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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.
17:41Hey, TDS on two! One, two!
17:42TDS!
17:43Good work.
17:44Hey, TDS!
17:45Good work.
17:46All right. I just wanted to get us together today to just kind of meet, to go through some of the
17:53things that we didn't do.
17:54Do you like flying around?
17:55Yeah, hell yeah.
17:56No, I don't know. I'm just a big fan. I hope you guys kill it this year again, and yeah, that's it.
17:59That's awesome.
18:00Yeah.
18:01Appreciate you, man.
18:02Thanks, brother.
18:03Let's go.
18:04Get a break.
18:05Get a break, get a break, get a break, get a break.
18:07Hey, TDS on two! One, two!
18:08TDS!
18:09Good work.
18:10All right.
18:11I just wanted to get us together today to just kind of meet, to go through some of the
18:14through some of our roster numbers,
18:17what 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
18:28from outside of college football, NFL experience,
18:31other 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
18:42than 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.
19:00Thought it would be an NFL
19:01and not realizing the opportunities in college
19:04and how, you know, colleges now have all the GMs.
19:06But then it was like, I was telling parents,
19:08I was like, God also has a sense of humor too,
19:10because he made me the GM during this crazy time.
19:13The NFL has always had a model where the personnel department
19:17is 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,
19:27full control over everything.
19:28Just, how's he been playing?
19:30A little up and down, hasn't been,
19:35hasn't been the greatest year for him.
19:37The one thing he has done positively is,
19:40I 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
19:47potentially take things off your plate.
19:49But you know how he's gonna win, so I'm not aware.
19:52I 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,
19:58he'll break some tackles and make things happen.
20:00Him and Devin are similar.
20:01I 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 gonna run this scouting apparatus.
20:15We need to get another 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, it's about,
20:39what can you do for me right now?
20:41College football, it's all about development.
20:43Everyone knows, look, we're gonna win
20:46national championships here.
20:47But you, we're also gonna win off the field,
20:49you know, and then in so many different ways.
20:51And so we just gotta keep selling that
20:53because, I mean, that's just fact here.
20:56You know, if you're only football here,
20:57it probably doesn't work.
20:58I'm here to help construct a roster.
21:01But as much as I'm here for that,
21:03I think, you know, I'm here to help develop young men.
21:06Prior to coming here, I did not realize
21:09how 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.
21:21Hey, let's give a round of applause for O, the mentalist.
21:37Thank you, Coach.
21:39Fighting Irish.
21:43Notre Dame.
21:44People say, I can read minds.
21:45But you ready for the truth?
21:47Can't read minds.
21:48I read people.
21:49Everybody right now, talk is cheap.
21:51Hold up your left hand.
21:53Good, good, good.
21:54Everybody, imagine you have an invisible deck of cards
21:57in your hands.
21:58And you spread them out nice and wide.
22:00You can see every single one of those cards.
22:02And everyone right now, look back and forth.
22:06Actually, don't even look.
22:07Look away.
22:08Look away.
22:09And reach over and grab one at random.
22:11Grab one out.
22:12Right over here, one, two, three, four.
22:16Is that CJ?
22:17Hold that card up.
22:18Stand up.
22:19Let's hear it for CJ already.
22:20Make some noise.
22:22Try not to give it away.
22:23Red, black, red, black.
22:26Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:28Hearts, diamonds, club, spades.
22:30Ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, ten.
22:32Jack, queen, king.
22:33You could have thought of any card.
22:34Is that right?
22:35Yes, sir.
22:36Turn your back so you can't see me.
22:37I can't see you.
22:38Hold it.
22:39Turn your back so you can't see me, I can't see you.
22:42Hold that card up high with pride.
22:48Tell us all, nice and loud, before you open your eyes,
22:51what was that card?
22:53Say it.
22:54Three diamonds.
22:55That'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 going to be picking several players.
23:26Coach, look back and forth.
23:27Sweep your eyes.
23:30Stop.
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.
23:51Chris.
23:52Look around.
23:53Try not to say anything.
23:54Cover your eyes, gentlemen.
23:55Cover your eyes.
23:56All 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.
24:17Take a look.
24:19Chris.
24:20Who'd you pick?
24:21Tommy Powell.
24:22Open your eyes.
24:23Take a look.
24:24Take a look.
24:25We're three for three.
24:27Rattle off.
24:28Random.
