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joined as always by my co-host matt fortuna in chicago today special guests i think we've had a

pretty good hit rate with um former nordain walk-ons coming on the show and having excellent pods so

tyler plants um one of i I think a walk-on and a name that most Notre Dame fans know.

One, thanks for taking some time to be with us today on Thanksgiving week.

And I guess just, you know, your Notre Dame experience has been, I think, a family one deeper and more

meaningful than most. And I guess before we get started, I was curious, like, just sort of

have you explain what Notre Dame means to you and your family. We could probably go on a 20

minutes just on that one topic.

But before we get into sort of your coaching journey, I wanted to touch on that first.

Yeah.

Again, thank you guys for having me.

I'm excited to talk with both you guys.

But Notre Dame, it was, it's been, it is part of who we are um like growing up from a really

young age my parents essentially brainwashed us um Notre Dame like we were taking our

Christmas pictures in Notre Dame jerseys um my parents painted our room like we were sleeping in Notre Dame Stadium.

It was something that was always in the back of our heads,

but beyond that, it's something that always motivated us.

Like whenever we take a test, we literally write our names and then an ND at school.

So it was like, okay, well, we would make sure to get our work done because we wanted to go to Notre Dame in fourth grade.

Or like we would be working out because, you know what, maybe we get a chance to play football on Notre Dame.

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