see cj running around the
48:42backfield you know i'm trying to get open for him but i didn't really know where he was going oh he's
48:45running back to the 30-yard line keeping the play alive i see him running across the field on the
48:50other side and he's looking to the middle of the field and i'm looking too and i'm like i don't really
48:54see no one in the middle of the field car looking downfield fire touchdown michael gilbert
49:03what a play by cj car and then he hits a no look to michael wide open in the end zone it was just like
49:09yeah this boy's a baller you know what i'm saying right there
49:16heck of a first touchdown pass let the legend begin
49:22now for miami they feel momentum going to the iris they want it back
49:27we knew going to that game was gonna be a really good team feels like a really important defensive
49:31stand is coming here for this notre dame defense they're very well coached they have good running
49:35backs they have a good quarterback carson back he's really smart so giving him time to develop
49:41in the pocket became an issue you've got to stop that underneath crosser it is just killing notre
49:47dame's defense applying the pressure was you know a big thing and when we weren't able to do that he
49:53was able to kind of pick us apart game is tied at seven deep in the second quarter back takes a
49:58shotgun snap pressure coming has to get rid of it throws to the end zone and it's caught touchdown cj
50:06daniels it looked like it could have been picked and daniels came out of nowhere to bring it in
50:13let's go man let's go
50:15as offense you know we're not a team that's going to back down car turns runs into williams now throws
50:25he has base on who makes the catch and walks into the end zone for a touchdown just like that it's a
50:32one score game we're not going to back down no matter you know what point in the game it is and
50:37then you know we're going to have that no quit mentality three minutes 30 seconds to play shotgun
50:42for car takes the snap he's going to run up the middle across the five for the end zone he's in
50:48cj carr runs in for a touchdown and the irish can tie the game with an extra point cj was great he showed
50:59what he can do um he's a dog on the field off the field 47 yard attempt coming for davis this is
51:08for the lead drives it on its way and the kick is good and notre name has lost the season opener
51:17wasn't our best football and you know it wasn't what we wanted to display to everyone that was watching
51:23going off the field obviously sucked we lost when you go through a tough fight battle like that and
51:30see your guys down it's heartbreaking i 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
51:41but i made sure to keep my chin held high because i didn't want to give them the satisfaction that
51:45they defeated me credit to them we lost a three-point game to a top 10 team okay in a battle and we know
51:54damn well we could have won that game and should have won that game right we got a damn good ball team
51:58but we got to get back to work this taste the pain hurts the embarrassment okay we got to use this
52:03as we go back to work proud of where you guys played man a loss like that fuels us obviously
52:07and i feel that really carries um a team and i think we'll carry our team you know to the end of
52:11the season go to work stay together and we'll get it fixed everybody good keep your heads up here we go
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