Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman touched on a number of players late this week before the Irish host Miami (Ohio)

Notre Dame will always be compared to USC as USC will always be compared to Notre Dame. That's just how rivalries have always gone and will always go. The matchup between the two happens on Thanksgiving weekend this year and could be huge in determining College Football Playoff bids.

Notre Dame defensive end Bryce Young (son of Bryant) and safety Kennedy Urlacher (Brian’s son) each played north of 20 defensive snaps at Purdue.

No. 17 Notre Dame hopes to avoid another upset at the hands of a Mid-American Conference team when it hosts Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

As a refresher, I feature the most interesting, most wildly inaccurate, and most accurate takes for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from the previous week. Let’s get started! Ask and you shall receive my friend Farsdahl.