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Notre Dame Football announces four captains for the 2026 season
The time has finally come. Notre Dame is about to step into game week with a matchup against the Wisconsin Badgers in Lambeau Field, and they just publicly announced their captains for the 2026 college football season. Quarterback CJ Carr #13 CAPTAINLinebacker Drayk Bowen #34 CAPTAINSafety Adon Shuler #8 CAPTAINWide Receiver Jordan Faison #6 CAPTAIN […]
Notre Dame is one of the most talented teams in the country, so of course they’re overrated
The best option is a triple option — however it’s lined up. HOW IS NOTRE DAME OVERRATED WITH ALL OF THIS TALENT? As the offseason/preseason comes to an end, Notre Dame is still being catcalled by idiot fan here and idiot fan there. The word “overrated” is a word consistently used by those that just […]
Five Old Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: Can We Kick it?
One of the strangest parts of the 2025 college football season for Notre Dame was their kicking situation (among a long list of strangeness). The Irish appear to have corrected the problem with transfer Spencer Porath, so today, let’s be grateful for kickers.
What service academy could win a college football national championship?
Let’s have a little fun today… If the US government decided it was going to go all in with NIL and everything else with a service academy to win a national championship — which one gets it done? This isn’t a question I just came up with at 4:30 in the morning, but it is […]
Will Kate Koval return to the Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team?
If you haven’t heard by now, Kate Koval is leaving the LSU Tigers. The former Notre Dame women’s basketball player was not happy that LSU Tigers head coach Kim Mulkey signed a Russian player, and 10 days after… Koval decided to leave. With Koval’s father being in the Ukrainian military and being part of the […]
About that Notre Dame Football Depth Chart…
There are many options in the world, but we make it a triple option. ABOUT THAT NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART I’ve covered college football long enough to understand that anything said before the week one game can be interpreted as number of different ways. The depth chart, for example, is one of the biggest […]
Leave No Doubt: A Very Unscientific Look at Notre Dame’s 2026 Schedule
I don’t make Notre Dame football predictions. There are several reasons for this, the most important being that I am a Notre Dame fan and therefore understand that whatever I predict will almost certainly become my fault. Predict 12-0? Loss. Call a game a “sure thing”? You’ve doomed us all. Say, “I’m really not worried […]
More Notre Dame Football rat poison for your mind, body, and soul
Just the other day, I talked about how absolutely DONE I am with the Notre Dame and college football offseason. One of the reasons has been the preseason prognostications. I know it’s weird, but while I’m usually calling out media outlets for a lack of respect for Notre Dame — I’m asking that they now […]
Notre Dame is learning how to Lambeau Leap the right way (kind of)
Remember when Notre Dame did some fun videos to release other versions of their Shamrock Series uniforms? Yeah — good times. For this year’s game against the Wisconsin Badgers inside Lambeau Field, Notre Dame reverted back to a basic release online of what the uniforms will look like. The uniforms were pretty well received by […]
Insanely ready to be DONE with the Notre Dame Football offseason
I asked myself a really tough question on Sunday. What am I looking forward to more, the start of the Notre Dame football season or the end of the Notre Dame football offseason? A philosophy major out there will probably tell me that the two can’t be separated, but of course they can. We don’t […]
What Happened the Last Time Notre Dame Played Syracuse?
The season is almost here, and we have one game from the last one left to discuss before jumping into it. Notre Dame closes 2026 at the Dome Formerly Known as Carrier, playing a team and quarterback it knows very well. A lot of people have this one circled as a potentially challenging game, and […]
The partnership between Notre Dame and Under Armour just got stronger
Three years ago, Notre Dame signed a 10 year contract extension with Under Armour. The first deal between Notre Dame and Under Armour started in 2014, and at the time, it was viewed more as a partnership than just an apparell agreement. Notre Dame was now a major stockholder in Under Armour (as part of […]
The biggest takeaway from Notre Dame’s fall camp is that the depth is DEEP
Notre Dame wrapped up its fall camp on Friday with a 100 play scimmage. Marcus Freeman then went and took questions from the media, and the single biggest takeaway from that presser is that this Notre Dame football team is DEEP. Notre Dame had a handful of starting positions up for grabs before camp started, […]
A trio of Notre Dame Football players are on the Bednarik Award watch list
Notre Dame’s defense in 2026 is going to be elite. A big reason why is that the Irish are absolutely stacked at multiple positions with some of the best talent in the country. The Bednarik Award sees that and has its eye on three Notre Dame players; Adon Shuler, Leonard Moore, and Boubacar Traore. Honestly… […]
Five Old Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: Random Dudes from 2005
The year was 2005, and there was a lot of hope for the future for Notre Dame football. Some of that hope came from the play of individuals we often overlook 20 years later. Here are a few of those guys… happy Friday!
