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Welcome back, everybody, to another edition of Irish Illustrated Insider.

We are joined today by Tom Loy of 24-7 sports.

And our timing couldn't be better, Tom, because Kenny Minchie is visiting Nordame this weekend.

He recently decommitted from Pittsburgh. He's been committed to

Pittsburgh or had been committed to Pittsburgh since April. I know Tom that they were working on him,

but the fact that he decommitted from Pittsburgh earlier this week is a pretty darn good

indication that his visits and Norde will turn out pretty well for

the Irish this weekend. Yeah, I can't see them missing on this one. It's going to be a, should be a nice

win for Notre Dame. They should be able to get this one done. And it's a guy I'm a fan of. There

were definitely some other quarterbacks that I liked a little bit more this cycle, but the more

I dig into Minci and the more I talk to people that have been close to him for years,

it's hard not to like this guy. You know, he's already 6-2. And I was told that's legitimate.

You know, we're not talking to guys that's going to show up on campus 5-11, 6 foot. I know you wrote he's closer to 6.6 2 than 6.1 and I completely agree with that. So 6.2,

close to 210 pounds. I mean, mentally, he checks every box you're looking for. Tremendous kid.

He's a perfect fit for what Notre Dame is looking for. And, you know, he's extremely sharp,

a guy that I was told, like, X's and O's are super easy for this kid.

They run an advanced, they have an advanced playbook at the high school level.

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