2022 Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game Visitors | Scouting Notebook

Maybe it was the product of a coach being at the same place for over a decade. Maybe it was an unwillingness to try and compete with other programs who routinely have spring game attendance numbers that are much larger than Notre Dame’s.

It could have been a number of things, but it’s undeniable that the spring game was de-emphasized as a recruiting event for Notre Dame in recent years.

Things are different in year one of the Freeman era.