Good morning and happy Friday! I’m here to catch you up on all that’s gone on with Notre Dame football in the past 24 hours. Here are your headlines:

PODCAST

• Irish Illustrated: Spring surprises (45:37)

RECRUITING – COMMITTED

• Irish Sports Daily: Inside the Commitment: Sacrifice for success (Tony Jones Jr.)

RECRUITING – OFFERED

• Bleacher Report: Previewing Ohio State’s surprisingly huge recruiting weekend (Rashan Gary, Josh King, Ahmir Mitchell, Brad Hawkins, Ron Johnson, Jarrett Guarantano)
• CUTigers (F): Paint him orange (Four-star DE Rahshaun Smith committed to Clemson)
• Dawg Post ($): Dawgs target deciding soon? (Four-star DE Chidi Okonya)
• Detroit News: Trieu: MSU enters wide open chase for huge DE Sammons (Prince Sammons)
• Greenville Online: Clemson football adds 4-star linebacker to 2016 class (Rahshaun Smith)
• Inside Tennessee ($): Tennessee in Okonya’s top four (Four-star DE Chidi Okonya)
• Irish247 ($): Julian Okwara visits Notre Dame (Four-star DE and younger brother of Romeo Okwara)
• Palm Beach Post: Miami Hurricanes 2016 football recruiting: Nine 2016 names to watch (Cary Angeline)
• Scout (F): Smith will lace up his cleats in the ACC (Rahshaun Smith)
• Scout (F): Notre Dame visit a success (Elijah Holyfield)
• Scout ($): Nittany Lions offer 4-star Robertson (DE Auston Robertson)

RECRUITING – NO OFFER, BUT ND INTERESTED

• Irish247: One-on-one with four-star linebacker Noah Burks

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• Scout ($): Weaver visits UCLA (Three-star DE Evan Weaver)
• Scout ($): Weaver checks out Cal (Three-star DE Evan Weaver)
• Scout ($): Buchanan’s a ‘soft commitment’ to Louisville (Three-star CB Baylen Buchanan)
• Scout ($): Georgia’s on Buchanan’s mind (Three-star CB Baylen Buchanan)

CURRENT TEAM

• Bleacher Report (Arnold): How Notre Dame can best use all of its playmakers in 2015
• Campus Insiders: Path to the college football playoff: Notre Dame
• Goshen News: Notre Dame football: Defensive backs showing improvement
• Inside the Irish: Bars and Nelson impressing at left guard
• Irish247: Hunter Jr. juggling the life of a two-sport athlete
• Irish Illustrated: A necessary 180 (Elijah Shumate)
• NDInsider: Chat transcript: Talk Notre Dame football with Eric Hansen
• Jac Collinsworth: ND Live spring football update 1 3/26/15

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COACHING

• CSN Sportsnet Chicago: Notre Dame: Third QB coach in three years not a concern

MISC.

• College Football Talk: Arizona, FSU potential landing spots for transferring ex-Irish center (Matt Hegarty)
• Daily Pilot: Virgen: McCarthy continues to inspire (Kyle McCarthy)
• Detroit News: Seahawks GM: Tate’s success with Lions ‘hard to watch’
• News Press: Invention lessens chances of fumbling
• Sportsblog: Bring it back! (Michigan vs. Notre Dame)

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Notre Dame graduate, class of '02 (the Davie years!). A former newspaper and TV reporter, andrewwinn is now professionally involved in something far less fun to discuss than college football. A dad, a husband and a wannabe data nerd.





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