In case anyone missed it: about 10-15 minutes into today’s Big Noon Kickoff, Rob Stone teed up the ND–BYU preview by saying today is finally ND’s first real test.

Brady Quinn flat out called him and his take Embarrassing.

Need more ND guys stating facts like this. Would love to see others do the same with Kirk and the ESPN idiots.

Fight fire with fire.

I swear... these talking heads dont think before they talk.

Notre Dame will have potentially 4 ranked teams on its schedule at the end of the season. Not to mention a lot of these teams were much better when these games were actually scheduled.

Leave no doubt ☘️
Betting Odds (via DraftKings): ND -10.5, O/U 46.5

…look for the narrative to change. BYU leading up to the game is ND’s first “real game” vs a “real opponent” and a “real threat”.

If ND wins, they’ll quickly become a paper tiger who was overrated and Miami will become ND’s “first test”.

UGA was a 20 point favorite today AT home - if Auburn sneaks out a win, cue the ESPN summary- a "legit quality SEC opponent win for UGA resume"

And last year ND smashed the wheels off Arkansas and nobody counted..

1 ND vs 2 Miami is still very much on the table.

Have to be honest…the way Indiana has played so far this season, I thought Ohio State would win relatively easily. But it’s been a bit of a sloppy slugfest from both teams.

I'm a BYU student that comes in peace. I am at the game and saw the players circling the Y at the center of the field and everyone around me is a bit confused. Is this a tradition that I dont know about that they usually do? Can't wait for the game tonight!

Paul Finebaum

Mark May

Kirk Herbstreit

Chris Fowler

Matt Barrie

Michael Wilbon

Booger McFarland

Stephen A.

Mike Ryan Ruiz

Oswaldo_Grey

Ari Wasserman

Pat McAfee

Sean McDonough

Cam Newton

Jason Garrett

Hunter Reid Yurachek (honorary member) [edit added]

Lots of what ifs but just food for thought

Some good quarterbacks in the Carr family. Can anyone think of other families of good quarterbacks?

So, who do you like? I still play the field and just watch what my algorithm puts in front of me.

Welcome to the new Daily Irish Football Talk Thread!

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For context, I’ve been searching for a college football team to support for years. I’m from Missouri so always kind of associated with Mizzou, but I wanted to PICK my own sports team for once not based on where I live. I’ve been playing college football 27 recently which made me look at every team and I sorta gravitated here. The uniforms are sick, I’m partly Irish and catholic, and it’s not a hugely “bandwagoned” team (from what I can tell). I don’t like teams that are just good at everything because that’s boring to me. I like the struggle and the ups and downs. What can you guys tell me about this football team that would make me fall for it even more? I’m interested to get to know this team, the culture, the history etc. Thank you for your time!

Title says it all.

This is bothering the fk outta me.

I LOVE regular season college football. It means SOMETHING. Or it used to. Every week on the edge of your seat hoping your team can come out still undefeated. Hoping at the end of the season your team can at the very least have only 1 loss.

This will completely destroy the regular season. 3 & 4 loss trash teams with pu**y schedules will get into the Playoff now.

It's a GD clown show.

Heard that in some of the talk this week. Also reddit in generals seems to have a stick up their rear about the Irish skipping the bowl.

I dont really understand it. The news was put out that the team had a vote and decided against going. Why would anyone have a grudge against that exactly?

Its not exactly like a Kellogg Pastry snack is a time honored tradition in college football. Its not an insult to college football to skip what is basically a three hour commercial.

Redditors in general act like this is some sore spot where they try to beat us over the head with it. It doesnt make any sense why fans or the team would be embarassed about not attending something that, after this year, will not have any real meaning with the extended extended playoffs.

Hello again. I’m trying to find a way to watch today’s game. From what I’ve been told the home games are on Peacock (which I have so that’s good). But the away games are streamed on whatever streaming license is owned by whatever team they’re playing. I don’t have cable tv, and I don’t want to pay $80+ a month for live tv (YouTube, direct-tv, etc). Online it says their games are on espn, but would that be ESPN select or unlimited? Does anyone here have something similar?

A heads up that Notre Dame vs BYU in immersive 180° is streaming live today, with kickoff at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET 🏈

No. 2 Notre Dame brings its 6-0 record to No. 8 BYU, also unbeaten at 5-0. Watch it live from the sideline in immersive 180°, 8K with Dolby Atmos.

You can also catch the immersive full-game replay and highlights on demand after the game. No ESPN subscription required. Available in the United States on Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S. Before the game, update the TV app to the latest version. You can select Watch to join the immersive live stream 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.

How to watch

• Launch it from your Quest 3 or Quest 3S: Open the TV app. You'll find the game in the featured spot on the Home screen and in the Immersive and Sports tabs. 15 minutes before the scheduled start time, a Watch button appears to the left of the "+ Watchlist" button.
• Get a reminder: On your phone or computer, open the event page and click "+ Watchlist" to get notified in the Meta Horizon app or in your headset.
• Launch it from your phone or computer: At game time, click "Open in VR" on the event page and the game page will open on your headset.

Not working for you?

• Check the basics: You need a Quest 3 or Quest 3S, the latest TV app, and to be in the US.
• How to force a TV app update: To update the TV app, long-press its app icon, go to Settings, and update. Updating your headset and restarting helps too.
• Only seeing a Disney+ Watch option? The Disney+ button is the regular non-immersive broadcast stream. The Watch button for the immersive stream appears to the left of "+ Watchlist" once the stream goes live, 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.
• Still having issues? Help us help you: quickly press the Meta button on your right controller 5 times to open the bug reporter, then tell us what happened. Learn more about reporting a bug.

🔁 Can't watch live?

• The full-game replay is in the TV app for 7 days, and highlights go up the next day.

More info on the Meta blog, including more announced games

Disclosure: I work at Meta and worked on this. Would love to hear your thoughts if you check it out. ☘️

Week 7 vs BYU hype video.