Rivals national transfer portal analyst Adam Friedman discusses how the first few days of the transfer portal window this year compares to last year, how playoff teams are handling the portal, if academic calendars are impacting portal movement, the strongest position groups in the portal, if Notre Dame's covert portal activity is a good strategy, if ND can continue to rely on mostly graduate transfers, how ND measures up in NIL commitment in the portal, if the Riley Leonard acquisition was worth if for ND, how ranking portal players has evolved, his thoughts on Notre Dame 2025 signees JaDon Blair, Blake Hebert, Will Black, Elijah Burress and Nolan James Jr., and more.

Then Eric Hansen and Tyler James answer questions from X/Twitter and The Insider Lounge (29:47).

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