It is the last week of July. For football fans, this is the deep breath before the plunge. All across the country training camps are getting ready to open...soon, but not just yet. The Irish report in 10 days.

I was on the Notre Dame campus this past week. It was a beautiful early evening in high summer.

Despite the peace and stillness, the echos were there, stirring, getting ready to wake up in just a few short weeks. Summer students coming and going. A few football fans shopping in the bookstore. The faithful praying in the Basilica, or in the sacred space of the Grotto.

It served to remind me what we really play for. Domer...

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