I.B.N.

I.B. Nation, welcome back to another edition, a special edition of the Irish Breakdown podcast.

Y'all, I got this shirt out so you all know what it means. It means we're going to talk some recruiting today because Notre Dame has picked up a big commitment figuratively and literally today with Texas defensive tackle, Tikiola, committing to

Notre Dame. He picked the Irish over SMU primarily. Also had USC on the board for a while, but they

eventually filled up. And so this really came down at the very end to text to Notre Dame and TCU.

And obviously, Notre Dame wins this battle.

This is a big, big commitment for Notre Dame.

I'm going to talk about kind of how we got here.

Going to dive into the backstory a little bit.

Going to have some fun getting into the class impact. And of course, I'm going to dive into the backstory a little bit, going to have some fun getting into the class impact.

And of course, I'm going to talk about we're going to watch some film.

Y'all know me, got to watch some film when we're breaking down top players.

It's just kind of what we love to do here.

So we're going to have some fun with this.

And then at the end of the show, we're going to jump into sort of a what's next.

And we're going to kind of talk about the defensive line holistically, not just defensive

tackle, but just sort of where are they at right now when it comes to recruiting the

defensive line in the 2020 26 class. This is another big one, guys, getting Tiki Holed. This is a young man that Notre Dame has been prioritizing for some time.

This is a player that Notre Dame really viewed early on as a must-get recruit for a number of reasons.

And so we'll dive into the backstory here real quick as we get going. I hope everybody's having a wonderful day, by the way. I don't know what it's like where you're at, but

here in Granger, Grainier, Indiana, it is a absolutely gorgeous day. The sun is shining. And it's

going to be a fun day. So let's dive a little bit into the back, the backstory of Tiki Hola's commitment. Actually, before we get started on that,

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