24:29Next player, coach.
24:30Who's next?
24:31Robbie Wolen.
24:32Okay.
24:33We got Wolen.
24:34Who we got next?
24:35Who we got next?
24:36Eli Reardon.
24:37Reardon?
24:38Okay.
24:39There we go.
24:40Keep it going.
24:41One more round.
24:42Who you got next?
24:43Don Shuler.
24:44Don Shuler.
24:45We got Shuler next.
24:46Okay.
24:47Keep going.
24:48Keep it going.
24:49Another player.
24:50Who's it going to be?
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.
25:06Keep going.
25:07Streeper, tell me your first name.
25:08Owen.
25:09Noah.
25:10Owen.
25:11Let's keep going.
25:12We've got Tommy.
25:13Noah.
25:14We've got Robbie.
25:16We've got Eli.
25:18We got Noter.
25:20Are you ready?
25:22We got Dominic.
25:25We got Adan.
25:27We've got Fields.
25:28We've got Malachi.
25:30We've got Ethan Long.
25:31We have exactly what you think.
25:33Noter Dame, everybody.
25:36I can't hear you.
25:38Who's got cash?
25:48Raise your hand if you got any money.
25:50You got a wallet?
25:51Yeah.
25:52Do me a favor.
25:53What's your name?
25:54Luke.
25:55Luke, 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.
26:00Stand up for me, Luke.
26:02I want you to fold it in half.
26:05Fold it one more time.
26:08And sit on it.
26:10Let's get five guys up.
26:13One, two, three, four, five.
26:15Gentlemen, stand up for me, please.
26:17I'm going to have you each visualize a third and ten and what happens during that play.
26:26Whether it's offense or defense, who knows?
26:29I know you close your eyes right now and see yourself on the field.
26:33Close your eyes.
26:34Good.
26:35Wake up.
26:36Open your eyes.
26:37See that number of yards right now in your head.
26:39Here we go.
26:45Long pass.
26:46Strong run.
26:47Bam.
26:48Huge first down.
26:4945 yards.
26:50Sit down if I'm right.
26:5412 yards, 11 yards.
26:55Both first downs.
26:57Sit down if I'm right.
27:02Jeremiah's trying to stump me.
27:04Quarterback sack.
27:05Zero yards gained.
27:06Am I right?
27:1445, 12, 11.
27:16We had zero yards gained.
27:18Right over here.
27:19Look this way at me.
27:20What is that?
27:21What'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.
27:37Take it out.
27:38Every bill.
27:39Every bill has a serial number on it.
27:41Read us.
27:42Read us the digits one at a time on your bill.
27:45One at a time.
27:46One at a time.
27:47Go ahead.
27:48Four.
27:49Five.
27:50One.
27:51Two.
27:52One.
27:53One.
27:54Oh, nine.
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?
28:00ND.
28:01ND.
28:02Yeah.
28:03ND.
28:04You know what that stands for?
28:05Notre Dame.
28:06And you know what I say when I see Notre Dame?
28:07I've got two words for you.
28:08Go Irish!
28:09Thank you very much, Notre Dame!
28:14Everybody good?
28:35Here we go.
28:37Are you ready?
28:38Yes.
28:39Good, man.
28:40Hey, I want to talk about leadership really quick.
28:41Some people want to be called leader, but they really don't want to lead and influence
28:52others.
28:53They just want the title.
28:55They want this position of being a leader, but they really don't want to influence other
28:59people.
29:00You shouldn't want a title that you're ineffective at carrying out the role.
29:03And that's okay.
29:04You should allow somebody else to lead.
29:06Real leadership's uncomfortable.
29:08Real leadership's uncomfortable.
29:09How you lead during tough times affects how people see you.
29:13If you're strong, if you're strong and courageous during high pressure tough times, people will
29:21feel your influence.
29:23If you're inconsistent during tough times and lose self-control, you lose control of your
29:29mind and yourself during tough times, people lose trust in you.
29:33Influence starts inside first.
29:35You 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, you believe more in what's
29:50best for me than the team, then don't try to be a leader and convince people to put team
29:58before me.
29:59It's phony.
30:00And people will see it over time.
30:02To have influence on something means to change it.
30:05Being named a captain isn't about wearing a C on your chest.
30:09Being 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.
