Tuihalamaka played a lot of football and at a high level for ND last year. Traore and Botelho were both playing as well as anyone on the D before they went down.
That's 15 guys back from one of the top defenses in the country. Turnover does not explain the drop off.
Replies to: "Bowen, Rubio, Young, Gray, Sneed, Ausberry, Shuler, Hinish, Hobbs, KVA, Burnham, Moore and"
- Freeman Pushes Notre Dame Defensive Staff in "Uncomfortable" Meeting [NT]
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- UHND - 9:26pm 9/22/25
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- How did this D get by Spring and Fall camp w/o fundamentals & execution skills? - ELP - 9:50pm 9/22/25
- Only one thing/guy is different from last year. - Clem - 5:00am 9/23/25
- We had a lot of turnover. It's CFB, but reloading the entire center of your d is tough - Turkish - 7:48am 9/23/25
- Bowen, Rubio, Young, Gray, Sneed, Ausberry, Shuler, Hinish, Hobbs, KVA, Burnham, Moore and - Clem - 8:44am 9/23/25
- Watts, Morrison, Mills, Cross, Kiser, Clark. Losing Mills and Cross showed vs. OSU - Turkish - 9:03am 9/23/25
- I hear ya, but Morrison missed half the year with little drop off. Rubio and Hinish more than - Clem - 9:20am 9/23/25
- Watts, Morrison, Mills, Cross, Kiser, Clark. Losing Mills and Cross showed vs. OSU - Turkish - 9:03am 9/23/25
- Bowen, Rubio, Young, Gray, Sneed, Ausberry, Shuler, Hinish, Hobbs, KVA, Burnham, Moore and - Clem - 8:44am 9/23/25
- We had a lot of turnover. It's CFB, but reloading the entire center of your d is tough - Turkish - 7:48am 9/23/25
- I agree. After the first game, you had a BYE, you think Saban would wait til - sweetbobbyg - 10:02pm 9/22/25
- Exactly. [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:54pm 9/22/25
- Only one thing/guy is different from last year. - Clem - 5:00am 9/23/25
- How did this D get by Spring and Fall camp w/o fundamentals & execution skills? - ELP - 9:50pm 9/22/25