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Irish Illustrated Inside Podcast: Notre Dame's Spring Practice at the Halfway Mark And Spotlighting Who Has The Most to Prove Before The Jersey Scrimmage

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Irish Illustrated Insider's April 6 edition resets Notre Dame's spring at the halfway mark, spotlighting who has the most to prove before the Jersey Scrimmage and how a fresh 247Sports crystal ball for top‑200 safety Zayden Gamble reflects the Irish's recruiting punch. The show tackles the backup quarterback race, Will Black's surge on the offensive line, and the ongoing debate over Marcus Freeman's biggest weakness and signature in‑game moment. Fans ask questions on potential depth‑chart climbers, the injured playmaker Notre Dame can least afford to lose, the possibility of Nolan James becoming another surprise Week 1 starter, and a long‑overdue appreciation of Kyren Williams' place among recent Irish backs.

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0:00.0

Welcome back, everybody, to a post-easter edition of Irish Illustrated Insider.

0:06.8

I'm Tim Priester with Drew Mentock, both of us from Irish Illustrated.

0:11.1

It's Dingus Day in South Bend.

0:13.0

I don't know if or exactly how many people know about Dingus Day.

0:17.2

They know about it in Buffalo, New York.

0:18.9

They know about it in Cleveland and Chicago.

0:21.5

And also South Bend, a big Polish-American celebration marking the end of Lent. So a big day

0:28.0

in South Bend for the politicians and the Polish-Americans on the southwest side of South Bend.

0:34.3

My family grew up in that area, so I'm quite familiar with it. Drew, what's your

0:39.0

heritage? Did you celebrate Dingus Day? A little bit. My dad didn't grow up here, but he is

0:44.7

Polish. Mentok is actually, they changed it from a Polish last name because no one could pronounce it.

0:49.9

So it actually, it should be Polish. It should be Mulecic, which my understanding is probably not accurate, but it was milkman. So I am. And then they change it to Mentot because I guess that's how everyone in the coal mines in Wyoming was saying it. Got it. Well, we are six practices into Notre Dame's 15 allotted spring practices. They'll pick it up again this week. They've had a few days off because of the Easter break.

1:12.8

So did the media as far as our access to them.

1:15.5

So we really haven't had anything happening since last Wednesday when we met with Marcus Freeman.

1:22.2

But before we get into kind of resuming what has happened in spring practice and what lies ahead. I did want to

1:29.4

mention that 24-7 sports, Zuck Blasstein put a crystal ball on Zayden Gamble, a safety, a top 200

1:38.5

safety out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale. That's been a pipeline for Notre Dame over the years.

1:46.2

So Zach is choosing Notre Dame.

1:48.3

We're putting a crystal ball on Notre Dame over Miami and Florida and Ohio State.

1:53.0

And that is noteworthy.

1:54.6

Also noteworthy is that Notre Dame will have a couple of highly rated wide receivers visiting this weekend,

2:00.2

one of which is Julius Jones,

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