g in blowout victories. In Notre Dame’s first three games this fall, he failed to earn a defensive snap. " No defensive snaps through the first three games! This while OSU ran it down ND's throats to shut the door in Game 1 and Marshall pulled off one of the biggest upsets of ND in history. If ND's starting LB's were all-americans, I could accept limited playing time. But come on, the starting trio have been the weakest part of ND's team.
Unless Kollie is a complete fuck up in practice, which I doubt, there is no reason he should not be playing more. Beyond not putting the best players on the field, what sort of message does it tell the team and recruits if the best players are sitting? It's easy to lose a guy mentally, and now physically with the portal's existence, if he knows he's better and he's not getting a chance.