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Five Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: The Elusive Tight End
Today is my oldest son’s birthday. He turns 15, and in the fall he will be a freshman on the football team. Over the last several years of playing the sport, we have often talked about which position would be best for him as a player on both sides of the ball. As a pitcher […]
Who was the worst Notre Dame Football coach of all-time?
Notre Dame Football is currently blessed. The Fighting Irish are under the leadership of Marcus Freeman, and they are on the brink of being a national power like something we haven’t seen since Lou Holtz paced the sidelines at Notre Dame. It’s easy to view Freeman as someone who is cut from the same cloth […]
Notre Dame Lacrosse: Shawn Lyght is the first defensemen in history to win the Tewaaraton Award
While the Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse team came up short in the National Championship game to secure its third title in four years, this season will still go down in NCAA Lacrosse history. Notre Dame’s Shawn Lyght was named as the winner of the Tewaaraton Award for the nation’s best lacrosse player. It is the […]
What Happened the Last Time Notre Dame Played Michigan State?
Week 3 of our retrospective series commences after a short week off! This week brings us to a familiar foe, in a reprise of a once-annual rivalry that now hasn’t been played for nine years. Lisa actually wrote about this recently, and if you want a detailed recap of the game I highly recommend her […]
Notre Dame and more college football schedule maneuvering
The best triple option play of all-time might be the inside veer. I’m running it under the high sun. NOONER FOR THE WIN I frequently talk about my passion for a good nooner, and I believe that in certain cases, it is a necessity for some games on the Notre Dame football schedule. In 2026, […]
Looking back at when Notre Dame made a statement with a win over Michigan State
The 2012 season didn’t begin with championship expectations. In fact, heading into East Lansing for a nighttime showdown against No. 10 Michigan State Spartans, not many Notre Dame fans were feeling particularly confident about the Irish starting 3-0. The previous week’s narrow win over Purdue had raised more questions than answers, and after years of […]
Are the Texas Longhorns too cowardly to play Notre Dame?
Yes. More than likely, the Texas Longhorns are afraid to play Notre Dame in a college football game. While that’s definitely a funny statement, it’s also further proof that Texas has no freaking clue about how pretty much anything works. The Longhorns are convinced that it was the loss to Ohio State in week one […]
Notre Dame’s CJ Carr is that top tier quarterback we talked about
A post holiday triple option with a slight delayed hangover never hurt anyone. CREME DE LA CREME OF THE STRONG ARMS A lot of the offseason talk surrounding the Notre Dame Football program and its projections for the 2026 season has centered around CJ Carr. While the focus on the quarterback position is pretty much […]
Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Blue-Chip EDGE Jackson Vaughn commits to the Irish
Yes, the Notre Dame recruiting machine is running strong. On Tuesday during an announcement ceremony on 247’s YouTube channel, 4-Star defensive end Jackson Vaughn gave his public commitment to Marcus Freeman and the 2027 Notre Dame football recruiting class. The 6’3” 225 pound EDGE from Bergen Catholic in New Jersey, chose the Irish over his […]
TRIPLE THREAT: Will Black, Bryce Young, and Khary Adams
Everyone loves to do a player countdown for Notre Dame as we face toward the college football season, but in all fairness, the offseason is much shorter than you think. It’s really only two months in the grand scheme of things, and there will be much more to talk about in the middle of July […]
NCAA LACROSSE: Notre Dame loses to Princeton in the National Championship Game
Overall, it was a fantastic season for the Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse team. It was a season where they reigned as the #1 team for 7 weeks and beat the #1 team in the nation two games in a row — they just didn’t have another one in them on Monday in the National Championship […]
Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse: Championship Monday awaits
On a rainy and overcast day in Charlottesville, Virginia, Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse beat Syracuse by a final score of 15-7, punching our ticket to Championship Monday and a matchup with #1 Princeton for the opportunity to raise the trophy. I was there in person with one of my best friends, Chris and his wife […]
NCAA LACROSSE TOURNAMENT: Notre Dame crushes Syracuse to advance to Championship Game
It’s been a chaotic Men’s Lacrosse season, but in the end, the top two teams in the country will face off on Monday for the National Championship. Princeton took care of Duke earlier in the day, and then Notre Dame dominated Syracuse with a 4th quarter attack to help send the Irish back to play […]
NCAA LACROSSE FINAL FOUR: Notre Dame vs Syracuse
Notre Dame is in position to win another Men’s Lacrosse National Championship, and they’ve made it to the final four. Facing the Irish are the Syracuse Orange — for a little ACC on ACC crime. The Irish are the Orange (just a brutal period in history) will face off in Charlottesville at 2:30. LFG! GAME […]
Five Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: Forgotten Running Backs
Notre Dame just sent Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price to the NFL via the first round of the NFL Draft. They are a pair of Irish running backs that will likely be talked about for a long time. As there is with any college football program, however, there are running backs that are seemingly never […]
Marcus Freeman is living in an absurd world
College football is an absurd sport, and the lack of the triple option makes it even more so… let’s run it. THIS IS THE KING OF NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL Without a doubt, Notre Dame football has been on a different trajectory under the rule of Marcus Freeman. We were told certain things about what Notre […]
Which team should Notre Dame schedule for its last opening in 2028?
