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One afternoon in South Texas and one evening in South Florida made one morning in South Bend last month awkwardly unnecessary for one Notre Dame football player.
Junior quarterback Steve Angeli stayed true to form, offering handshake greetings to a trio of writers that he has talked with maybe six, seven, eight times during his collegiate career.
“Hi, I’m Steve. Good to see you again.”
“Steve. Good to see you again.”
Angeli the old guy carried himself like the new guy. In today’s transfer portal world of college athletics — don’t like your situation at one school, find a new one at another — that Angeli was still at Notre Dame, still competing for the starting job, still introducing himself to reporters whose faces he’s seen and questions he’s fielded for three seasons was a bit … refreshing.
Why is he still here?
“Ahh, I don’t know,” Angeli said with a laugh. “I love it. That’s all I know. I think I’m exactly where I was meant to be right now. Notre Dame is the place for me.”
The place as a quarterback. As the starting quarterback. If the age-old sports adage that there is no substitute for experience is true, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Angeli’s days as a substitute are done. For three years, he watched someone more experienced, more seasoned, more game ready earn the Notre Dame starting quarterback job.
He was always the other guy. The young guy. Now he’s the old guy. He should be the guy.
Every day since he arrived as an early enrollee from Bergen (N.J.) Catholic High School, Angeli carried himself like the…
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Publish date : 2025-04-09 15:54:00
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