Notre Dame Football and the Transfer Portal Noise
Sometimes it’s better to have more than one or two options… so use the triple option. BRADY QUINN AND THE TRANSFER PORTAL Former Notre Dame quarterback, Brady Quinn, bleeds blue and gold. The Dublin, Ohio, native has been one of the most popular faces of Notre Dame football over the last two decades, and has […]
Notre Dame’s CJ Carr named to Golden Arm Award watch list
Notre Dame’s CJ Carr wears a gold helmet and has a golden arm… and someone took notice. Carr Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior quarterback CJ Carr was named to the 2026 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Watch List, recognizing the nation’s top upperclassman quarterback, recognizing on-field excellence […]
Before We Knew What Came Next
There are football games we remember because of what happened. And then there are football games we remember because of how they felt. On September 3, 1994, Notre Dame opened its season against Northwestern under the lights at Soldier Field. The Irish were ranked No. 3 in the country, 66,946 fans filled the stadium, and […]
Let’s dive a little deeper into the AP Top 25 Poll and Notre Dame’s ranking
The speed option is there when you need it and don’t even know why. THE AP POLL CONVERSATION Now that the AP Top 25 poll is out, we know the college football season is ready to really begin. Say what you will about the polls, they are still a big part of what makes the […]
Are we officially on Bubba Frazier Swoosh watch at Notre Dame?
If you ever have an option, make it a triple. POUND FOR POUND SPEED Talking about a Notre Dame football player with speed almost always brings out the SWOOSH commentary — especially if it’s a freshman. (If you need me to explain the swoosh comment you are either too young to buy a case of […]
Notre Dame’s CJ Carr and Marcus Freeman debate Easy Mac vs Uncrustables
When Notre Dame traveled to New York for its annual media blitz, the trip felt a little lighter than usual. I was expecting a ridiculous hot take or two that we can put in the back of our memory and then onto a College Gameday sign. Maybe that take just surfaced? Eater took CJ Carr […]
Navy continues to be the most annoying team on Notre Dame’s schedule
If all of you Navy defenders are done screaming, “KNOW YOUR HISTORY” at the screen… we can continue. This isn’t about if Notre Dame should drop Navy from the schedule — it’s about one of the most annoying things about having them on the schedule every year. Other than college football hipsters (which I am […]
Notre Dame’s CJ Carr and Leonard Moore put on Maxwell Award Watch List
Notre Dame has two players on the Maxwell Award watch list in quarterback CJ Carr and cornerback Leonard Moore. As a former cornerback myself… LETS GO LEONARD MOORE!!!! Knowing the Thorpe Award, however, Moore would win the Maxwell but somehow not win the Thorpe (kind of like the Outland works). Carr, Moore Selected to Walter […]
Notre Dame will start the season ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25 Poll
The 2026 college football season is just a few weeks away now, and one of the final markers of this journey is the release of the AP Top 25 preseason poll. Notre Dame has been considered a top 5 team all offseason, and in this poll, the Irish will start the season ranked No. 4 […]
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti has a Notre Dame problem
Indiana Hoosiers head coach, Curt Cignetti, is an incredible football coach and accomplished something absolutely NO ONE thought could be done… he guided IU to a national championship in football last season. Now that I have the tip of the cap out of the way… Curt Cignetti is also an extremely delusional douchebag who’s default […]
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