A never-ending discussion about Notre Dame and the greater CFB landscape
Some games don’t just open a season — they announce a statement. And in 1998, Notre Dame delivered one loud enough to echo all the way from South Bend to Ann Arbor. Coming off a turbulent offseason, a disappointing end to 1997, and a national chorus predicting mediocrity, the Irish entered their season opener against […]
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On Wednesday night, there was OTHER news out of the state of Michigan, and news that actually affects Notre Dame. Irish linebackers coach, Max Bullough, is leaving South Bend to become the new Co-Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach for the Michigan State Spartans. Along with Bullough, Notre Dame assistant Tre Reader is also leaving Notre […]
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With star Markus Burton out indefinitely, today’s contest against the Idaho Vandals represented Micah Shrewsberry’s first chance to game plan around the new identity the Irish will need to build. That identity figures to feature a lot of Jalen Haralson taking the keys to the offense, with Braeden Shrewsberry and new starter Cole Certa handling […]
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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan opened up the pod bunker to send a special statement out about Notre Dame Football. We will have to dispense with the show notes this week. This was a massive conversation between friends about : And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews […]
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People sure do have a lot to say about the Notre Dame Fighting irish right now… but they aren’t saying Marcus Freeman and his staff AREN’T recruiting well. On Tuesday, 4-Star cornerback Ace Alston gave his public commitment to Notre Dame and its 2027 recruiting class. The 5’11” 175 pound defensive back from Anderson High […]
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Notre Dame running back, Jeremiyah Love, is the best and most outstanding player in the country. No one is going to convince me otherwise — but there is a certain trophy that he qualifies for that could turn his status to all-time college football legend. The Heisman Trophy. Jeremiyah Love Named Heisman Finalist SOUTH BEND, […]
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Now that Notre Dame’s football season is over and done the work of roster management for nest year really picks up steam. On Monday, it has been reported that quarterback Kenny Minchey will enter the transfer portal. This shouldn’t be shocking to anyone as pretty much everyone said this was going to happen since August. […]
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It was the ACC season opener for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s basketball team, and they more than took care of business on the road with a 93-58 win over the Florida State Seminoles. From the ND press release:
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Welp… This sucks. First things first, be honest. You. Yes, you, as a Notre Dame fan. In your heart of hearts, you KNOW that Miami deserved a spot in the CFP ahead of the Irish. The resumes are similar enough that the head-to-head win rightfully carried the day. The double-standard of the 1993 national championship […]
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So… I just published the reasons why Notre Dame should make the decision to not accept any bowl invitation this year, and then I see they did IN FACT decide to opt out. They are 100% doing the right thing here. There is no need to help a system out that is hell bent on […]
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Notre Dame fans are still a little shocked after today’s final college football playoff rankings that pushed the Irish back to #11 and OUT of the playoff. There is still plenty of time to slam the committee, scientologists, drug lords, and whoever else you want for this snubbing — but there is some business at […]
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The college football playoff committee is the most corrupt body in all of sports (and with FIFA that’s saying something). As the playoff rankings were unveiled we saw no movement in the top 8, and then it got ridiculous. Notre Dame is OUT of the college football playoff. Alabama, who was just blown out by […]
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The college football regular season is over and done, and here comes the postseason. Obviously as an Independent, Notre Dame won’t be participating this weekend, but the impact from some of those games could be massive. There are multiple scenarios that have the Irish IN and OUT of the college football playoff due to certain […]
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I wrote in the recap of the Missouri game that it was the most important game of Micah Shrewsberry’s tenure thus far at Notre Dame, and I stand by it. Yet, this one didn’t feel any less huge. By beating Missouri, Notre Dame earned the right to have tonight’s game mean something. A win would […]
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This part of the ACC-Notre Dame stats series is focused on team-level stats. Offense Points Scored The Irish would’ve been ranked first in the ACC for points scored per game. The team averaged 42 points per game during the 2025-26 season. Pitt (8-4) was a ways off at #2 with 35.1 points scored per game. Stanford […]
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The college football regular season is over and done, and here comes the postseason. Obviously as an Independent, Notre Dame won’t be participating this weekend, but the impact from some of those games could be massive. There are multiple scenarios that have the Irish IN and OUT of the college football playoff due to certain […]
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This week, we’re heading back to one of the most defining statements of the Ara Parseghian era — a day when Notre Dame didn’t just win, they announced themselves to the nation. Long before playoff brackets and Twitter debates, the Irish traveled to Norman in 1966 for a clash of unbeatens that was billed as […]
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Joshua and Jude celebrate Brendan’s birthday by opening the pod portal without him, because the Notre Dame Football universe doesn’t stop. In this episode: And MUCH more weaved inand 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 Irish!
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One by one, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will add new members to its football family during the early signing period for the 2026 recruiting class. Rather than beat the site down with a profile piece after each of the recruits sent in their NLI, we simply offer this recruiting tracker for the day. OFD will offer […]
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Without exaggeration, tonight’s contest against the Missouri Tigers represented the most important game of the Micah Shrewsberry era to-date. Expectations are for the program to be in the hunt for an NCAA tournament bid, and for that to be a realistic possibility, there needs to be a quality non-conference win to point to. Beating Houston […]
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The penultimate set of College Football Playoff rankings were released and the committee decided to move Notre Dame down to #10 and Alabama up to #9. If you’ve been paying attention to me over the past few weeks — this is pretty much what I expected from the committee. They want Bama in the playoff […]
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It’s National Signing Day on Wednesday for Notre Dame Football and the rest of the country. Over the years we have seen the calendar change several times for the recruiting cycle, and this year brings another change as the early period for Signing Day is sooner than it’s ever been — which is fine. Now […]
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The 2025-26 regular season is closed for Notre Dame football. The team’s final record was 10-2 and all signs point to a College Football Playoff berth. It’s also time for the annual intensification of arguments about why the Irish’s Independent status should: 1 Automatically bar them from CFP participation 2. Completely bar them from Power […]
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Well, I don’t know about a lot of you Eastern timers, but I was (barely) awake for every snap on Saturday night/Sunday morning. That was rough, and an experience I don’t really want to go through again. Thankfully, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish had the Stanford Cardinal taken care of pretty much by the end […]
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The Notre Dame football team has finished the regular season and are awaiting to see what will happen for the post season — namely, the college football playoff. Despite the loss in Miami, and against Texas A&M, the Irish still have a chance to bring home its 23rd national championship thanks to doing what they […]
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