About Brendan R

People who know me best say that I'm sociable, have a dry sense of humor, a predilection for useless trivia, and can obsess about meaningless details. I'm happily married to a woman who thankfully still hasn't figured out that I married up, and we have three great kids, all boys who are trying to destroy our house in stages. They're quite efficient at it, too. In what time I have left over after the various cleanup efforts, I'm a sports nut, a science geek, an unabashed Shakespeare lover, and an aspiring 50-state marathoner.

2026 S Nick Reddish Commits to Notre Dame

The pump is slowing down as the gas tank nears capacity on Notre Dame's 2026 class with Nick Reddish's announcement of his commitment to the Irish today. The 5'11", 185 pound North Carolinian rounds out the defensive back class, on the heels of the previous commit Brayden Robinson rounding out the wide receiver class. As [...]

By |2025-07-11T18:49:19-04:00July 11th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|10 Comments

2026 WR Brayden Robinson Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame put the bow on its 2026 wide receiver class yesterday when Brayden Robinson announced his Irish commitment. The 5'8", 160-pound Texas speedster is the class's fifth wideout and third to commit in as many days. Robinson ran sub-10.6 in the 100M five times as a freshman, with a blazing PR of 10.45, and [...]

By |2025-07-10T09:37:49-04:00July 7th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|7 Comments

2026 WR Devin Fitzgerald Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame recruiting kept its hot streak rolling when receiver Devin Fitzgerald announced his commitment to the Irish on Saturday. The 6'2", 205-pound Arizonan and son of all-time NFL legend Larry Fitzgerald was the second NFL legacy receiver to join the class in a 24 hour period, following Kaydon Finley's July 4th announcement. Fitzgerald also [...]

By |2025-07-07T12:35:00-04:00July 7th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|6 Comments

Blue Chip 2026 WR Kaydon Finley Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame got the metaphorical fireworks going for Independence Day weekend when high four star receiver Kaydon Finley announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6'2", 195-pound Texan becomes the third receiver in Notre Dame's 2026 class and the third NFL legacy receiver in the last two cycles; his father Jermichael can trade notes with [...]

By |2025-07-07T08:48:59-04:00July 4th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|1 Comment

Elite 2026 TE Ian Premer Commits to Notre Dame

Can I please get a damn rest already? I mean come on, this is getting ridiculous... [wipes away crocodile tears] The hottest program in the country added yet another blue chipper today when elite tight end prospect Ian Premer announced his commitment to Notre Dame. The 6'5", 220-pound Kansan is the sixth 2026 commit in [...]

By |2025-07-07T08:49:20-04:00June 26th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|3 Comments

2026 OT Charlie Thom Commits to Notre Dame

WILL IT EVER STOP?!? Notre Dame added yet another commit to its 2026 class yesterday, its fifth in six days, when offensive lineman Charlie Thom announced his committment. My typing muscles are getting tired... The Irish just offered the 6'6", 275 pound Nutmegger last Monday, his most recent in a sudden flurry of major offers. [...]

By |2025-06-25T12:29:07-04:00June 25th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|12 Comments

2026 TE Preston Fryzel Commits to Notre Dame

Tight End U added the 2025 class's first such player today when Preston Fryzel announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6'4", 220-pound Ohioan was one of seven then-uncommitted prospects who took an official visit to Notre Dame two weekends ago. Of those seven the Irish have since landed Fryzel, Joey O'Brien, Khary Adams, and [...]

By |2025-06-24T13:07:00-04:00June 24th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|3 Comments

Top 100 2026 CB Khary Adams Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added a huge piece to the 2026 secondary Friday when blue chip corner Khary Adams announced his commitment to the Irish. Things are going so well for Irish recruiting now that I pre-wrote the “wrong” post Thursday, thinking Joey O’Brien would commit before the 6’2”, 175 pound Marylander. This is what we call [...]

By |2025-06-22T09:12:33-04:00June 22nd, 2025|Football, Recruiting|3 Comments

Elite 2026 S/WR Joey O’Brien Commits to Notre Dame

Laissez les bons temps rouler pour Notre Dame - recruiting is heating up for real for real as we officially move into summertime. Notre Dame secured a massive commitment from elite talent Joey O'Brien today, who is a five star on 247 and a consensus top 150 prospect across the four major services. The 6'3", [...]

By |2025-06-22T07:47:51-04:00June 20th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|3 Comments

2026 OT Grayson McKeogh Commits to Notre Dame

Marcus Freeman and Joe Rudolph are chugging coffee this morning, because man did they ever close on a prospect that it is literally and figuratively quite large when Grayson McKeogh announced his commitment to the Irish last night. Notre Dame was in good shape with the 6"8", 280-pound Pennsylvanian earlier in his recruitment before losing [...]

By |2025-06-19T10:52:35-04:00June 19th, 2025|Football, Recruiting|4 Comments

Top 100 2025 S Ivan Taylor Commits to Notre Dame

You want some good news about the Irish football program? Well boy howdy do we have some for you. Potential five-star safety Ivan Taylor became the second member of Notre Dame's 2025 defensive back class today when he announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6"0", 174-pound Floridian bears a last name that many fans [...]

By |2023-12-01T14:53:02-05:00December 1st, 2023|Football, Recruiting|10 Comments

Stanford Game Preview: The Bell Tolls for the Pac 12

Some of you may remember that last year I savaged - appropriately, I would say - the Stanford Cardinal in the contemporary game preview post. Stanford came into last year's game 1-4, with the one win coming over FCS Colgate, and allowing 38.5 points per game to FBS opponents. They would finish the season allowing [...]

By |2023-11-24T23:57:17-05:00November 24th, 2023|Football|15 Comments

Elite 2024 OT Guerby Lambert Commits to Notre Dame

One of the more interesting recruitments in recent memory drew to an exhilarating and merciful close today when top 50 tackle prospect Guerby Lambert put the cherry on the sundae of 2024 offensive line recruiting. Long rumored to be a heavy Irish lean, the 6’7”, 280 pound Bay Stater had sweat-inducing dalliances with Ohio State, [...]

By |2023-09-19T23:58:12-04:00September 19th, 2023|Football, Recruiting|13 Comments
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