Notre Dame Football: Is ND ready for Texas A&M on Saturday?

hello michana greetings from College Station Texas Pete burn and Bennett wise joining you here we're on Saturday afternoon in that Stadium behind his Bennett Notre Dame will open up the season against 20th ranked Texas A&M at Kyle Field over 100,000 strong it's quiet now but we know it's going to be Rowdy come Saturday night that it will be they have the uh trademark 12thman the crowd behind everybody if you think of even previous matchups against Texas A&M five total this will be the sixth one really they've all met mainly in the cotton bow three of them in the cotton B the most notable to remember Tim Brown getting his towel snatched in the 1987 cotton bow it's kind of where the 12th man came from the uh the crowd behind it the extra effort and that's what we're going to see here on Saturday night at Kyle Field so the question is how do the Irish handle that atmosphere and in particular the noise as comes to signaling and plays and executing on the highest stage when the lights are bright and the cameras are rolling well that's something we spoke to streaming about this week here's how he thinks his team will Faire when the ball gets kicked come Saturday you're confident um that you have a team uh that can do that we've trained that uh We've trained um really being able to execute your assignment in Crazy um conditions with with crowd noise and and you know trying to do surprise situations in practice uh but at the end of the day they got to do it when it matters right and you can do it in practice um that builds confidence within yourself and with your coaching staff and um but you got to do it when it matters versus an opponent and we won't know that answer until we get to Saturday so Marcus Freeman thinks his boys are ready to head in there and execute but like the rest of us he's going to find out come 7:30 eastern time on Saturday night I'm Pete burn from wsbt22 news for more noted a stories like And subscribe to the wsbt22 YouTube page thanks for watching

Share your thoughts

Related Transcripts

Notre Dame Football:  Marcus Freeman's evolution as head coach thumbnail
Notre Dame Football: Marcus Freeman's evolution as head coach

Category: Sports

Notre dame picked up a win at texas a&m to open up the season on saturday night but we're starting to learn more about this football program as we bring in eric hansen co-publisher of inside nd sports eric you and i have talked a lot over the years about marcus freeman's evolution as a head coach i... Read more

Notre Dame 2024 Preseason Football Special thumbnail
Notre Dame 2024 Preseason Football Special

Category: Sports

Notre dame pitball is making a push for the playoffs in marcus freeman's thirdd season under the golden dome the fighting irish head coach looks to follow in the footsteps of legends and lead notre dame to its 12th national championship our approach to the season hasn't changed we we prepare to win... Read more

Shocking Home Opener Upset: Northern Illinois beats Notre Dame 16-14 thumbnail
Shocking Home Opener Upset: Northern Illinois beats Notre Dame 16-14

Category: News & Politics

Mitch jeter and that's blocked at the slot of scrimmage and the huskies are celebrating the biggest upset in their school's history it's disappointing um you know you go from the highest of highs to the lowest of lowe's in a tail of two weeks but you know we got to own this thing as coaches and players... Read more

Shocking Home Opener Upset: Northern Illinois beats Notre Dame 16-14 thumbnail
Shocking Home Opener Upset: Northern Illinois beats Notre Dame 16-14

Category: News & Politics

Beaches were packed today at silver beach in st jose multiple signs and red flags were posted around the beach telling visitors to stay out of the water due to the high r curr with no lifeguards on post parents become responsible for watching their children according to a local expert having irre jaet... Read more

What Texas A&M Head Coach Mike Elko said about Notre Dame's offense, QB Riley Leonard thumbnail
What Texas A&M Head Coach Mike Elko said about Notre Dame's offense, QB Riley Leonard

Category: Sports

The connections between notre dame and the current texas a&m program are a plenty we'll hit on them really throughout the week but the biggest is between former irish defensive coordinator and agie head coach mike elco and his former duke quarterback riley leonard now across 20 starts at duke for mike... Read more

Notre Dame begins football season with 23-13 victory against Texas A&M thumbnail
Notre Dame begins football season with 23-13 victory against Texas A&M

Category: News & Politics

What the irish lacked in style points on saturday night they more than made up for in resiliency notre dame battled a slow start offensively at texas a&m and fought a rockus crowd all night which reached a fever pitch early in the fourth quarter when a&m tied the game but from that point on notre dame... Read more

The 58th annual Blueberry Festival kicks off in Plymouth thumbnail
The 58th annual Blueberry Festival kicks off in Plymouth

Category: News & Politics

The free non-for-profit festival features more than 300 craft vendors 100 food boosts and activities for all ages including new attractions like a drone light show and a jumbo screen for movies in the notre dame game with storms expected tonight a security trailer will monitor the weather and shelter... Read more

Mishawaka interested in water under the fairways thumbnail
Mishawaka interested in water under the fairways

Category: News & Politics

D acres that's how much land the city of mishawaka is buying to access more drinking water now that land is actually judea jus de creek golf course wsbt 22s that crenshaw is there live right now in zach the city is buying almost all of the golf course property all but three holes in the clubhouse jennifer... Read more

The 58th annual Blueberry Festival kicks off in Plymouth thumbnail
The 58th annual Blueberry Festival kicks off in Plymouth

Category: News & Politics

58 years in counting centennial park has hosted the annual blueberry fest this festival named one of the top 100 events in north america by the american business association multiple times and it's easy to see why a lot of hard work dedication of people that get together once a year and make it really... Read more

Businesses prepare for Notre Dame football home opener thumbnail
Businesses prepare for Notre Dame football home opener

Category: News & Politics

Calling all fighting irish fans the home opener is nearly upon us though you may have been personally prepping for this weekend all season so have local businesses especially near campus tens of thousands of fans are expected to attend each of the six games many staying in nearby booked hotels ins and... Read more

Notre Dame begins football season with 23-13 victory against Texas A&M thumbnail
Notre Dame begins football season with 23-13 victory against Texas A&M

Category: News & Politics

What the irish lacked in style points on saturday night they more than made up for in resiliency notre dame battled a slow start offensively at texas a&m and fought a rockus crowd all night which reached a fever pitch early in the fourth quarter when a&m tied the game but from that point on notre dame... Read more

Marching Mizzou prepares for football season thumbnail
Marching Mizzou prepares for football season

Category: News & Politics

>>well, by now most of the football traffic is on site and fans have made their way to the stands where marching mizzou will provide pre-game and halftime entertainment. krcg 13 s grace gillis met with band members to understand better how the group that takes the field during halftime sets... Read more