The hiring of Loren Landow proves effective one game into the season, as the better conditioned Irish outlasted the Texas A&M Aggies in the Texas heat.
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"Well, it's Notre Dame."
Said Loren Landow about why he wanted to take the role of director of football performance.
Landow's strength and conditioning program proved vital, as Notre Dame emerged in the fourth quarter as the better-conditioned team.
In the late summer Texas heat, the Texas A&M Aggies had multiple players go down with cramps throughout the game. The ESPN broadcast even caught starting quarterback Connor Weigman vomiting during the third quarter.
Yet, in these extreme conditions, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish appeared to be in pristine shape. In a tied game late in the fourth quarter, the Irish got it done in the trenches.
The young, inexperienced offensive line moved the vaunted Aggies defensive front all the way down the field. Simply put, Notre Dame outmuscled Texas A&M when it mattered most.
The Irish not only kept up with the SEC size up front, but also kept up with the speed of the Aggies.
The old trope about Notre Dame lacking speed is truly outdated. Look at the roster.
On the offensive side of the ball, it would be hard to find a better combination of speed, strength, and elusiveness in a running back room than the one-two duo of Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price.
Both Love and Price displayed their unique skill sets with the Irish's two touchdowns last week.
On defense, linebackers Jaylen Sneed and Jaiden Ausberry displayed impressive sideline-to-sideline speed.
All of this can be attributed to the work of Landow in the offseason, setting the stage for in-season results.
"The rate of training involution. The work that I do early in the offseason, leads me into better gains for the in-season,"
said Landow in his press conference in early February.
Landow's history in the NFL, working for the Broncos from 2018 to 2023 as the head of strength and conditioning, along with his private training with athletes such as Von Miller and Jerome Bettis, has given Notre Dame an edge over opponents.
With a fall camp that saw fewer injuries, Notre Dame is in prime position to have their best athletes perform on the biggest stage.
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