IB Nation Sports Talk: Marcus Freeman Talks Notre Dame Spring Football
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* We start with what our Notre Dame quarterback depth chart for Steve Angeli, CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey would look like.
* Based on what we saw from the Notre Dame quarterbacks on Saturday, did it lend any validity to the idea of starting Angeli at the start of the season and then transitioning to Carr?
* A listener commented at the end of Monday's show that Tyler Buchner is not a good quarterback and he would not want to see him at the position again, even if both Angeli and Minchey left in the transfer portal. Do you Buy or Sell that?
* Thoughts on former ND women's basketball players Sonia Citron, Maddy Westbeld and Liatu King being drafted by WNBA teams Monday night.
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*According to sports media reporter Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, Fox made an all-out effort to swipe Rece Davis from ESPN's College GameDay to become the host of 'Big Noon Kickoff' and one of the faces of its networks but Davis turned it down and got a big raise from ESPN instead. He would have replaced current host Rob Stone.
-Good Move/Bad move for Davis?
-How are you feeling if you're Stone?
* CBS tried to hire Dan Orlovsky away from ESPN to be its No. 1 college football game analyst to replace the retiring Gary Danielson. Charles Davis will replace Danielson instead. Good Move or Bad Move for Orlovsky to turn it down?
* Fill-in the blank...It's BLANK that the Hard Knocks Offseason edition with the New York Giants has been nominated for a sports Emmy.
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