30:19So if you want that responsibility to be a captain, okay, and you're in your junior or senior
30:26year, then you'll come up here and stand and say, I want the opportunity to be a captain.
30:34Okay?
30:35So if you want the opportunity to be voted on, to be a captain, come up.
30:40Let's go.
30:41Be sure.
30:44I don't want this to be something cool.
30:46I want this to be, like, really, really, really sure.
30:49Like, you sure.
30:50It's a lot of responsibility.
30:52So 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.
31:03Trying 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.
31:12Whether it's 60 years down the line or it's right now, if you tell someone you're a captain
31:15at Notre Dame, their eyes will light up.
31:17To 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
31:24just, 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.
31:31Appreciate that.
31:32Appreciate that.
31:33We'll tally him up and then we'll announce it later today.
31:36You 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.
31:48To y'all, Marco.
31:50Case on.
31:54Waggonen.
31:55Being a captain at Notre Dame is, it's like being a president, I feel like.
32:00No matter what happens, no matter the situation, people are going to look at you to do the right
32:04thing 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
32:13have for you.
32:18It's a extremely high standard.
32:23It's a challenge to live up to the expectations of being a captain.
32:27All right.
32:28Take a knee.
32:29The numbers were interesting, but basically there was six and then there was a huge, it
32:43was 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 and I made the decision to go to six.
32:50Okay.
32:51And so, um, I want you, I'm going to name the captains, have you come up here and then you
32:55guys can address the team.
32:56Um, once everybody's up here.
32:57Okay.
32:58Um, Drake Bowen, Billy Shrouth, Don Shuler, Will Pauling, Emile Wagner and Donny Heinish.
33:05Come 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.
33:15Um, a lot of honor.
33:17Love you guys.
33:18You guys are all my brothers.
33:19I love you to death and to earn your respect is the greatest honor I could have ever received.
33:22I love you guys.
33:23And let's do this thing.
33:24Yeah.
33:25This is by far the greatest honor of my life to serve you guys in any way possible.
33:29Man.
33:30I love it to death.
33:31And thank you all, man.
33:32I love this team.
33:33Love you guys.
33:34Go Irish.
33:35I really appreciate you guys voting for me.
33:36Uh, this place means the world to me and I promise you guys I'm going to come in here
33:39and bring the right attitude, the right mindset and hold all you guys accountable.
33:41I ask you guys do the same for me and, uh, love you guys.
33:43Go Irish.
33:44This is the greatest honor for me.
33:48Um, to earn the respect of every one of you.
33:49I love this team.
33:50I love this place.
33:51Um, 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.
33:56So thank you.
33:57Greatly appreciate you guys.
34:00Just like they said, we're going to come in here and work every day, man.
34:02And like, 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, 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.
34:16It's not about wearing a C, but the responsibility you guys have.
34:19You'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.
34:29Congrats.
34:30What are we doing with Notre Dame?
34:32We got CJ Carr.
34:33We got Kenny Minchie.
34:34We've got a battle that is not decided.
34:36Competition at the quarterback spot is really, really healthy.
34:42Come on.
34:43Yeah.
34:44More than anything, I think what I expect to see is someone that can use his tools that 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?
34:59That's what I'm looking for.
35:01Ernie W fade.
35:07Switch bluff hook.
35:09Not 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, and it's their job to make sure they're getting the ball to the right guy.
35:26Fourth and three to five.
35:28First call.
35:29Ernie W pitch.
35:30Switch bluff hook.
35:31You have to name a guy going into week one.
35:32Whoever that guy is is going to have to earn it.
35:33You know, I'm excited to see what they can do.
35:34I think the sky's the limit for both guys.
35:47Just remember, right, early in the deal in particular, first downs, first downs, first downs, first downs, first downs.
35:55Right?
35:56Let's gain momentum.
35:57Let's get the ball out of our hand.
35:58Let's just be decisive and move the chains.
36:01In a room where only one person plays at a time, I tell myself all the time, like, I'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, I get to be in this situation, in a competition, at the best university in the world.
36:23And, um, we get to play alongside the best players in the world.
36:31Why are you with the Cool Rat competition?
36:33How close are you to Nathan Astro right now?
36:36We're, um, we're still in a competition.
36:39Um, we'll go back and evaluate today's practice today and, uh, make a decision.
36:45Uh, we've got to make a decision here soon.
36:47I don't know when we'll make it.