Now that Notre Dame just announced a new scheduling extension with the Stanford Cardinal in 2027 and 2028, Notre Dame has one final game open for its 2028 schedule. So… who should the Irish schedule? As it stands, there are already ten Power 4 teams own this schedule. 3 SEC schools.1 Big 10 school.6 ACC […]
Sometimes Notre Dame just has to thrash an old rival to reset itself as a program
How one night in East Lansing helped Notre Dame remember who it was again There are games that define seasons, and then there are games that restore belief. By the time Notre Dame vs. Michigan State kicked off on September 23, 2017, Notre Dame fans were still carrying the emotional scars of 2016. The Irish […]
ACC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Notre Dame falls to Virginia Tech; season is over
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have played their last game of the 2026 baseball season on Wednesday. In the ACC Baseball Tournament, the Irish fell 17-10 to the Virginia Tech Hokies. Notre Dame Baseball: Irish Fall to Hokies in ACC Tournament Second Round CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Notre Dame baseball team (31-22) fell in a 17-10 […]
Notre Dame Football finalizes 2027 schedule and is almost done with 2028
Much has been made of Notre Dame’s 2026 football schedule, and the Irish have received some very public media and fan tongue lashings over the perceived strength of the 12 game slate (or lack there of). The schedule is what it is, and inside this new environment of the college football world — I’m not […]
No, Notre Dame should NOT play BYU every year
The idea of Notre Dame and BYU playing annually as a new “Holy War” in college football isn’t anything new. You can crawl through the archives of message board for the past 20 years and find this exact topic brought up by college football fans — though probably not that many Notre Dame fans. Notre […]
TRIPLE THREAT: Ty Washington, Tae Johnson, and Tiki Hola
Everyone loves to do a player countdown for Notre Dame as we face toward the college football season, but in all fairness, the offseason is much shorter than you think. It’s really only two months in the grand scheme of things, and there will be much more to talk about in the middle of July […]
What Happened the Last Time Notre Dame Played Rice?
Looking ahead to a season full of familiar foes, we’re going to be taking some time this offseason to look at what happened the last time each of Notre Dame’s 2026 opponents met the Irish on the football field. Week two brings us to an opponent who isn’t scary, but also doesn’t feel totally safe […]
ACC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Irish advance after 5-4 win over Clemson
Notre Dame kept its season alive with a 5-4 win over the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Jayce Lee was an absolute villain against the Tigers with a 3-3 performance that included two doubles and a home run. The Irish will now take on Virginia Tech in the next round. […]
People can’t stop talking about Notre Dame Football… in May
Gotta hit this one quick so let’s run Power Red C Flex 18 Sprint Option… There’s a lot of Notre Dame Football chatter out there during the month of May. I know we’re all living under that Irish bubble, but the Irish continue to be a program that media outlets continually bring into the conversation […]
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