JotCast | Notre Dame Football Live Chat Sept. 10, 2025

Notre Dame Football Live Chat Sept. 10, 2025

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Manny from san pedro

12:14

Eric!!!!!! Much needed bye week for the fan base!!!! Texas A&M wants revenge. For us to win. What position battle can we not afford to lose? To me it’s our OL vs their D Line. We have to run the ball!!!

Eric Hansen

12:13

Marcus did make some schematic tweaks with his defense and he simplified it and then was able to get more complex later in the season. And ND was very good on defense that season, even losing Kyle Hamilton in October for the season. Chris Ash and the staff need to make the same kind of adjustments, so the players are not playing hesitantly. This isn't a talent problem. ... We're a long, long way from BVG.

12:11

The problem is even with spring ball and training camp, there are things you learn about your scheme and how your new players fit within that only a game can give you. And Miami provided that lesson. So what Marcus was referring to was the players weren't playing fast, because there was not clarity. Former ND linebacker Rocky Boiman does a great job of explaining this on our Third & Gold Podcast that drops Thursday morning. ... if you want more depth. (more)

12:09

Don, that's the best punctuation from you EVER. Strong start. ND may need you on the D-line if you have eligibility left. ... To your question. If you reference the press conference, there was a question I asked Marcus Freeman near the end about adjustments he had to make in his scheme after giving up 38 points in his first game as ND's defensive coordinator in 2021 to a team that finished 80th that season in total offense. The Irish then coughed up 29 to Toledo in a narrow in the next week, but he adjusted. (more)

Don from Scottsdale

12:07

Eric!!!!!!! Glad the season started. Unfortunately, the outcome was not expected but Miami played well. I did not see Coach's press conference but did read the questions and CMF's answers. I might be reading into an answer to a question regarding the play of the D. Freeman answered and said something about the D not playing fast. Is that due to DC Ash's defensive scheme? What do we need to see this week to know the D is on the right track? If the D does not improve this week, when do we start worrying about the return of BVG? Thanks.

Eric Hansen

Off we go ...

Here are the rules, with the "no drinking" rule rescinded.

12:05

PLEASE include you NAME and HOMETOWN along with your question(s).

12:04

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 new expanded show kicked off with 3 ½ hours of news, analysis and special guests live from the iconic Linebacker Lounge in South Bend on Saturday ahead of the Texas A&M game. We’ll start our coverage at 3 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 and YouTube.

► 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 ND offensive lineman Trevor Ruhland, who’s written a three-part, first-person series that ran last week on blueandgold.com that you’ll want to catch up on if you missed it … on the physical aftermath of his college football career, finding purpose in the working world, his ongoing relationship with the game and much more. This week’s podcast drops Thursday, and we catch up with and talk Notre Dame defensive fixes with former Irish and NFL linebacker Rocky Boiman.

12:03

► 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 for you to have with your Sunday morning coffee. And check out some great shows on the Blue & Gold YouTube channel as well.

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12:02

► 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 we’ve got a special limited-time offer for new subscribers. Sign up for blueandgold.com now for a year and get it for $1 a week. That’s $52 for an entire year of our Notre Dame sports coverage, 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.

12:01

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