Newsstand: Notre Dame football begins fall camp with practice No. 1 today

The wait is over. This morning, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take a huge step toward the 2024 season with practice No. 1 of fall camp.

This is head coach Marcus Freeman ‘s third time conducting a fall camp, and Irish fans far and wide are hoping the third time is the charm. The Irish went 9-4 in Freeman’s first season and 10-3 in his second. The third yields the most advantageous schedule yet and an opportunity to punch a ticket to an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.

So much of what happens between now and the beginning of the playoff in mid-December will hinge on what takes place in the Irish Athletics Center and the adjacent LaBar Football Practice Fields in the next month. Week-to-week game-planning and in-game execution is the ultimate difference-maker. But laying a foundation in fall camp is of the utmost important as well.

Blue & Gold will be able to view Wednesday morning’s practice in its entirety. Check back in with BlueandGold.com throughout the day for coverage of the session and a recap of Freeman’s press conference, which takes place at the conclusion of practice.

Notre Dame tweets of the day

Here are the men who will make or break at least 12 of every diehard Fighting Irish fan’s Saturdays this fall. It’s the official 2024 team photo.

Freeman is still one heck of a workout warrior a year and a half away from his 40th birthday.

One of the Fighting Irish women’s basketball transfer additions, Liatu King , has been in her bag this offseason.

Fighting Irish quote of the day

“He was like a bull. I never knew my son was so dangerous when playing football. He doesn’t play around when he plays football.”

— Kesner Lambert on the way his son, Guerby, plays the game

Blue & Gold headlines of the day

• Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard named to Maxwell Award Watch List
• 32 days until Notre Dame football: The efficacy of the Aztec position
• Top 25 most important Notre Dame football players of 2024: No. 2
• Notre Dame football: Previewing fall camp position battles
• The top three 2024 fall camp questions for Fighting Irish football
• How the Notre Dame tight end contingent is comprised of comeback kings
• Notre Dame tight ends: Stock up, down? X-Factor, freshman outlook
• Notable data, did you know, by the numbers for Irish tight ends
• Preseason report card: Grading the 2024 Notre Dame tight ends
• Trio of Irish football players earn recognition on regarded award watch lists
• Notre Dame 2024 class storylines: Irish signed three recruits who rank as five-star players
• Lucky Charms: Top 2026 Fighting Irish target planning multiple South Bend visits
• Three storylines to monitor from Notre Dame football freshmen during fall camp

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