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Notre Dame Football Rivalry Trophies: The Megaphone and Michigan State
There are few things in the college football world that give me as much joy as the entire collection of rivalry trophies. College football is supposed to be weird, stupid, and full of things that don’t make sense — but yet full of emotion and nostalgia. Nothing makes that more clear than the rivalry trophies […]
The Anti-Preview: No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Michigan State Spartans
All week long I’ve been talking about how glad I am that Notre Dame VS Michigan State is back on the schedule. It’s a rivalry that meant a lot to me for most of my life, but I have to tell ya… I sure hope I don’t regret how eager I am. It’s been almost […]
Five Old Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: Welcome back Sparty
Notre Dame and Michigan State will play for the 80th time on Saturday night in South Bend for the Megaphone Trophy. I’m really excited about this week to get back to playing this rivalry game for the first time since 2017. Before we get to the photos, I though this Tik Tok video was very […]
Hot and Cold Takes for Notre Dame VS the Michigan State Spartans
Night Game in South Bend! How’d We Do Last Week? As a refresher, each week I will feature the Most Accurate, Most interesting, and Most Wildly Inaccurate takes. Let’s get to it! Most Wildly Inaccurate There is a LOT going on here from Pseudodomer. Wasn’t sure if this was inaccurate or interesting, but I had […]
Notre Dame announces 2026-2027 women’s basketball schedule
The college basketball season is rapidly approaching, and we’re getting ready for Niele Ivey and her Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team to do some great things. Notre Dame just dropped its full schedule for the incoming season — prepare accordingly. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The 2026-27 Notre Dame women’s basketball schedule is here, and there are […]
Notre Dame Football: Michigan State Spartans Q&A with The Only Colors
Folks, it’s been nearly a decade since these two programs with plenty of history have met on the gridiron, but finally we’re back at it with our #3, 2-0 Notre Dame Fighting Irish playing host to the Michigan State Spartans, who’ve jumped out to a 2-0 start to their inaugural season under new head coach […]
Divine Intervention? When the Ball Bounced Notre Dame’s Way Against Michigan State
There are games you win because you execute the game plan perfectly. There are games you win because you are simply the better team. And then there are games when a football takes a strange bounce, somehow lands in exactly the right pair of hands, and leaves everyone wondering whether something—or Someone—might have been looking […]
Notre Dame Football: Irish schedule Nebraska Cornhuskers for future slate
Notre Dame and its football schedule seem to constantly be a topic of conversation, and today they make a little noise by announcing an upcoming series against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame football program has announced a two-game series in 2032 and 2033 with the University of Nebraska. […]
Notre Dame and Michigan State should play every year
I’ve grown weary of this new modern age of college football. While many fans are up in arms about the transfer portal and NIL, I’m more annoyed than ever about the scheduling trends across the sport due to an ever-changing postseason and the hunt for television money. A lot of college football traditions and rivalries […]
WEATHER REPORT UPDATE: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Michigan State Spartans
UPDATE Well that didn’t take long for the forecast to make a drastic turn for the worse. What originally looked like just another humid football game under the lights in South Bend… may now be just another game night with rain and thunderstorms. This has the potential to obviously affect the fan experience — as […]
WEATHER REPORT UPDATE: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Michigan State Spartans
UPDATE Well that didn’t take long for the forecast to make a drastic turn for the worse. What originally looked like just another humid football game under the lights in South Bend… may now be just another game night with rain and thunderstorms. This has the potential to obviously affect the fan experience — as […]
Notre Dame VS Michigan State: When, Where, and How to Watch Megaphone Rivalry
Notre Dame and Michigan State are playing for the first time since 2017, and the two teams will be playing for the rights to the Megaphone Trophy. WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO WATCH When: Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 PM EST Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IndianaHow to watch: NBC and Peacock ODDS According to FanDuel Sportsbook, […]
2026 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Irish VS Michigan State Spartans
Notre Dame and Michigan State are set to play for the first time since 2017. This will be the 80th meeting all-time between the two schools, and for a lot of Notre Dame fans… this has been a rivalry game for most of their life. Fans don’t hate Sparty the same way they hate Michigan, […]
It’s still a “wait and see” type of Notre Dame running game
We don’t need to rehash what Notre Dame has done on the ground during its first two games of the season for you to know that there are some concerns. While Wisconsin was one thing, the performance against Rice left many people scratching their heads and begging for something more or something different — something. […]
One Foot Down Reacts: Where Are We Elite?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Notre Dame fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys: We’ve passed the second week of Notre Dame football, and it’s time to ask our […]
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Irish injury report and depth charts VS Michigan State
Notre Dame didn’t suffer any injuries during the win over Rice. This week Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is off of the initial “questionable” list as we saw him terrorize the Owls on Saturday. The Irish also get back Ko’0 Kia to make it nine players that are officially out for the Michigan State game. INJURY REPORT Notre […]
WEATHER REPORT: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Michigan State Spartans
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are riding high to start the 2026 college football season. The No. 3 ranked Irish are 2-0 and have outscored its opponents 95-13 in two blowout wins. You’d think things might get tougher this week with the word, “rival” thrown around, but the Irish are almost 30 point favorites against […]
How Notre Dame’s opponents fared in WEEK 2 of the CFB season
Notre Dame’s 2026 college football schedule has been called many thing over the last eight months, but “tough” or anywhere near the word “hard” was certainly not among them. Still, some have mentioned that this Irish schedule could look a lot trickier as the season progresses. While they may eventually be true, it may not […]
Three Things We Saw in Notre Dame’s Win Over Rice
Notre Dame fans across the nation can breathe a sigh of relief, as a game 2 date with a massive G6 underdog went as planned for only the second time in the Marcus Freeman era. A lot of guys looked great as Rice was badly undermatched in South Bend, but let’s talk about a few […]
Notre Dame 52, Rice 0: Online Overreactions
With a game like that on Saturday afternoon, it’s a little tough to find much overreaction to anything (thank the Good Lord we were the farthest thing from another Marshall or NIU situation). The Notre Dame Fighting Irish absolutely FRIED the Rice Owls on Saturday afternoon. It was just never close, and where we saw […]
Notre Dame stays put at No. 3 in both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll
New sets of rankings from the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll were released on Sunday, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain the No. 3 team in the country despite losing some first place votes along the way. While the “hope” of Navy being ranked when Notre Dame plays them later this year is […]
Notre Dame Football Stats: Week 2 Review of Win over Rice
Notre Dame followed its strong Week 1 start against Wisconsin with a brutal 52-0 shutout of Rice in Week 2. The ghost of recent home openers were brought up during the pregame coverage but the Irish killed all of those bad vibes seconds into the action and never let up on the Owls. The Big […]
Notre Dame VS Rice: When the cupcake doesn’t taste great
Cupcakes have a great PR team. Say the word, “cupcake” and most people think of a delicious spongy ball of cake that’s topped with a sweet and creamy spread. That’s mostly true… except it’s not sometimes. Sometimes, you buy a set of cupcakes at the grocery store and then immediately wish you would have just […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Notre Dame 52, Rice 0
Notre Dame took care of business on Saturday in their home opener with a 52-0 shutout win over the Rice Owls. Here are some of the best images from the game.
Notre Dame cooks Rice for a 52-0 win in the home opener
It didn’t take long for Notre Dame to flex all over Rice. On the second play of the game, Adon Shuler forced a fumble on the Rice running back, and Boubacar Traore picked the ball up and made a 24 yard dash for the end zone to put the Irish up 7-0 after 14 seconds […]
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