The former Fighting Irish baseball star missed the 2020 baseball season due to colon cancer -- and he came back this year, hitting 21 homers and knocking in 71 RBI's in 147 games this season.
LINK: STORY
LINK: STORY
Fast forward video to the 21:30 minute mark for the start of today's press conference...
Now, I will preface this exercise with I truly don't feel we have any chance of making the College Football Playoffs this year -- because of the lack of perceived quality wins...
Yet, the "fat lady's not singing" -- so, let's walk through the next five weeks of college football and show how our Fighting Irish could end up in the TOP 4...
WEEK ONE:
Notre Dame moves up to #9 CHECK!
WEEK TWO:
Notre Dame moves up to #7 MISSED -- NOTRE DAME #8
WEEK THREE:
Notre Dame moves up to #5 -- GOING TO PROJECT US AT #6
WEEK FOUR:
Notre Dame moves up to #4 -- GOING TO PROJECT US AT #5
WEEK FIVE:
2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTION:
Thunder, shaken.
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 21, 2021
Nothing better than ending the weekend with a 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩 of top-ranked Michigan!#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/G1AfdBFumF
Ryder Rolston's OT winner ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/IFa4VfE9Eh
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 20, 2021
𝓞𝓷𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) November 20, 2021
The Irish scored the game’s final three goals en route to downing #1 Michigan 3-2 in OT! #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/d5Iwd9kdSj
Here's the bracket: NCAA TOURNAMENT
Go Irish!