{"id":2699,"date":"2026-05-20T13:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/coaches-talk-anonymously-about-notre-dame-for-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:32:59","slug":"coaches-talk-anonymously-about-notre-dame-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/coaches-talk-anonymously-about-notre-dame-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches Talk Anonymously About Notre Dame for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not easy getting college football coaches to honestly comment on another coach, player or team. Most coaches don&#8217;t want to give opposing teams bulletin board material, which is why there is a lot of coach speak or overused cliches used during the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/the-buffalo-bills-5-worst-draft-picks-in-the-last-10-years\/\">The Buffalo Bills\u2019 5 Worst Draft Picks in the Last 10 Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In order to get an accurate assessment of teams heading into 2026, Athlon asked coaches around college football to talk anonymously about Notre Dame for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: College Football&#8217;s Top 25 Teams for 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: These scouting reports come directly from coaching staffs and do not necessarily reflect the views of Athlon&#8217;s editorial staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/james-harden-is-making-wrong-type-of-history-this-nba-postseason\/\">James Harden Is Making Wrong Type Of History This NBA Postseason<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><em>[Editor&#8217;s note: This article is from Athlon Sports&#8217; 2026 College Football Preview print magazine. 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You put the whole team up there, and then you&#8217;re gonna create one-on-ones, and they have a few receivers that they haven&#8217;t had the last few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/raiders-have-chance-to-repeat-one-of-last-seasons-biggest-upsets\/\">Raiders Have Chance To Repeat One of Last Season\u2019s Biggest Upsets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Athlon Sports 2026 College Football Preview Magazine Available Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: College Football Rankings: Projecting the Top 25 Teams for 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: 6 Must-See College Football Revenge Games in 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 20, 2026 at 6:05 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rival coaches dish candidly about the Fighting Irish in Athlon Sports&#39; 2026 College Football Preview magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coaches Talk Anonymously About Notre Dame for 2026 - San Diego Relocation News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/coaches-talk-anonymously-about-notre-dame-for-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coaches Talk Anonymously About Notre Dame for 2026 - 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