Notre Dame Football LIVE: Texas A&M Game Week Is Upon Us

This is the week Irish fans have been waiting for. The season gets started with the Texas A&M showdown finally here.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman warms up during a Notre Dame football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in South Bend. / MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK

Notre Dame fans have waited for this moment patiently

Monday morning was truly a special time for the Always Irish YouTube community.

After all of the recent months of prognosticating, wondering, and asking questions regarding Notre Dame Football, answers will soon present themselves. It's officially game week. The question is will Irish fans like the answers they receive?

Predictably, many of the callers wanted to discuss the Notre Dame offensive line. Is this issue being overblown? Can Mike Denbrock work around this potential liability enough to allow the offense to move the ball and score enough to win this tough opening matchup?

Are Irish fans expecting too much from Denbrock regarding how to overcome a suspect offensive line?

To me, how Mike Denbrock tries to scheme around the Texas A&M DL is more interesting than the young pieces Notre Dame is breaking in on the OL

Week 1 is here🧃

— J.D. PicKell (@jdpickell) August 26, 2024

How could Florida State's Week 1 flop could affect Notre Dame

Aside from Notre Dame and Texas A&M talk, the other hot topic of the day was how FSU's ugly loss to Georgia Tech may affect the Irish this year. In a schedule that never looked incredibly daunting, FSU was one of the key opponents that underpinned what difficulty there was in this slate. If they have a letdown year, how could that impact Notre Dame's CFP hopes and SOS?

The result of the Notre Dame vs Texas A&M game will set the tone and dictate the vibe of the Irish season. This is a huge moment for Marcus Freeman and his team and the fan base feels the pressure mounting. Will Notre Dame be ready for this moment?

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