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Jan 29, 2025 | 
notredame.rivals.com | Eric Hansen |Eric Hansen
The successor to Al Golden as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator brings some of the same elements that made the now-Cincinnati Bengals DC such a perfect fit for what head coach Marcus Freeman has been building in the first three years of his regime. And some résumé riddles as well that require some decoding.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
bvmsports.com | Eric Hansen
ATLANTA - In the last choreographed photo op before the unscripted ones take over, Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman on Sunday morning still had the presence of mind to remember what got him here.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
notredame.rivals.com | Eric Hansen
ATLANTA — In the last choreographed photo op before the unscripted ones take over, Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman on Sunday morning still had the presence of mind to remember what got him here.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
bvmsports.com | Eric Hansen
ATLANTA - The whispers about Charles Jagusah's beautifully contorted path back to ascending to Notre Dame's No. 1 option at left tackle got louder and more substantive on Saturday. Two days before the first-circle moment that might matter most on Monday night in Mercedes-Benz Stadium unfolds in a plotline saturated with them.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
notredame.rivals.com | Eric Hansen
ATLANTA — The whispers about Charles Jagusah’s beautifully contorted path back to ascending to Notre Dame’s No. 1 option at left tackle got louder and more substantive on Saturday. Two days before the first-circle moment that might matter most on Monday night in Mercedes-Benz Stadium unfolds in a plotline saturated with them.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
bvmsports.com | Eric Hansen
Notre Dame CB Leonard Moore remains all business ahead of marquee matchup SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Maybe the most remarkable aspect of Leonard Moore's rise from a midseason Plan B to becoming the nation's best college football freshman on the defensive side of the ball is how oblivious he is to the potential distractions around him. Which seem to get more brazen and blaring with each passing day.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
notredame.rivals.com | Eric Hansen
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Maybe the most remarkable aspect of Leonard Moore’s rise from a midseason Plan B to becoming the nation’s best college football freshman on the defensive side of the ball is how oblivious he is to the potential distractions around him. Which seem to get more brazen and blaring with each passing day.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
bvmsports.com | Eric Hansen
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - They hugged until the teardrops stopped, then smiled until their faces started to hurt. And a week after that epic postgame embrace on Jan. 2 on the turf of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, there was certainly reason to do it all over again in Miami Gardens, Fla. "There was a lot that went into that moment," said BJ Payne, one half of the Sugar Bowl embrace and the former high school coach of the other half, Notre Dame junior linebacker Jaylen Sneed.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
notredame.rivals.com | Eric Hansen
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — They hugged until the teardrops stopped, then smiled until their faces started to hurt. And a week after that epic postgame embrace on Jan. 2 on the turf of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, there was certainly reason to do it all over again in Miami Gardens, Fla. “There was a lot that went into that moment,” said BJ Payne, one half of the Sugar Bowl embrace and the former high school coach of the other half, Notre Dame junior linebacker Jaylen Sneed.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
notredame.rivals.com | Eric Hansen
Eric Hansen of Inside ND Sports joins WSBT sports director Peter Byrne discuss 7 seed Notre Dame's CFP National Championship Game matchup with 8 seed Ohio State, Monday in Atlanta. They break down the matchups, the stakes in Monday's game and beyond, and the secret sauce that has carried the Irish (14-1) to this point and what could boost them to their first national title since 1988.
