Special Guest: Ryan Harris

The Shamrock: A show about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Pete Sampson and Matt Fortuna are joined by former ND offensive lineman and current game analyst Ryan Harris. They discuss the progress of Isaiah Foskey and why Ryan knew he'd have a monster year. Plus, what goes into midseason adjustments and why competition has elevated Jack Coan's game.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the latest episode of the shamrock brought to you by DirectTV stream.
0:16.4	Get your TV together with the best of live and on demand. Learn more at directtTV.com. I'm Pete Sampson,
0:21.6	joined by my co-host Matt Fortuna and today's guest, Ryan Harris. You know him as a former
0:26.3	Notre Dame offensive lineman for your starter, Super Bowl champion, play-by-play analyst for the
0:31.9	Notre Dame broadcast network. Ryan, thanks for being with us. It's been a minute. And I guess,
0:37.4	look, we all want to talk
0:38.2	offensive line that's been sort of one of the weirdest stories of the year. But I have to give
0:43.1	you credit for something you said in the press box at Florida State. Came over to me and said,
0:48.7	hey, I watched some practice clips. Got sent to me. Isaiah Foskey is going to have a freaking monster year,
0:55.2	just like look out. And I'm like, all right, because the practices that we went to,
0:59.7	he was just sort of okay. You didn't really see what's happened coming. So I want to know what
1:07.0	you saw on that practice tape and then what's it been like watching him play. You can, you can appreciate a very, very athletic defense event more than most. Well, what you saw on that practice tape and then what's it been like watching him play you can you can
1:10.9	appreciate a very very athletic defensive end more than most well what i see what i saw with
1:15.8	isaiah fossey and what i've continued to see all season has been his ability to use his power
1:21.2	with leverage and that's what's rare in the college football game you get a lot of guys who are
1:26.6	powerful you know,
1:27.6	weight room strong, but they can't bend to actually use that against the opponent.
1:32.2	Isaiah Foskey's fantastic with his strength, and he uses his hands for the life of me, guys.
1:37.4	I don't know what keeps defensive linemen from doing every single martial arts class they can
1:43.1	possibly do. It's all about
1:45.2	hand-to-hand combat, as they say. I mean, I interviewed Jerry Tilleri the other day, and he said it's all
1:49.9	about the hands. I mean, so somehow Isaiah Foski got that message, and whether it's the fact that
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