WATCH: Notre Dame fall camp reaction, new prediction, more
In a weekly YouTube live show, BlueandGold.com’s Tim Hyde, Ashton Pollard and Mike Singer discuss and react to the latest news and notes in the world of Notre Dame football and recruiting.
The show was moved from Wednesday to Tuesday this week due to travel for Mike this week but will be back in its normal Wednesday slot next week.
Ashton has covered all three Notre Dame fall camp practices that have been available to the media. She discussed that, and the group also talked about a new prediction logged for the Irish to land a five-star defensive line recruit.
Mike logged a pick for Chicago St. Ignatius’ Justin Scott, the No. 12 overall player and No. 1 defensive line per the 2024 On3 Consensus, to choose Notre Dame. The group discussed that news and more recruiting information.
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What separates Notre Dame football players according to defensive coordinator Al Golden
It doesn’t matter where Al Golden goes. The Notre Dame defensive coordinator is always asked the same thing.
What’s it like going from coaching NFL players — a group of guys who nearly won the Super Bowl six months ago — to college players, many of whom are not yet old enough to belly up to the bar and buy themselves a beer?
“It’s an interesting question,” Golden said Monday. “It’s one that recruits have asked me.”
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If it has the attention of prospective players, then you know it’s important.
Golden was the Cincinnati Bengals’ linebackers coach during their run to the Super Bowl, where they fell narrowly to the Los Angeles Rams, this past season. He spent six seasons as an NFL assistant after being the head coach at the University of Miami from 2011-15. He was at the head coach at Temple from 2006-10 after spending a decade-plus as an assistant at Virginia, Boston College and Penn State, his alma mater.
Golden knows both sides, college and pro. He knows what separates the two. Namely, maturity — physical and mental. He’s seen less of those differences at Notre Dame than he might have first anticipated upon taking the job in February.
Or maybe not.
