Welcome to the Shamrock. I'm your host, Matt Fortuna. Our friend Pete Samson is enjoying a lovely vacation with his family, and we're going to let him be. The last time he tried doing something like this, good old Brian Kelly decided he was going to

leave Notre Dame and become the head coach at LSU, thus ruining the Samson's family getaway.

So they have definitely earned this one.

Our show today centers on a conversation with Jordan Cornett.

Jordan is a two-time shamrock guest and is a familiar face around these parts for being a two-time captain with Mike Braves basketball team, where Cornet also holds a school record for career block shots. We'll talk to Cornett a little bit about hoops and about the once-in-a-lifetime game he got to take in Saturday night in New Orleans, but we'll mostly talk football as he's the host of the huddle the ac c networks flagship football show

among other duties with the spn cornet like marcus freeman hails from ohio and he really likes what he has

seen from the first year head coach so far i think you'll enjoy his perspective on all the changes

that have come to netherdame in the first five months of the freven regime especially from the

alumni side of things.

And Count Cornett among the few who is pleased to see Notre Dame stepping out of its scheduling traditions to face Tennessee State and the 2023 home opener as well.

His view is absolutely worth taking into account.

So without further ado, here's Jordan Cornett on the Shamrock.

We're now pleased to be joined by Notre Dame great Jordan Cornett. You've seen him on the Shamrock. We're now pleased to be joined by Notre Dame Great, Jordan Cornett.

You've seen him on the ACC network, on ESPN, on first take.

You've heard him on the radio.

I see him laughing as I call him, Notre Dame Great.

I almost spit out my coffee with that introduction.

So we're just telling blatant lies for these next 20 minutes or so.

Over sell and under deliver. That's what we do here on the shamrock. I see you drinking coffee. I know it's early. You just got back from the final four. We got to start with that. I mean, especially covering the ACC as deeply as you do, seeing Duke in North Carolina, Coach Kay's last game. What was that experience like in New Orleans? It was incredible. I mean, to me, it had the juice of a national championship

game in any sport. I mean, just what was on the line. The storylines don't need to be

repeated. That part is obvious. But the fact that, like, I harken back to some of, like,

the highly anticipated games that we've

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