36:49I don't want to put a timeline on it.
36:50But they've both been playing really, really well.
36:54And every, a lot of decisions I make, I involve people.
36:58Um, 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, we'll talk and, and at the end of the day, uh, I have to make a decision.
37:10How are you doing?
37:11Good, man.
37:12You wanna hurry?
37:13I'm good.
37:14I'm good.
37:15I'm good.
37:16Streis?
37:17Not really.
37:18Yeah.
37:19There you go.
37:20I hear it on social media, but I hear it and I feel it.
37:24Um, and I gotta, ultimately, I have to make a decision.
37:31I mean, it's never been, like, a closer competition, you know, than being a starting quarterback.
37:41There's a lot of things that went into why I made this decision, a lot of things.
37:54a lot of things but this is the way i want to go and i believe in you know like you have to
38:05understand like it's not about improving the other people that i'm at this no it's not i'm just trying
38:11to reach my full potential and that takes time it takes what it's going to take ups and downs
38:18i know that you're going to have some ups and downs i'm believing you
38:26i want to follow you the program is going to follow you you're going to do great things man
38:32appreciate you coach you learned all right all right buddy all right buddy thanks coach
38:41you care about these young men like they're your own sons and and to deliver news of disappointment
38:47to one and deliver news of excitement for another is is a challenging thing to do good yes sir
38:54good i met cj ten minutes ago he's going to start and
39:04it was a tough decision to make because both you all deserve to start there's a lot of factors that
39:11played into my decision to say okay we're going to 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
39:31but 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
39:45i told you this is just delayed gratification it's one of the hardest decisions i've made in my life
39:51in my for sure as a head coach um one of the hardest decisions i've ever made kenny it was a difficult
40:00meeting you had to deliver news of disappointment i think if it ever becomes easy you know you might
40:06be in the wrong profession appreciate you yes sir real quick i wanted to grab you guys for uh one
40:32quick second met with the quarterbacks and i told to let them know cj will we'll start okay um i told
40:39them both we're gonna need both of them they know that i thought it was important that you all hear it
40:43first because it'll be out on social media and all those different things and and you guys don't
40:49understand sometimes being in that position um everything's a big deal everything'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
41:07right 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
41:20in the 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 coach here
41:33that moment was one of the greatest moments of my life but it was a temporary moment people see oh man
41:40you're the head coach it's great and quickly i learned the value of delayed gratification the very first
41:46game we lose what'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 but then you got a value delay
42:00gratification this this too shall pass for kenny and a lot of other guys okay that
42:10aren't getting what they want right now
42:13but you have to value delayed gratification if you want to get over this and be better because of it
42:20everybody understand that okay so i thought it was a great opportunity just to make sure we
42:23understand this as a program
42:46i feel like we always overreact to early season games in college football but when you have a schedule
42:51like 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 if you've got to get
43:16somebody up for week one you know they don't have a pulse you're the only show in town on that sunday
43:22night prime time everybody's going to be watching you in that spot i think it's going to be huge
43:29i feel like the team is kind of getting ready for week one and kind of realizing that you know
43:33it's about to get real and you know we're not fall camp anymore it's time to kind of come together as
43:38a team and you know it's not offense defense it's notre dame we know who we're playing sunday night
43:447 30 p.m hard rock stadium let's roll with tradition comes responsibility let's talk about the history
43:50real quick i think if you're a fan of college football you understand the game of 88 and and
43:57how important that game was and the rivalry uh that really um entailed there have been hostilities
44:04between these two schools bad feelings at that time those two teams were at the top of college
44:09football so naturally there's a rivalry that ugly few moments down there on the end zone pushing and
44:16shoving broke out there was some kicking history is something that comes if we're in the gold helmet
44:22we take a lot of pride in it this one in specific it holds a little bit of bad blood
44:26we'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 at miami
44:50notre dame loses 27 10 miami wins the national championship so three years in a row the winner of
44:55this game won the national championship sunday night is here okay we still got five days right
45:01so let's take care of today everybody good let's go to work tgs on two one two yes before you come
45:07to notre dame it's nothing personal with miami or usc or any other team but as soon as you step on
45:12campus you have that relationship where okay i have to hate this other team like it's something
45:17personal so that's how we're entering this this season is it's personal you know this ain't your
45:22grandpa's notre dame we're a different team everyone here has been looked down upon at least
