Heading into bowl season I was convinced Julian Love was going to leave for the NFL and had already started to come to grips with it. Then news trickled out that Love got a lower grade than expected and that it actually looked like he might be back for a senior season. That hope was short lived after Love announced on Twitter Friday evening that he will be leaving a year early to pursue his NFL career.
And with that, Notre Dame must now replace their first consensus All-American cornerback since 2002. The world saw just how big of a task that will be for Notre Dame.