A lofty No. 6 ranking for Notre Dame warrants a qualifier.

Not because the Fighting Irish don’t have a good team. They do.

It’s because they are entirely unproven at the quarterback position.

Notre Dame brought in Riley Leonard from Duke before the 2024 season, and he helped the Irish reach the national championship game before falling to Ohio State. Prior to that, the Irish had even more experience with Sam Hartman at the controls.

Now they look to repeat that accomplishment with redshirt freshman CJ Carr as the starter and third-year sophomore Kenny Minchey as the backup.

Carr edged Minchey in a close competition, and all eyes will be on him Sunday night when Notre Dame opens the season on the road against No. 10 Miami.

That’s quite an opening test for Carr. Like they couldn’t li

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