Underrated Notre Dame defender could play a much bigger role during the 2025 CFB season than most Fighting Irish fans realize originally appeared on A to Z Sports.

The longest, and arguably the highest profiled, college football quarterback competition for the 2025 season has been officially settled.

Offensive lineman Billy Schrauth has been named to the Lombardi Award Watch List. The award goes to the nation's most outstanding lineman.

The series, which follows the Fighting Irish and gives viewers a peek behind the curtain, will have the first episode of its second season air on NBC's streaming service, Peacock, on Dec. 8.

Marcus Freeman has yet to name a starting quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish heading into the upcoming NCAAF season.

Syracuse has named Notre Dame transfer Steve Angeli the starting quarterback, sources told ESPN, and he'll debut for the Orange against No. 24 Tennessee in the opener in Atlanta.

Quarterback battle between CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey rages on at Notre Dame with the season opener 3 weeks away.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love (4) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first half of a game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in first round of the College Football Playoff on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in South Bend. / Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Gone are the “No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs” signs, and while the fighting 69 th remains an immigrant unit, the Rodriguez’s now outnumber the O’Malleys. Some traditions remain, though.

So the Greg Cote Show's new Episode #282, out now, welcomes aboard Mike Golic Jr. to discuss his and Jessica Smetana's new Fighting Irish podcast, "The Echoes" -- and the looming mega-opener vs. the Canes, as well as both schools' similar growing impatience to create new glory days.