There's been a lot of discourse over whether the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will get to the playoffs after starting the season 0-2. Count Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt among those who believe they will.
"The committee has assured us, well, I guess they haven't assured the public. They have talked about this somewhat publicly, but I know from conversations with the people that are really in the know, the committee are going to have more metrics, and in particular, not penalize teams for losses to really good opponents. For example, in this scenario that I'm painting, Notre Dame's losses would be the number two Miami and number seven Texas A &M. So their losses are not going to be held against them as much."
Duke basketball extends Jon Scheyer
Just a month to go until the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team tips off its season, and now it knows that one of its rival coaches is firmly entrenched in his job.
On Thursday, the Duke Blue Devils announced they'd signed head coach Jon Scheyer to a long-term extension that will see him stick with the program until 2031 at least.
Tabbed to succeed the legendary Mike Krzyzewski in 2021, Scheyer has done an impressive job keeping Duke near the top of the sport in his three seasons at the helm. He has won 89 games over those three seasons, leading the Blue Devils to the Elite Eight in 2024 and the Final Four last season. The 89 wins are tied with Brad Stevens and Brad Underwood for the most by any coach in their first three seasons in Division I history.
More Notre Dame Fighting Irish News
- Leonard Moore has missed the last two games, but head coach Marcus Freeman says that he thinks the defensive back will play against Boise State. He's still not 100% but the Irish believe he's good enough to make a positive difference.
- The Notre Dame basketball teams unveiled new alternate uniforms on Thursday. Both the men's and women's teams will wear a version of them from time to time this season.
- Speaking of uniforms, Marcus Freeman announced that the Fighting Irish will wear green jerseys in the game against Boise State. It's the first time they've done that this season.
- Jeremiyah Love has signed a new NIL deal, this time with Samsung. The Irish running back is managing to make quite a bit of cash for himself as he continues to cash in on his talent.
- Andrew Luck, who is running the Stanford football program, has announced that when the Cardinal take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish later this season, the school will be giving away "Captain" Andrew Luck bobbleheads that are a play on a longtime meme which pretends that he's a Civil War soldier, writing letters to his family.