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It didn’t take long for those who have Notre Dame Football living rent free in their heads to start flipping out about the 2026 schedule. It’s low hanging fruit for sure, but it’s still fruit. Notre Dame is not playing the toughest schedule in the country in 2026, and that makes its many detractors pretty […]
From One Foot Down | about 19 hours ago | 2 reads
Thinking long term, which seems apropos since it’s that February turn for the home stretch of the season, there’s a singular vision that haunts. And, no, it’s not Kasean Pryor firing a triple, thereby pushing good fortune during far and away his signature performance of the year. As scary as that open FG attempt from […]
From Card Chronicle | about 24 hours ago | 1 read
Aaron Henry is off to Notre Dame. He is now “former” Illinois Defensive Coordinator, and this change has made without the need of Illini head coach Bret Bielema having to fire anyone. Given how Henry is his crony, and a former player of his at the University of Wisconsin, it would have been an extremely […] The post New Notre Dame DC Aaron Henry: 5 Worst and 5 Best Games at Illinois appeared first on The Sports Bank .
From The Bank | 3 days ago | 1 read
According to multiple reports, Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Football program are expected to hire Michigan linebackers coach, Brian Jean-Mary, to coach the linebackers for the Irish in 2026. Jean-Mary was also the Michigan defensive run game coordinator — which is was also the same position as departing Irish coach Al Washington had last […]
From One Foot Down | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have returned from their sacred quests to once again open the pod portal to ritualize Notre Dame Football. In this episode: And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go […]
From One Foot Down | 3 days ago | 1 read
Significant developments this weekend on Illinois’ coaching staff. First, special teams coordinator Robby Discher was reported to be heading to Ohio State. And then on Sunday, CBS Sports reported that defensive coordinator Aaron Henry is expected to head to South Bend and join Marcus Freeman’s staff at Notre Dame. Matt Zenitz reports Henry will be […]
From The Champaign Room | 4 days ago | 0 reads
As the coaching carousel continues, Notre Dame is now expected to hire Illinois defensive coordinator, Aaron Henry, to become the new defensive backs coach and Co-Defensive Coordinator for the Irish.
From One Foot Down | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Just because the college football coaching cycle has slowed down — it doesn’t mean the NFL coaching cycle is anywhere close to be done. According to multiple reports, Notre Dame linebackers coach, Al Washington, is leaving the Irish to take a job in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins. Washington was just recently moved to […]
From One Foot Down | 7 days ago | 2 reads
I know a lot of it is because we are Notre Dame Football fans, but it really feels like the majority of the college football conversation over the past week is the absolute unhinged reaction to what the college football playoff will look like next season. If you remember, there was a chance that the […]
From One Foot Down | 8 days ago | 3 reads
Yeah so… please forgive me here. There was a significant lack of coverage for Notre Dame sports over the weekend, and all I can say is sorry — Winter Storm Fern, directly and indirectly, caused a few issues and some things went unreported here for our continuing conversation. So let’s just throw it all in […]
From One Foot Down | 10 days ago | 2 reads
Rutgers wide receiver KJ Duff has been named to ESPN’s list of the top 100 college football players in the 2025 season. Duff came in at No.52, ahead of Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr and behind Cal Defensive Back Hezekiah Masses. In 2025, Duff had 1,084 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He also had several […]
From On the Banks | 10 days ago | 3 reads
Boston College built a commanding first half Saturday night but could not hold off a late surge, falling 68-64 at Notre Dame. The Eagles opened the game with sharp execution and took control early. Boston College scored the first eight points and extended the advantage behind confident shooting and steady ball movement. Fred Payne set […]
From BC Interruption | 12 days ago | 1 read
