Joe Rudolph has now landed his first offensive line commitment as a member of the Notre Dame staff. It's a commitment that very few Notre Dame fans could have foreseen just a week ago, as Anthonie Knapp didn't have receive an offer from Notre Dame until Friday, March 24th, during his first visit to South [...]
Notre Dame has welcomed new offensive line coach Joe Rudolph from Virginia Tech this off-season and he sets out to recruit on his own terms for 2024 and beyond. But first, we will recap the last class to sign with the retiring Harry Hiestand. If you missed our 2023 recruiting class overview, click HERE. As [...]
Reviewing the Redshirts is an off-season project meant to resurrect discussion about the 2022 Notre Dame freshmen who retained a year of eligibility and discuss their possible impact in 2023 and beyond. The Fighting Irish were able to redshirt 17 players this past season while 1 player medically retired (Joey Tanona) and another player has [...]
It's officially spring and we are finally ready to unleash our review of the 2023 Notre Dame recruiting class. This was technically the first full recruiting cycle for Marcus Freeman (although with the early signing day and general accelerated nature of recruiting these days some may argue 2024 is the real first full cycle with [...]
#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (6-0) host its ACC rival #3 Virginia (6-1) at Arlotta Stadium this Saturday at noon (ESPNU). Notre Dame's ruthless efficiency against the Cavaliers' insane offense. Virginia may have the best offense in the country, but it is facing the equally insane balance of the #2 offense/#2 defense of [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Hey, Notre Dame has a new men's basketball coach in Micah Shrewsberry who just finished up his second season at Penn State for 2022-23. Drue Tranquill has signed a 1-year deal for $5 million with the Kansas City Chiefs after spending 4 [...]
It's been a long two months since it was announced that Mike Brey would not return as Notre Dame's head coach. Rumors and speculation of perceived favorites were only outnumbered by the growing number of losses to close out Brey's time. But on Wednesday, Notre Dame and Jack Swarbrick got their guy. Reports filtering out [...]
Notre Dame opened up spring practice on Wednesday morning inside the indoor Irish Athletic Center to kickoff preparations for the 2023 season. It's the first chance to see the Irish on the field under new offensive coordinator Gerad Parker with new assistant coaches Joe Rudolph (offensive line), Gino Guidugli (quarterbacks), and Marty Biagi (special teams) [...]
The last off-season installment of the 2023 depth chart preview is taking a look at tight end university. After the prolific Michael Mayer era officially comes to an end it'll be a transitional year for the Irish but one they hope will still provide plenty of production at this position. Previous 2023 depth chart articles: [...]
In case you missed it, I recently reviewed my way-too-early guess at Notre Dame’s recruiting class of 2023. Now we move on to 2024. The Irish are currently sitting in a good spot with the 3rd ranked recruiting class in the country and average commit grade of .9260. But, as we found out when I made [...]
#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (6-0) hammered the Michigan Wolverines (4-3) by a score of 18-8. The Irish complete their non-conference schedule 6-0, including 3-0 against the Big 10. Notre Dame is now the only undefeated team in Division 1 and has earned the unanimous Inside Lacrosse #1 ranking. The #1 on Grace [...]
This week, spring practice begins for the Fighting Irish. This is traditionally a time for optimism--a time to let down your hair and run wild with hope and anticipation of a dominating season to come in the fall. Hey, Notre Dame even gets to break open a new quarterback, one that many in the country [...]
We knew a 12-team playoff was coming to college football, but we found out in early December, officially, that it will begin in the 2024 season. College football will have one more year with potential high-stakes regular season games between great teams before those stakes move down the board to more middling squads post-2023. (It's [...]
#2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (5-0) travel to Ann Arbor to face #20 Michigan (4-2) on Saturday at 1:00 (BTN+) . The weather forecast is miserable: 27 degrees, cloudy and high winds. Yuck. The Opponent The Michigan Wolverines are a relatively new team to the Division 1 landscape, having been elevated to varsity [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame's Blue-Gold Game will be going head-to-head against Colorado with the Buffaloes spring game being televised on ESPN this April 22nd. Tommy Rees' contract at Alabama will see him paid $1.9 million, $2.0 million, and $2.1 million over the next 3 [...]
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