Nearly sitting in the lap, in Moose Krause-Krauss Statue, and outside Notre Dame Stadium,

where Notre Dame will appear for the first time since its college football playoff win against Indiana.

This is Irish Illustrated Instant Analysis.

To my right, Drew Mentock, to my left, Tim Preacher.

Tim, it's blue and gold game day, kick off at 2 o'clock.

What are you looking for today?

Well, I think, you know, individual players have to make plays.

Now, I know that that sounds cliche, but when you consider that both these offenses are

going to be working behind offensive lines that are really disjointed, that means somebody's

got to do something on his own maybe. When a defensive alignment's cut loose, somebody's got to evade him, get around him, and make a play.

That's like when we talked about last week about, you know, passes behind receivers, you have to take advantage of those opportunities.

So it could be a jailbreak again like it was last Saturday in the scrimmage that we witnessed.

But when those opportunities arise, an individual has to step up and make a play.

Drew, a similar question.

Notre Dame typically concludes its spring with the blue and gold game.

The Irish have three more practices after today, but this will be the only time fans see the team, the last time the media sees the team.

Also, what are you looking for today? Yeah, I mean, I think we, as we touched on our list past week, just there's a lot of young guys that

we've seen really flashing, especially on the defensive end, like Tay Johnson, Kennedy,

or Erlack, or Creed Thomas is a guy who's really stood out to us. So I'm curious, even with the

loss of a guy like Xavier Watch, so we see some of that young length that fans can get excited about.

And also see them in a different moment and how they kind of handle a crowd,

you know, that we're seeing them in the IAC where they're just getting watched by us

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