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VIDEO: Wake Up The Echoes S3 Ep1 with Marcus Freeman, Will Pauling – Texas A&M Week 9.9.25 – Official Show of the Fighting Irish

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Wake Up the Echoes: The Official Show of the Fighting Irish, kicks off Season 3 with Marcus Freeman and the newest member of the 2025 Notre Dame Football Captains, Will Pauling. Learn about Will’s life growing up in Chicago, the hard work ethic instilled in him by his father, and the time he found himself in over his head in

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DEPTH CHART: ‘Notre Dame’ Defense vs. Texas A&M

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[for original official PDF click here] [Jersey Number, Name, Height, Weight, [Eligibility-]Year, unofficial 40 times (from third-party sources; 40 times not necessarily current)] [Note: Although it had been reported in early 2025 that the program was moving beyond a Vyper concept, they do have “Vypers” on the current depth chart; same players listed as DE on the roster] – CB

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DEPTH CHART: ‘Notre Dame’ Offense vs. Texas A&M

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[for original PDF click here] [Jersey Number, Name, Height, Weight, [Eligibility-]Year, unofficial 40 times (from third-party sources; 40 times not necessarily current)] Average size interior offensive line: 6-6, 312 (average size OL starters 6-6, 314)   – QB – 13 CJ Carr 6-3 210 Fr. – 4.94 8 Kenny Minchey 6-2 208 So. – 4.78 10 Tyler Buchner 6-1 206

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Irish face urgency, and a pivotal matchup, but does ‘Notre Dame’ really have a “must-win” game with Texas A&M? Only if the Irish become good enough for the playoff

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It may be true, at least at the moment, that #16/17 Texas A&M is the only remaining top-25 Irish opponent. Yet it seems a bit silly to couch “must-win” game status within the notion that an 0-1 ‘Notre Dame’ is somehow a playoff contender. Nevertheless, there still should be a sense of urgency to “right the ship” addressing weaknesses and

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[Ad] NEW BOOK: “American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank Leahy”

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“Award-winning sportswriter Ivan Maisel brings the … legend of #NotreDame head #football coach #FrankLeahy back to life, based on rare and complete access to #FightingIrish football historical archives and the Leahy family. When Frank Leahy retired from Notre Dame after the 1953 season, he had the second‑best record in the history of the game (107‑13‑9, .864), second only to #KnuteRockne,

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Winless ‘Notre Dame’ rises in AP and Coaches Poll during bye week; Irish now only winless team in Top-25; Reminiscent of unranked Irish jumping into top-20 after losing Lou Holtz’s first game

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Another week into the season, ‘Notre Dame’ is now the only winless team in the top-25.The Irish rise to #8 in both the AP and Coaches Poll, still sitting at 0-1 after an early bye week. One recalls how, in Lou Holtz’s first game at ‘Notre Dame,’ the Irish became the first, possibly only, team to open the season unranked,

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Marcus Freeman almost always loses the week after a long-distance night game, including against Northern Illinois; This year’s early bye week is a stroke of luck for the Irish

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During his brief head coaching tenure, Marcus Freeman has gone 2-4 the week after a long-distance night game, 1-3 against unranked opponents. More than a third of Freeman’s total career losses as a head coach have come the week after a long-distance night game, 4 losses out of 11. Curiously enough, the only opponent he has beaten the week after

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Winless ‘Notre Dame’ Drops to #9; Irish One of Three 0-1 Teams in Top-10

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High-profile, early-season match-ups between highly ranked teams meant a smattering of elite programs with early losses. ‘Notre Dame’ is one of three 0-1 teams still in the top-10.  The #9 Irish are joined by #6/7 Texas, who were beaten by current-#1 Ohio State, and #8 Clemson, knocked off by Brian Kelly’s current-#3/4 LSU. Another 0-1 team in the top-20 is

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‘Notre Dame’ football opponent Miami (Fla.) is an abortion school; ACC membership out of step with ‘Notre Dame’s’ professed Catholic identity

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The Catholic Church regards abortion, prenatal filicide, as so serious that it brings about automatic excommunication, like other forms of homicide. At least a third of ‘Notre Dame’s’ 2025 football opponents have been associated with abortion. It is not a question of “bad-mouthing” an opponent, but whether they should have even been an opponent in the first place.  ‘Notre Dame’

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Marcus Freeman Rolls the Dice, Working Without A Safety Net, In Two Major Respects

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‘Notre Dame’ Head Coach Marcus Freeman is “working without a net” in two major respects, with no veteran quarterback on the roster and no one on the coaching staff with veteran head coaching experience. Quarterbacks For the first time in three years, Marcus Freeman does not have a veteran starter at quarterback. And for the first time in his still-young

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