Ryan, jumping into the next part of the show here today on the Irish Breakdown

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We're still talking about recruiting in a different light.

We're talking about the new recruiting class that is now on campus that we've gotten

to see the majority of the 2026 recruiting class.

That was ranked number one in the country by on three.

And coming into the off season, there was this idea about this class. And after all of the film breakdowns, basically what you guys just saw us do with John Gay, who just committed to the 2027 class, we did that for every single player coming in the 2026 class. We talked about how they projected to Notre Dame and what they were going to look like, what we hoped that they would look like, and the strides that they were going to make over the spring. And, man, we're now, what, three, four days out from them playing in the blue gold game. We've gotten to see them at multiple practices this past weekend. We just got to see them in the jersey scrimmage. And look, man, simply put, I think this class is as advertised. They're performing like the number one recruiting class in the country. They're coming in and making a push. And it's not just one guy.

It's not just one position group. It's not even just one side of the ball. There's players making

plays on either side of this football. The depth of talent is exceptional. So we figured this

would be a good time to talk about the 2026 freshman class

because Brian, they are as good as advertised.

That is for sure.

And look, Trev, it's, it's, what are we saying here?

What are we not saying here?

What we're not saying here is, guys, the two deep is going to be nothing but the number

one ranked freshman class, right?

Man, they all showed up and they're perfectly, technically proficient, and they know everything,

and they've picked up the offense, and they've maxed out their strength already.

They're all running four threes.

They're all that, you know what I mean?

Like, we're not saying that.

What we're saying is when you look at these kids, you can look and say, there's things they got to work on,

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