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Notre Dame Football Talking Points
I rolled up to a high school football camp yesterday and I whispered into the universe… run the triple option. People that know me know about my love/hate relationship with Aaron Sorkin. So… I’m stealing a title that he’s used for multiple episodes of his television shows; Talking Points. It just seems to be the […]
Notre Dame Football: Defending Something Bigger
Winning a national championship changes things. For Notre Dame, the 1988 season had been about climbing back to the top of college football. The Irish went undefeated, beat No. 1 Miami in one of the most memorable games in program history, and finished the job against West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl to claim their […]
What Happened the Last Time Notre Dame Played Boston College?
The final quarter of Notre Dame’s 2026 season opens with the revival of a rivalry statistically shown to be the most one-sided beef in all of college football. You heard that mournful trumpet sound correctly – Fredo is coming back to town. I poke fun here not out of disdain for Boston College, a school […]
Notre Dame Football: Pre-Fall Camp Defensive Roster Breakdown
We talked about offense heading into camp. Defense time. Defensive Interior Projected Starters: Tionne Gray, Frances Brewu Projected Backups: Jason Onye, Elijah Hughes Another year, another new set of starting defensive tackles for Notre Dame. Gabriel Rubio is off to the NFL and Donovan Hinish was forced to medically retire. Enter Gray and Brewu by way […]
Notre Dame adds a sponsor patch to its football jerseys
I was just minutes away from writing a fun article entitled, “What if Notre Dame put a Goldman Sachs patch in the uniform?“ and then I saw the news break that Notre Dame IS putting a sponsor patch on its football uniforms. Notre Dame isn’t the only big time football program to announce a uniform […]
Football conferences are stupid and apparently only Notre Dame understands this
The college football season, postseason, offseason, and preseason is filled with many wonderful conversations — but just about any talk concerning conferences is stupid. The start of the conversations might be in good faith (might be), but they eventually devolve into nonsense. The Great CFB Conference Realignment of the 2010’s was one of the more […]
Does Notre Dame need better lodging for football fans coming to the game?
The Notre Dame football program is a national brand — right? We take great pride in stating that fact when we talk about football independence from conferences, recruiting, and its place in college football. The “Notre Dame game” in South Bend is a bucket list item for many CFB fans once they have a game […]
Notre Dame Football Recruiting: 5-Star EDGE Darieon Prescott commits to the Irish
Notre Dame got the good news for the future that they were looking for involving the 2028 football recruiting class. On Monday, 5-Star EDGE Darieon Prescott gave his public commitment to Marcus Freeman, Charlie Partridge, and the 2028 Notre Dame football recruiting class. The 6’4” 255 pound defensive end from Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, […]
Notre Dame Football: Pre-Fall Camp Offensive Roster Breakdown
The Odyssey was just released. A new Spider-Man releases this week. Notre Dame Football’s fall camp starts in a week. I just got a cool hoodie delivered. What a time to be alive. In anticipation of the pre-season, here’s a breakdown of Notre Dame’s offensive roster, with the defense to follow. Quarterback Starter: CJ Carr Projected Backup: Who […]
Notre Dame flexes hard with its new locker room and performance center
Notre Dame is close to completely opening its new Jack and Kathy Shields Family Hall, and we’ve been shown glimpses of what this thing is… and it’s one billion percent incredible. The most recent glimpse is the unveiling of the Keith and Janet Sherin Locker Room and the Pat and Jana Eilers Performance Center. The […]
Five Old Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: The Great Irish Comeback vs USC
1999 was a wild year for Notre Dame football — mostly because the Irish had a terrible season. they started 1-3 in their first four games and finished 0-4 in their last 4 games. Sandwiched in between were some insane wins. The Irish had two incredible comeback wins at home against Oklahoma and USC, and […]
The way Texas isn’t afraid of saying they’re afraid of Notre Dame is so low T
Is this where we are in 2026? I know there is a culture war raging across the United States, but we’re talking about Texas here — TEXAS. But let’s back up for a second… The college football playoff is the all consuming driver in the sport now. There’s no way around it, and we have […]
Notre Dame Football Recruiting: 4-Star Chicago DL Brayden Parks commits to the Irish
Notre Dame is really stacking the talent along the defensive line with its 2027 football recruiting class. On Thursday, one of the big additions to that group finally made a public announcement. 4-Star defensive lineman Brayden Parks gave his commitment to Marcus Freeman, Charlie Partridge, and Notre Dame via an announcement ceremony on CBS Sports. […]
Which green will Notre Dame DL recruit pick today, Duck or Irish?
