Good morning! I’ll have the usual array of links regarding all that’s transpired in Notre Dame football in the past 24 hours. But: If there’s just one story you read today, make it this one. Your thoughts and prayers for Elli Thatcher, the girlfriend of Notre Dame football player DeShone Kizer, are appreciated today as she undergoes a very complicated procedure to remove a tumor from her neck.
Here are the rest of your headlines:
FROM OUR SITE
- A journey worth following: 271 Miles (271 Miles blog)
- Officer Tim McCarthy: A Notre Dame football legend retires
PODCAST
- Irish Sports Talk: Wednesday press conference – April 15 IST160
RECRUITING – COMMITTED
- Blue & Gold Illustrated (F/$): Jones eyeing two sports (✰✰✰ FL RB Tony Jones Jr.)
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame defensive line coming together on recruiting trail (✰✰✰✰ NC DE Julian Okwara)
- Saturday Blitz: 4-star DE Julian Okwara commits to Notre Dame (NC)
RECRUITING – OFFERED
- Bleacher Report: Notre Dame football: 2016 sleeper recruits Brian Kelly should target
- Blue & Gold Illustrated (F): Hardman wants to visit (✰✰✰✰ GA ATH Mecole Hardman)
- Dawg Post: Chidi Okonya on the record (✰✰✰✰ GA DE)
- Irish247 ($): Notre Dame in the 2017 Top247
- Scout (F): Boudreaux’s lengthy list dwindles down to 10 (✰✰✰ FL OG Parker Boudreaux)
- Syracuse Post Standard: Syracuse football target Robert Washington knows where he’ll commit (✰✰✰✰ NC RB)
- USC Football.com: Nathan Smith finds the right fit (✰✰✰✰ CA OT, committed Wednesday to USC)
RECRUITING – ND INTERESTED, BUT NO OFFER
- Irish Illustrated (F): Top sophomore ready to visit Irish (CA TE Taariq Johnson, class of 2017, no rating yet)
- Irish Sports Daily (F): Young QB gets sneak peek at ND (MI QB Dwan Mathis, class of 2021?, no rating yet)
- Scout (F): Alabama visit leads to offer (GA CB Christian Tutt, class of 2018, no rating yet)
- Scout (F): 2018 OL adds second offer (IN OG Emil Ekiyor, no rating yet)
- Spartan Digest (F): Cupp goes in-depth on Spartans offer (✰✰✰ OH OG Gavin Cupp)
CURRENT TEAM
- Chicago Tribune: Notre Dame’s Kelly enjoys depth afforded by strong quarterback combo
- CSN Sportsnet Chicago: Brian Kelly praises his QBs….in relation to Ohio State?
- Elkhart Truth: Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly would take his quarterbacks over Ohio State’s
- ESPN: Brian Kelly praises QBs, likes Irish situation more than Ohio State’s
- Irish247 (F): Extra points (April 15)
- Irish247 (F): Brian Kelly would take Irish QBs over Ohio State’s
- Irish247 (F): Takes two to replace Brindza
- Irish247: Video: Kelly talks spring standouts
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- Irish Illustrated ($): Stacking up spring returns
- Irish Illustrated (F): Ample WR corps still taking shape
- Irish Illustrated: Video: Kelly talks personnel
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- ND Nation: Spring preview – defense
- One Foot Down: Reviewing the redshirts: WR Corey Holmes
- UND.com: Irish Extra: Jarret Grace’s long road to recovery
- Yahoo: Brian Kelly: ‘I would take our two QBs over Ohio State’s’
COACHING
- Irish Sports Daily: Video: Brian Kelly PC 4-15-2015
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- One Foot Down: Cutting through the coach speak: Brian Kelly addresses the media before the Blue-Gold game
- UHND: Intriguing spring for Brian Kelly and Notre Dame staff
BLUE-GOLD GAME – SATURDAY
- Bleacher Report: Complete previews for top college football spring games this weekend
- Blue & Gold Illustrated: Brian Kelly lays out Blue-Gold game rules
- Elkhart Truth: Notre Dame quarterbacks will be live during Blue-Gold game
- Inside the Irish: Quarterbacks will be live during Blue-Gold game
- Inside the Irish: Blue-Gold game rules and format for 86th annual spring game
- Irish247 (F): Kelly: Quarterbacks will be live in first-half of spring game
- Irish247 (F): Notre Dame fan will get to call a play in Blue-Gold game
- Irish Illustrated (F): Golson, Zaire will go live
- Irish Illustrated (F): Quarterbacks, Irish ready to go live
- ND Insider: Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly unveils Blue-Gold game format
- ND Insider: Notebook: Could ND defense surprise in Blue-Gold game and beyond?
- ND Insider: Busy weekend ahead on Notre Dame campus
- Saturday Blitz: Notre Dame 2015 spring game: Top five things to watch for
- WSBT: Quarterbacks “live” for Blue-Gold game
SCHEDULE
- ESPN: The perils of scheduling too far ahead
- Inside the Irish: Shamrock Series tickets could cost Boston College fans $25,000
- San Diego Sun Times: Could Notre Dame football play a game in San Diego?
IRISH IN THE NFL
TIM MCCARTHY RETIREMENT
- ND Insider: The man behind Notre Dame safety tips, and quips, retires
- WNDU: Tim McCarthy has delivered his final season of safety messages at Notre Dame Stadium
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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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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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Follow @HLS_NDtex
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