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They Didn’t Know They Were Watching History: Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin, 1964
My dad has been reminiscing a lot this week. With Notre Dame and Wisconsin preparing to meet again this weekend, his thoughts have gone back 62 years, to the first football game of his senior year at Notre Dame. On September 26, 1964, Dad and a group of his friends piled into a car and […]
Notre Dame Football: Irish will wear LOU sticker on the helmets this season
Notre Dame announced via social media that the Irish will be wearing “LOU” stickers on the helmets this college football season to honor the late Lou Holtz. We all knew this was going to be a thing in some way this year — as it should be. For those wondering why it isn’t above the […]
Hot and Cold Takes for Notre Dame VS Wisconsin
Football is BACK. I am also writing this coming off the birth (on Sunday) of my third child…..which might seem overwhelming for some, but for me, I am officially on paternity leave. This makes me a full time football watcher for the next few weeks. And so I digress….. Welcome back to Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hot […]
Good luck with the Leonard Moore gameplan Wisconsin
Notre Dame’s Leonard Moore is widely considered to not only be the best cornerback in the country, but perhaps the best defensive player in the country as well. Moore’s next “test” comes against a Wisconsin team that was legitimately one of the worst in the entire FBS last season. Obviously in the age of the […]
Is Luke Fickell going FULL Pat Narduzzi for Wisconsin’s game against Notre Dame?
Last year, Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi famously talked about how their game against Notre Dame didn’t really mean anything because it wasn’t an ACC conference game. Never mind the fact that Pitt was ranked and in the hunt for a college football playoff spot — Narduzzi put up the front that the game didn’t […]
Get the best of One Foot Down on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for One Foot Down. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Fighting Irish. I personally have been testing the app for about a month, and it has been a really great experience. With so many of us using our phones to check everything […]
Everything comes down to what’s happening in the trenches for Notre Dame
Marcus Freeman took the podium on Monday to begin the first game week for Notre Dame this season as the Irish travel to Green Bay to take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the Shamrock Series. While his press conference didn’t offer too many revelations about this 2026 Notre Dame team, I paid particular attention to […]
Notre Dame VS Wisconsin: When, Where, and How to Watch the Shamrock Series
Notre Dame will start another college football season on the road, but it will have that HOME flavor as it’s a Shamrock Series game. The Irish are considered to be one of the favorites to win the national championship this season, but to do that — they have to win game one first. I think […]
WEATHER REPORT: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Wisconsin Badgers
We’re not in August anymore, but we’re still in the midwest in early September for Notre Dame’s season opener against the Wisconsin Badgers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. So… there could be a variety of different weather forecasts for Sunday’s game, but thankfully for everyone going to the game — it should be a […]
2026 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Irish VS Wisconsin Badgers
Are we really there? Is it finally GAME WEEK for Notre Dame Football? Yes my friends – we are here. It’s honestly been one of those offseasons that just gutted the hell out of everyone. The way the 2025 season ended and the brutal wait to see how Notre Dame proves everyone wrong in 2026 […]
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Irish injury report and depth charts for Wisconsin game
Notre Dame started week one with Marcus Freeman’s opening presser (more to come on that) as well as the injury report and depth charts. I can’t say I’m too surprised about any of this right now as most of this information has been hinted at here and there over the last few weeks. INJURY REPORT […]
How Notre Dame’s opponents fared in WEEK 0 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 […]
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, […]
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