Author: Tom Noie, ND Insider

Notre Dame needed to make a splash in the transfer portal with a quarterback that could be an upgrade. Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman is just that.

Football independence long has been held as sacred at Notre Dame, but the way college athletics is headed, that may no longer be an option.

“This group has a lot of momentum right now,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. Now we see if the Fighting Irish can carry that into the fall.

The way Brian Kelly tells it, he led the Irish to double-digit wins and big-time bowl appearances while his guys were eating baloney sandwiches.

Notre Dame looked good early, not so good late as Oklahoma State grinds down the Fighting Irish during the Fiesta Bowl.