Notre Dame’s annual Blue-Gold Game is often defined by its quarterback revelations, be they pertinent or misleading. For every afternoon of Phil Jurkovec ending the day shell-shocked by his own terrible performance is an exhibition seen by a scarce few in which DeShone Kizer showed no hints of his future potential.
One of those portended what was to come, the other could not have been less impactful when the backup quarterback was thrown into the mix in an adverse moment.
So when the Irish wrap up their spring practices tomorrow afternoon (12:30 ET; exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service), while much attention will naturally be paid to the quarterback competition between Wisconsin graduate transfer Jack Coan and rising sophomore Drew Pyne, only so much should be gleaned from their performances.