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Newsstand: Notre Dame named to midseason honor roll for Joe Moore Award

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Notre Dame offensive line coach Joe Rudolph. (© Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Notre Dame has one of the 24 best offensive lines in college football.

Wednesday evening, the midseason honor roll for the Joe Moore Award was revealed on a YouTube show with a panel that included former Fighting Irish offensive linemen Aaron Taylor and Mike Golic Jr. They were joined by Jenny Dell of CBS Sports and ESPN/SEC Network’s Cole Cubelic.

The Joe Moore Award is given annually to the best offensive line in college football. This year, the Irish’s has paved the way for the best running back duo in the country in Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price while keeping redshirt freshman quarterback CJ Carr upright and in the conversation for being one of the best QBs in the nation as well.

On Nov. 5, a list of semifinalists will be chosen from the following honor roll honorees:

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Alabama
  • Cincinnati
  • Duke
  • Florida State
  • Georgia Tech
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Memphis
  • Miami
  • Michigan
  • Missouri
  • Navy
  • Notre Dame
  • Ohio State
  • Oregon
  • Southern California
  • Texas A&M
  • Tennessee
  • Tulane
  • Utah
  • Vanderbilt
  • Washington

Notre Dame social media posts of the day

The human embodiment of unit strength.

The Athletic named Fighting Irish sophomore corner Leonard Moore a midseason First Team All-American.

More Irish All-American nods: Moore on Sports Illustrated’s First Team, and junior running back Jeremiyah Love on SI’s Second Team.

Fighting Irish quote of the day

“The biggest concern, it’s the run game. It’s those two backs. If CJ Carr throws for 400 yards and Notre Dame wins but the running game gets shut down, I still think if you’re USC you’re OK with how that played out. You can’t just get carved up on the ground. I think USC did a better job against Michigan, but again, that’s at home. Can you do it on the road? That’s the biggest challenge coming into this one.”

WeAreSC reporter Erik McKinney

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