Notre Dame will return to the football field tomorrow. The Irish will not be in pads, and it is their only practice for more than a week, and nothing that happens will impact Notre Dame’s showing in Dublin in 178 days, barring injury, but it will still be the first time the Irish have put on helmets since they walloped Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl.
Not much can be learned from the first practice of spring, but an injury update should follow the early morning workout, so let’s begin there.
Rumors have circulated about a possible season-ending injury to a running back, ones that have lingered in the cobwebs of the internet long enough to be believed, even if they remain vague.