45:27once or twice in their life everyone has fought for something and so i think that gives us an edge
45:31that we didn't have before and 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 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 moment
45:52how's classes going and how many are actually going right now they're going good i mean i mean for
46:04me i got all my core classes now so i hire school's pretty important at this point yes i gotta pass them
46:10all right so what do you got finance wise right now i'm in corporate finance that's your only finance
46:17plans well and uh macro finance and portfolio strategy that's a lot of numbers though throwing
46:25at me that's what the calculator's for huh that's what a calculator's for yeah i wish calculator solved
46:30it all but it don't you know you have all the emotions racing um before a game um but being able
46:35to sit down you know talk with your family and people who've been around your whole life um it brings
46:39a sense of peace and you know calmness to you i'm just hoping that tomorrow you guys can now hit
46:46somebody else oh yeah and all the fighting that's how we talk about yeah i mean you go through all
46:51fall camp and summer it's just you're going against your guys and it gets a little heated too that's
46:56that's the part like you feel a little hostility in the locker room between guys like now everyone
47:01comes together at this point in the season it'll be all to go forward so that's the question are you
47:05guys now friends yeah how do we feel about tomorrow i feel good probably gonna storm there's been bad
47:11weather on her yes on and off florida typical which you know yeah growing up for me you know
47:18i've always been around football especially being from the south florida area my dad was a coach when
47:22i was younger so you know i got pretty much got right into football you can't not get good from
47:27being from south florida you know i was a dolphins fan but you know wasn't really into college football
47:31game yet you know obviously all family around me friends they all love the u so you know it meant a lot
47:37going into that game our wide receiver room i think this will be a big test for us oh big time
47:42if they stack the box and essentially they're saying i don't trust that your receiving room and car
47:49can beat them handsome call it's gonna be a fun game on paper looks great you guys just got to go
47:56deliver yeah right now was last year a fluke are you guys a real deal
48:01they'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
48:19three receivers to the bottom one to the top it's gilbert alone for car the offense hasn't looked
48:33terribly sharp takes the shotgun snap car looking right now spins out of the pocket pressure i was
48:40on the other side of the field and then i see cj running around the backfield you know i'm trying
48:43to get open for him but i didn't really know where he was going oh he's running back to the 30 yard line
48:47keeping the play alive i see him running across the field on the other side and he's looking to
48:51the middle of the field and i'm looking too and i'm like i don't really see no one in the middle of
48:54the field car looking downfield fire touchdown michael gilbert what a play by cj car and he hits a no
49:06look to michael wide open in the end zone it was just like yeah this boy's a baller you know what i'm
49:12saying right there throw it away throw it away heck 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
49:30stand is coming here for this notre dame defense they're very well coached they have good running
49:34backs they have a good quarterback carson back he's really smart so giving him time to develop in
49:41the 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
50:05cj daniels 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
50:20as offense you know we're not a team that's going to back down
50:23carr turns runs into williams now throws he has base on who makes the catch and walks into the end zone
50:29for a touchdown just like that into one score game we're not going to back down no matter you know
50:36what point in the game it is and then you know we're going to have that no quit mentality three
50:39minutes 30 seconds to play shotgun for carr takes the snap he's going to run up the middle across the
50:46five for the end zone he's in cj carr runs in for a touchdown and the irish can tie the game with an extra
50:55point cj was great he showed what he can do um he's a dog on the field off the field
51:0547-yard attempt coming for davis this is for the lead drives it on its way and the kick
51:12is good and notre name has lost the season opener wasn't our best football and you know it wasn't what
51:19we wanted to display to everyone that was watching going off the field obviously sucked
51:25we lost when 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 i didn't do the best that i could
51:38or play the best that i could but i made sure to keep my chin held high because i didn't want to give
51:44them the satisfaction that they defeated me credit to them we lost a three-point game to a top 10 team
51:52okay in a battle and we know damn well we could have won that game and should have won that game
51:56right we got a damn good ball team but we got to get back to work this taste the pain hurts the
52:01embarrassment okay we got to use this as we go back to work proud of the way you guys played man
52:05a loss like that fuels us obviously and i feel that really carries um a team and i think we'll carry our
52:11team you know to the end of the season go to work stay together and we'll get it fixed everybody good
52:15keep your heads up here we go hey take us out to you watch you teach us
52:34you
52:45you
53:06you
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