This is Irish Illustrated Insider.

I'm Tim Priester.

It's Monday, April 1st.

I am a solo act today.

No fooling, no kidding.

Even though it's April 1st, I'm telling you the truth.

Tim O'Malley and Pete Sampson, their schedules conflict.

So we're going to go solo here today because I didn't want to wait.

We'll have another podcast at the end of the week.

But I did want to recap the Saturday practice, the ninth practice,

coincided with Coach's Clinic.

And really, when you look at this, you know,

offensively and defensively, I think things are really coming together for Notre Dame offensively.

I know in some conversations with Chip Long, you know, his confidence in the leadership at every position.

And then coming out of Saturday was a very physical practice.

The segments of the practice that did go live were very physical.

So offensively, Notre Dame is heading in the right direction.

We've talked about their young receivers, and we'll continue to talk about them.

But I thought some of the young running backs really flashed on Saturday.

We know who the top two running backs are with Jafar Armstrong and Tony Jones, Jr.,

and they're going to play a significant role in this offense,

not only running the ball, obviously, but catching the football.

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