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I'm Tim Priester, Tim O'Malley from Irish Illustrated.

We're joined by Pete Samson.

It's Monday, December 12th.

Nordame wrapped up their third practice of the pre-bowl.

Still haven't really gotten into South carolina yet according to the coaches

uh but they will be moving forward once they get through final exams this week we had an

opportunity over the week on weekend on saturday to talk to marcus freeman and then on

sunday was tommy rice l golden and brian mason uh tim o'melly uh what stood out for you from those interviews this weekend?

Yeah, the biggest, you mean besides the special teams improvement over the last five years,

I would say that my biggest question is, and it's hard for Reese to answer it because he

can't answer anything like this, honestly, is what is the challenge of not having Michael

mayor besides not having

Michael mayor's abilities because look the reason the 12 package is great is Michael mayor's a

wide receiver and a tight end and Mitchell Evans as we talked about probably each over the last

five or six months when you're trying to name Notre Dame's wide receivers it doesn't matter

who the other wide receiver is if Mitch Levins is better than another months when you're trying to name Notre Dame's wide receivers, it doesn't matter who their other wide receiver is.

If Mitchell Lovens is better than another wide receiver, they're going to go to the 12 package.

My question now is, can they go to the 12 package when you remove the actual point of the 12

package that has been there for the last three years?

And I think it's tough.

Now you're a power running team, so you got to stay with it.

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