It’s Thursday, which is as good as any day to whip out a triple option. NOTRE DAME TARGET TO DECIDE TODAY One of the last of Notre Dame’s uncommitted prospects in the 2027 class is defensive tackle Brayden Parks. The Chicago native has dwindled his recruitment down to Notre Dame and the Oregon Ducks. This […]
How I feel about all 138 FBS programs going into the 2026 CFB season
The college football is a little more than a month away, and if we can look past all of the hair-pulling conversations about the NCAA, congress, the incredible arrogance of the SEC, and whatever other nonsense is out there… we should all be pretty excited. For me, it’s always been about more than Notre Dame […]
Halloween in Philly: The Night Notre Dame Survived
There are games you remember because everything went right. Notre Dame’s Halloween night trip to Philadelphia in 2015 was not one of them. The No. 9 Irish arrived at Lincoln Financial Field on October 31 carrying a 6-1 record and legitimate College Football Playoff aspirations. Waiting for them was one of the best stories of […]
Marcus Freeman sheds some light on Notre Dame’s injury mysteries
There’s lot’s going on, so let’s hit it with the speed option… THE SAGA OF CHARLES JAGUSAH It’s been a long journey with and for Notre Dame offensive lineman, Charles Jagusah. After spring ball there were still many questions surrounding Jagusah and his future as a player on this Notre Dame football team. Marcus Freeman […]
How would the SEC breaking away from the NCAA affect Notre Dame?
I thought this whole thing about the SEC breaking away from the NCAA was dying down, but ESPN’s Heather Dinich gave it more steam during a report on SportsCenter yesterday. Now, obviously, so much of this is posturing for political sake as schools and conferences are openly out there lobbying for congressional help. That’s probably […]
Notre Dame is locking in on one of its last recruiting targets of the 2027 cycle
Is Notre Dame’s football recruiting class for the 2027 cycle pretty good? Of course it is — where in the hell have you been? Notre Dame currently has the consensus No. 2 recruiting class in the country, and there’s still talk about the Irish eventually ending the cycle as the No. 1 class. Whether it’s […]
Everything you need to know from day two of Notre Dame’s New York media blitz
It was day two of Notre Dame football’s media blitz in New York City, and everything ran like a well-oiled machine. This post isn’t “everything that happened” for day two, but it should cover most of th happenings. To be honest, there is very little new stuff here that is actually consequential to Notre Dame’s […]
Is there a big change coming for Notre Dame’s green jerseys?
Notre Dame and Under Armour recently unveiled Notre Dame’s uniforms for this season’s Shamrock Series game against the Wisconsin Badgers. The unveiling was a bit spoiled by a leak of a jersey on a retailers website a few days before as it was exactly what the jersey ended up looking like. So do we have […]
Despite losses, Notre Dame is still going to run the ball in 2026
When I think of running the football, the first thing I think of is the triple option. Let’s go… NOTRE DAME IS STILL A RUNNING TEAM The loss of both Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price to the first round of the NFL Draft is obviously a big loss for Notre Dame in 2026, but that […]
Five Old Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: Manti Te’o — The Great One
We’ve made it to another Friday, so let’s enjoy some old Notre Dame football photos. Speaking of Friday’s… we’re only a handful of Friday’s away from preseason Ohio High School Football scrimmages. It’s a special time of year for me every year, but this season, my oldest son (Ryan) will take the field as a […]
Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr takes center stage in New York City
Notre Dame is gearing up for its media bitz / media days tour in New York City with head coach Marcus Freeman and his top guys; Adon Shuler, Drayk Bowen, Leonard Moore, and CJ Carr. It’s a little bit of an oddity that a quarterback who is the Heisman frontrunner would show up to a […]
Notre Dame will have one of the youngest teams in the country
Just line it up in any ACE formation and run the speed option for maximum success. BABYFACE IRISH Much has been made about the new NCAA “5 for 5” rule and the resulting effect of keeping 26 year old players from playing college football. Since the transfer portal came into play, programs that have been […]
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