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Irish Illustrated Insider: Notre Dame football spring buzz, jersey scrimmage expectations, evaluating the 5x5 rule, 2026 opponents, draft stock and depth chart questions

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Irish Illustrated Insider digs into Notre Dame’s spring buzz, looks forward to the jersey scrimage, the looming 5x5 rule, portal drama, draft stock, and “ghost portal” penalties, then tackles subscriber questions on 2026 opponents, depth-chart battles, and CFB’s uncertain future.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Irish Dillustrated Insider. It is Thursday, April 16th. I'm Tim O'Malley, joined today by John

0:09.1

Bryce of USA Today, Pete Sampson from The Athletic. We are two days away from what is definitely

0:14.8

shaping up to be the most informative spring practice of the year, which as I'm joked on Monday.

0:19.5

We'll make it the most informative practice of the year probably as well, unless we see something in very, very early August. Pete, I want to throw it to you for, we talk about blue gold games and how they're not quite as important. We can go to Jersey Day memories here over our two years of going to what is called the Jersey scrimmage, but this should be a good one. Yeah, I really want to see Carr with the receivers.

0:42.4

You know, the chemistry is, is he starting to show that with Myelin Graham?

0:54.4

You know, is there a younger player who can, you know, make some kind of an impact, you know, the clips that Notre Dame has put out, you know, where you get the, the one-handed Devin Fitzgerald, the one-handed, Kay Don Finley. Like, that's, you know, where you get the one-headed Devin Fitzgerald, the one-handed Kadeon Finley.

0:56.6

Like, that's, you know, if you can make a play early, even if it's against the twos,

1:02.5

then maybe there's something there.

1:04.9

So maybe there will be something there on Saturday.

1:07.4

I don't know if those, I don't know if freshman receivers and returning starter

1:12.0

Heisman contenders reps will mesh. But how Carr works with the receivers, I think is the most

1:17.3

interesting thing. You know, defensively, I'll be honest. I just think they're going to be really good.

1:22.5

And if they're bad on Saturday, it's really, it's not going to move the needle for me.

1:26.1

Like, I just, that group is,

1:28.5

should be lights out. I'm interested in this order to see Tian Gray and Francis Brew, though,

1:34.2

in terms of like how they fit in, how they move. Maybe anything particular looking for,

1:39.0

I know you're coming back in for the, for the Scrimmage Saturday. Yeah, I'm definitely eager to see Will Black, honestly, left tackle.

1:46.9

And I'll have a little bit more on some intel from his recent work there here in just a

1:51.8

couple of minutes.

1:52.3

But really looking forward to that.

1:53.6

I'm with Pete.

1:54.6

Like, I've heard so much about Brew's just raw strength.

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