Saturday is a busy day with Clemson at Georgia Tech, NC State off to Pitt, Miami jetting up to Lower Canada to take on Syracuse, Virginia Tech in an interesting matchup with Louisville, FSU saddling up to take on the SMU Mustangs, BC battling the Fighting Irish, Cal at Stanford for the West Coast nightcap […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 13 days ago | 3 reads
We’ve had the new playoff system for two years now. Like last year, there were plenty of arguments about who should or shouldn’t have gotten in. Last year there was a lot of fuss about Alabama being left out, finishing the regular season ranked 11th. This Notre Dame was viewed as being snubbed, also ranked […]
From Mountain West Connection | 13 days ago | 7 reads
You can feel it coming right? Well… maybe it’s coming. I mean — it’s probably coming, but is it coming for Notre Dame? College football is trying to figure itself out again which is nothing new. For decades. programs across the country have tried multiple ways to kind of “game” the system a little bit […]
From One Foot Down | 14 days ago | 1 read
UNC earned a much-needed victory last night against Notre Dame behind yet another incredible performance from Caleb Wilson. Coming off the West Coast trip, it felt like this team needed to get back to some of the key things that led to them entering conference play with only one loss. The team played with more […]
From Tar Heel Blog | 15 days ago | 2 reads
Much like Tuesday, we saw one blowout on Wednesday and two close games: UNC hammered Notre Dame 91-69, Boston College nipped Pitt 65-62 and Virginia Tech snuck past Syracuse on the road, 76-74. UNC led from wire to wire and while the Irish were close at 26-23, that was the end of that: UNC just […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 15 days ago | 1 read
One of the really fun things to do over the course of the college football season is to critique all of the AP Top 25 voters each week about their Notre Dame ranking (or whatever). Their votes are very public, and they are held accountable by CFB fans. The coaches poll, however… yeah they don’t […]
From One Foot Down | 15 days ago | 2 reads
With the 2025 season at last in the books and all my negativity about the state of college football exorcised, in the spirit of turning the page toward the future I thought it would be fun to revisit a recurring topic here at OFD – namely, Notre Dame’s continuing march toward playing every team in […]
From One Foot Down | 15 days ago | 4 reads
Early Wednesday morning, BYU’s 2026 football schedule was finalized and released on social media. The Cougars recently announced an agreement with Notre Dame for a home-and-home series, beginning in 2026 in Provo. The schedule is now set. Here it is. Sat, Sep. 5 vs. Utah Tech (FCS) Sat, Sep. 12 vs. Arizona Sat, Sep. 19 […]
From Vanquish The Foe | 15 days ago | 4 reads
Will Stein is excited to work with his new quarterback, Kenny Minchey. Minchey chose Kentucky in the transfer portal after opting to leave Notre Dame. He initially committed to Nebraska, but about 24 hours later, flipped to Kentucky after Will Stein and Co. pivoted from Sam Leavitt. Minchey battled CJ Carr at Notre Dame for […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 16 days ago | 2 reads
We have all sorts of good news coming in today. According to Blue and Gold’s Eric Hansen, Notre Dame defensive tackle, Jason Onye, has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. Not even the new portal additions were as big of a deal for Notre Dame’s defensive line as this news about […]
From One Foot Down | 16 days ago | 0 reads
Here’s a fun surprise for Notre Dame fans… the #1 kicker in the 2026 football recruiting class just committed to Notre Dame. Micah is a 6-Star kicker and rated as #1 in the country according to Chris Sailer. He was previously committed and signed to the Michigan Wolverines but with the dismissal of Sherrone Moore, […]
From One Foot Down | 16 days ago | 1 read
The college football season is over and with that comes the final poll rankings. In this new era of a 12 team playoff, the final rankings play second fiddle to the playoff field, but it’s still something important. Whether it’s a recruiting pitch or a state of the program or just a good old fashioned […]
From One Foot Down | 16 days ago | 2 reads
Welcome to day one of the 2026 Notre Dame Football season. I’m sure you can make an argument that it started much earlier, but I’m not — it’s today. Notre Dame has a ton of talent coming back in 2026, and is bringing in 36 new players via recruiting and the transfer portal (which is […]
From One Foot Down | 17 days ago | 1 read