If you ever wondered just how much tampering goes on in college football as teams desperately scratch at the transfer portal — it’s probably a LOT more than you think. Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love is one of those fun examples of a player that everyone knew was returning to Notre Dame in 2025 — but teams still were like “hey let’s call him up and throw a bag at him.”
Love never was in doubt of leaving the Irish, as he tells Kevin Clark here, but average fans didn’t hear anything about it either. As a CFB reporter/personality, I hear these tales quite a bit, but since nothing comes from it, no one knows about it.
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Tampering isn’t just a figment of Pat Narduzzi’s imagination — it’s a real thing that happens all of the time. Until there are multi-year contracts developed under collective bargaining, it will continue to be part of college football.
On a positive note… I think this whole thing says a lot about Jeremiyah Love, Marcus Freeman, and Notre Dame itself.
