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Notre Dame Football Stats: USC Series by the Decade

After years of rumblings, Notre Dame and USC have officially put their football relationship on break status. Since 1926, the two programs have met 93 times. The Irish led the series heading into the recently announced pause, with 51 wins. The Trojans had 37 wins and five of the matchups concluded with ties.  The most […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Why This Season Deserved a Better Ending

As we close the book on another Notre Dame football season, I keep coming back to one unavoidable conclusion: at the end of the season, Notre Dame was one of the best teams in the country. Hands down. This team lost its first two games by a combined four points. Four. Then they turned around […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Notre Dame Football: 2026 Transfer Portal Tracker

The transfer portal might be the biggest difference maker every year now in college football. Whether it’s players leaving or players arriving, the effect on every roster in the country is seen and felt throughout the season. Notre Dame is no different than anyone else in this regard, and we’ve seen the impact out on […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Notre Dame upset at home by Purdue Fort Wayne, 72-69

We can’t have nice things. There was some momentum moving in favor of Notre Dame and its basketball hopes this season, but against the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastadons, they really looked like they miss Markus Burton more than ever. The Irish trailed at halftime, could never get over the hump, and eventually fell to the […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

College Football Playoff First Round: STAFF PICKS

The college football playoff is here and it hits quite a bit differently this year after Notre Dame got hosed by the committee in the final two sets of the playoff rankings — but I’ve already done that post. As I’ve said before, I am not doing a silly boycott of the playoffs (or the […]

about 2 months ago | 3 reads

More postseason All-American accolades come in for Notre Dame

We are still on track for Notre Dame to have two unanimous All-Americans with Jeremiyah Love and Leonard Moore after the release of the Sporting News All-American teams today. An extra cherry on top was Jadarian Price’s selection as a first team kick returner. From the ND press release: Love, Moore, Price Named 2025 The […]

about 2 months ago | 3 reads

Looking ahead at Notre Dame Football’s roster management for 2026

With Notre Dame’s 2025 college football season at an abrupt end, we can start to focus on roster management and the possibilities to come with NFL Draft entries and transfer portal transactions. Notre Dame’s recruiting class for 2026 is signed and set, and with the exception of the increased likelihood of 2027 QB Teddy Jarrard […]

about 2 months ago | 4 reads

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love declares for the NFL Draft

Despite the little drops of hope, we all knew this was coming. Notre Dame running back, Jeremiyah Love has declared for the 2026 NFL Draft. Love came to Notre Dame in 2023 as a highly rated running back with a huge amount of upside because of his incredible athleticism. He received a lot of Ricky […]

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Jeremiyah Love and Leonard Moore looking to make the consensus All-American jump to UNANIMOUS

The third All-American team that counts toward the “consensus” and “unanimous” selections just came out on Tuesday with the release of the AFCA All-American Team. Both Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and cornerback Leonard Moore were honored with first team selections on the AFCA team, to go along with their first team selections on […]

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Notre Dame Football Stats: 2006 Georgia Tech Game Review

Notre Dame football kicked off the 2006 season with an away game at Georgia Tech.  The 2005 Irish team finished with a 9-3 overall record and Georgia Tech’s prior squad had finished with a 7-5 season.  It was the first time that the two programs had faced off since the Gator Bowl in 1999.  Tech […]

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