JotCast | Notre Dame Football Live Chat Nov. 26, 2025

Notre Dame Football Live Chat Nov. 26, 2025

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Eric Hansen

12:39

Hi Ryan. Jalen Stroman was impressive during the game and after the game as well. When he talked about his love for Notre Dame and how he stayed patient and kept working and was ready for his opportunity, that's the epitome of what Notre Dame's culture is under Marcus Freeman. Happy Thanksgiving!

Ryan Frankfort Illinois

12:37

Good afternoon Eric what do you think about the play of Jalen Stroman vs Syracuse i think he looked good i think the Irish win big this week 56 -10 GO IRISH ☘️☘️☘️🏈🏈🏈 Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽

Eric Hansen

12:36

Don!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You surprised me with Manny/San Pedro-level punctuation! Well-played. And wow, thank you for all that nice stuff. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.

Don in Scottsdale

12:35

Eric, Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!! I realized today I've been reading your stuff for 20 years. I moved west for work 20 years ago. Was single at the time and my daughters were in school back east. Charlie was coach and ND became interesting. I started to follow ND football closely with SBT being a daily read. Of course, your reporting was the best and reading you first thing became a habit that's lasted 20 years. You renewed my passion for ND football which is very much a good thing. No questions this week, Best to you, your family and the staff at B&G.

Eric Hansen

12:35

Hi Jack and thanks and Happy Thanksgiving. I will get to see her, so that's awesome. ... Well we have a very small sample size, but all four home teams won last year. I think there is more of advantage for ND than for some other teams on that bubble between hosting and going on the road. Can you imagine Alabama having to come up and play in South Bend weather? The good news is ND has been a pretty strong toad team under Marcus Freeman and has a good road mentality. But given the choice, home game would be better.

Jack, Strongsville, Oh

12:31

Hi Eric. A Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and your mom here in the area. Assuming Notre Dame qualifies for the CFP how crucial is it to have a first round game at home? Thanks as always for the great work.

Eric Hansen

12:30

The two freshmen O-linemen you mentioned each played 16 snaps and were outstanding. The only person with a higher film grade than Matty Augustine in that game was Jeremiyah Love. Will Black ranked fourth.

12:27

I've seen Jeremiyah Love play LOL. He is on my radar. So he will get strong consideration when I cast my ballot ... to your other questions. I'm not cooking. I'm an eater and a turkey carver (since age 14). ... Have no idea about Stanford's field but Robby Toma mentioned on our YouTube show last night with Mike Singer that it was when he played out there. ... I do not think this will be close, but not the walloping that Syracuse was. ... I think Eli Raridon gets drafted. (more)

12:24

Having said that, I voted for safety Xavier Watts third on my Heisman ballot last year. For the No. 2 team in the country, I thought he was the most impactful player on a team driven to the title game by its defense. A two-time consensus All-American, and the only unanimous All-America safety (2023) in Notre Dame HISTORY. And he's even a better person than he is a player. One of the most impressive, impactful players -- who made the people around him better -- I've covered in more than four decades of doing this.

12:21

Also, I don't get into in-season Heisman Trophy polls and I don't even think about who I might be voting for until I get within a week of the actually voting window. So that's after all the regular-season games. It's at the time, I also have to vote for the Associated Press All-America team. I don't make my final votes until after the conference championship games, but that week is when I first put it on the front burner. Now as far as any Notre Dame player. I feel like it's my job to be fair. If I think a Notre Dame player should win the award, then that's the way I should vote. And if I think it's someone else, then I need to vote that way. I do the same with the polls. If we all voted for players and teams we covered and not for the most deserving, then why are we doing this? There needs to be integrity to the process. (more)

12:17

Hi Tom. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I'll answer all of your question parts, but I wanted to pull up the one about Heisman Trophy voting first. I know you mean well in wanting Jeremiyah Love to have a chance to win the Heisman Trophy, but let me tell you about my process, and hopefully it will make some sense to you. First, I am a Heisman Trophy voter and have voted in every Heisman race since 1984, when I had Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie on my ballot as No. 1. (more)

Tom F, Kennesaw, GA

12:12

Hi Eric, best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving with the kids and grandkids. Who is doing the cooking?? Several questions but less than 17. Is Stanford's field still a mess?? Stanford seems to be playing pretty well lately do you see a close 1st half with ND pulling away in 2nd half??? How does a ND media person with a Heisman vote not put Love at #1?? Eli is a very athletic TE who also blocks well. Do you think he will continue ND's string of starting TE getting drafted?? How did Will Black and Matt Augustine do with a chance to play extended minutes??? Thanks for all of your great reporting this year . Go Irish!!!

Eric Hansen

OK off we go ...

12:11

The only one of these I'm going to enforce today is no fighting. And please carry that over 'til tomorrow.

12:10

In any event, PLEASE include your name and hometown along with your question(s).

Maybe I should have had it later in the day to acclimate you all for Saturday night's 10:30 ET kickoff ...

12:09

As far as this week's chat ...

► Finally at WSBT Sports Radio 960, I’m part of the Notre Dame Football pregame shows with Tim Grauel, Jim Irizarry and Blue & Gold teammate Tyler Horka. The GameDay show kicks off with 3 hours of news, analysis and special guests live on Saturday ahead of the ND-Stanford game. We’ll start our coverage at 6 p.m. ET. You can listen locally at WSBT-AM 960, Sunny 101.5 FM, and 106.1 FM in Southwest Michigan. And it will be live streaming on wsbtradio.com.

► The Inside ND Sports Podcast has been rebranded as the Third & Gold Podcast. Going forward the pod will be available on all the podcast places you found us before as well as our YouTube Channel. On our most recent episode, we caught up with former Irish All-America running back Allen Pinkett to get his take on Heisman Trophy contender Jeremiyah Love and the state of the Irish. Our next rendition comes out Thursday, Dec. 4. We’re off this Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

12:08

► If you missed the last episode of our aspiring-to-be-viral Notre Dame Football YouTube show, Football Never Sleeps, what are you doing with your life? Seriously, the show keeps its shelf life long after the live presentation, so you can catch up now or later on our YouTube channel. We’ll be back next week and every week, Monday at 7 p.m. ET, for another presentation of Football Never Sleeps with Tyler James co-hosting with me. We’ll also have our Postgame Takeaways show after the Stanford game for you to have with your Sunday morning coffee. And check out some great shows on the Blue & Gold YouTube channel as well, including the Notre Dame Football Show, live on Tuesday nights.

12:07

► On July 1, Tyler James and I made the move to the On3 network and blueandgold.com and joined some amazing teammates. It’s proven to be a great move for us and, I believe, for our subscribers as well. And if you’re a potential first-time subscriber, you can take a one-week test drive for $1. That’s seven days of our premium content, plus all the value you get from a national team of writers and content creators, as well as access to every team site in the On3 network. Check it out at: https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish/join/ And keep an eye on the site on Black Friday.

12:06

First, some quick programming notes:

12:05

We will be chatting sometime next week, just don't know the day yet. But I will alert you via my social media.

12:04

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