Newsstand: Notre Dame-Navy drew nearly 4 million viewers

Notre Dame’s 42-3 win over Navy averaged 3.81 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, and NBC Sports digital platforms, according to an official release from NBC.

The game, which was played in Dublin, Ireland, was the most-watched Irish season opener on NBC since 2020 vs. Duke (4.42 million), most-watched Notre Dame game on NBC since 2021 vs. Cincinnati and most-watched Notre Dame-Navy game since 2014.

Notre Dame’s TV deal with NBC pays the Irish $22 million per year, but the Irish also receive approximately $11 million per year from the ACC. The deal with NBC is set to expire after the 2024 season.

The Irish play their home opener against Tennessee State at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend on NBC and Peacock.

Notre Dame tweets of the day

The starting kicker for the New Orleans Saints: former Irish kicker Blake Grupe.

#Saints kicker @BlakeGrupe on making the 53-man roster pic.twitter.com/wcmK30yeyI

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) August 30, 2023

It was a good start to a big season for junior offensive tackle Blake Fisher.

Notre Dame RT Blake Fisher in Week 0:

25 Pass Block Snaps
Zero Pressures Allowed pic.twitter.com/6xMitmsWoQ

— PFF College (@PFF_College) August 29, 2023

The Irish had their starters sit first-class on the plan to and from Ireland, but graduate quarterback Sam Hartman gave up his seat.

Reporters just finished speaking with Notre Dame LB Jack Kiser.

He said starters had first-class plane seats on the way to and from Ireland.

Marcus Freeman flew economy on the way back.

Kiser said Sam Hartman gave up his first-class seat to Holden States.

— Kyle Kelly (@ByKyleKelly) August 29, 2023

Quote of the day

“Oh god. I was a s***show. How does that sound? I mean, what do you want me to do? I mean, I don’t even know what you want me to say. Again, credit to Navy, but it was just, as I said, it was a little crazy for a really, really long time. New formations. New little trinkets. Shifting from unbalanced back to normal. Jet motion. They did a great job.”

— Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden on defending a new-look version of the Navy triple-option offense.

Headlines of the day

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