About this episode

The episode discusses the early stages of Notre Dame's fall practice and highlights key position battles and team depth.

Notre Dame is two practices in, and the Fighting Irish are showing off their depth. Pete Sampson and Matt Fortuna are here to break down position battles and more, as Marcus Freeman's squad begins camp as the No. 5 team in the country, according to the coaches' poll.

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