A Message For My Notre Dame Family
Ahead of the College Football Playoff, Riley Leonard has a message for Notre Dame: “The odds have been against us for months now. But we’re done being afraid of anything.”
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Ahead of the College Football Playoff, Riley Leonard has a message for Notre Dame: “The odds have been against us for months now. But we’re done being afraid of anything.”
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