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The Kelly interview with Sampson on The Athletic by miamioh_irishfan

a few impressions, with the caveat that there's only so much he can say about all this with any certainty:

He sounds pretty bullish on there being a season of some kind this fall. Lauded the testing protocols the program has in place and the success they've had so far in keeping positive cases down.

There seems to be an understanding that the ACC is going to give ND another game or two and I get the impression they're going to try to play as full as schedule as possible. Right now we have Navy, WMU, Arkansas plus 6 ACC games. If the ACC grants us 1-2 more games, we have 1-2 slots to fill to get to 12. He said in the interview they have a lot of options to do that. Again, I know this feels unlikely, but I find it interesting nonetheless.

On recruiting, I can't help but be extremely frustrated with his response there. I know getting kids to campus is their ace in the hole, but he seems too willing to punt the real hard leg work HE needs to do to raise the level there. Not surprising, but very frustrating.

He seems to think Mayer and Tyree are going to play and contribute right away in a big way. That's encouraging. Less encouraging is his worry about the DL and pass rush. Big red flag there in my opinion.