II had a podcast but I haven’t listened yet. Seemed like a very encouraging day for the left side of the line and the QB/WR. I am giddy at the thought of Graham’s athleticism wreaking havoc on linebackers and nickels. WR seems to be in good shape, and we’ve got Greathouse waiting in the wings and hopefully fixing that hamstring before August camp.

This is smoke blowing season but the signs are there that we’ve reached a new level of talent and depth across the board.

He often looked unbloackable out there yesterday going against supremely talented OTs who have been in the program considerably longer. I'll double down on my "Aaron Lynch with upperclass maturity" comp.

It sounds like the OL did play well and won more often than they lost, creating some space for James and Walton to run. Given that we only really saw two of the five-headed backfield monster in action, I'm not concerned about a lack of explosive plays from our backs this fall.

Luke Talich could have gone the Burnham route with his final year of eligibility to secure a "starting job" elsewhere. Instead, he was confident enough in himself and the coaching staff to find even more ways to get him involved in a role just as impactful as one of the first 11. My prediction is that some NFL team is going to call Luke's number next spring, first-string be damned.

Devin Fitzgerald is exactly the sort of player fans will be talking about 2-3 years from now and wondering, "Why the hell were schools not all over this dude as a recruit? He's only Larry Fitz's freaking son!" Devin showed off some wheels and run-away-from-you speed yesterday that almost nobody thought he had in his bag. As Greg Flammang would say, we are monitoring.

Connor Flanagan and Adon Shuler are both serious red-asses who seem to always be in the middle of whatever extracurriculars have gone on this spring. Every great team needs a couple of these. Not TOO many...but a couple, absolutely. Will serve us well on the #revengetour.

It’s called the Blue and Gold game, and they hold it in the stadium and broadcast it on Peacock. Typically a fun weekend to be on campus.

They spent the last year telling us how relatively unimpressive he was for an ND commit, yet Sampson reported he looked very capable yesterday.

• The defense is as advertised -- this looks like a unit that's taken a step forward from what we saw on the field the last ten games. We have multiple guys at DB that expect to be 1st round picks.
  
• If there's any problems with the defense, it's that we have so much versatility with our personnel that you worry about Coordinator ADHD
  
• CJ Carr is giving "the man" vibes on the order of 2005 Brady Quinn. It's been a very long time since ND has had an undisputed, out of the gate AA level player at QB
  
• I suspect Nolan James will end up being the primary back, although carries will be pretty balanced between him and Williams. Williams is one of the better receivers at RB that we've had in a long time
  
• It's going to be hard to get Graham and Faison off the field. The WR position looks like it's light years ahead of where it was at the end of the Kelly era.

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Freeman's got so much riz they need to call him Aura Parseghian

Who's the taller guy?

https://youtu.be/-TPOz_rJ6ZU?si=aJ6XRRGRP24LfpWV

Defense obviously missing some key guys due to injury, but still a pretty good sign that this could be an extremely explosive and high-scoring team.