{"id":125126,"date":"2021-01-19T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=125126"},"modified":"2021-01-19T15:44:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:44:40","slug":"notre-dames-jeff-jackson-talks-fighting-irish-big-ten-pandemic-analytics-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2021\/01\/19\/notre-dames-jeff-jackson-talks-fighting-irish-big-ten-pandemic-analytics-uscho-spotlight-college-hockey-podcast-season-3-episode-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame&#8217;s Jeff Jackson talks Fighting Irish, Big Ten, pandemic, analytics: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson, whose Fighting Irish swept then-No. 1 Minnesota last weekend. Jackson speaks about this year&#8217;s team, the Big Ten&#8217;s response to the pandemic and how his team has adjusted, about analytics vs. the &#8220;eye test,&#8221; and about this weekend&#8217;s series with Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/uscho-spotlight\/id1437717447?mt=2\">on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/3185680\/episodes\/feed\">your favorite podcast app<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/uscholive\">Spreaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=43015909&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Sponsor this podcast! 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