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6 Thoughts on a Thursday

Thoughts on why winning the quarterback job is about making winning plays, why Notre Dame fans should have high expectations for the sophomore class, and why even more internal competition is pushing this team to be better than they were last season
August 14, 2025
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In my sophomore year at Idaho State, I played with a cornerback who had played previously at City College of San Francisco. They were a junior college powerhouse at that time. He won back to back national championships there. They went on to win two more of the next three after he was gone too.

He was 21 years old, so not exactly someone who would be referred to as “Unc” today.

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