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The Weekly Rambler: Playoff Expansion on the Horizon (Again)

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 The Broyles Award was created for the 1996 season to honor the best assistant coach in the country as selected by a small committee of retired college football coaches, media, and broadcasters. That inaugural season long-time Florida State defensive coordinator [...]

By |2025-02-20T17:37:46-05:00February 21st, 2025|18S Reads|9 Comments

2025 Irish Recruiting Review: Defensive End

We are working our way through Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class composed of 24 signees from all over the United States. Today we’re taking a look at the players who set the edge and get after the quarterback. Defensive End Christopher Burgess Bio: Burgess hails from traditional Chicago basketball powerhouse Simeon High School and picked [...]

By |2025-02-16T11:14:51-05:00February 20th, 2025|Recruiting|1 Comment

2025 Irish Recruiting Review: Interior Defensive Line

We are working our way through Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class composed of 24 signees from all over the United States. Today we’re taking a look at another big body for the interior plus a couple of swing edge recruits who are likely to grow into something different in their career. Defensive Tackle Gordy Sulfsted [...]

By |2025-02-16T11:14:38-05:00February 18th, 2025|Recruiting|7 Comments

2025 Irish Recruiting Review: Offensive Tackle

We are working our way through Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class composed of 24 signees from all over the United States. Today we’re taking a look at the top player in the class and another excellent addition to the offensive line room. Offensive Tackle Will Black Bio: Hailing from London, Ontario halfway between Toronto and [...]

By |2025-02-13T18:27:50-05:00February 17th, 2025|18S Reads|4 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Coming Off the Unemployment Line

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 We'll start the week's top news with Notre Dame moving quickly to replace Deland McCullough who departed for the Las Vegas Raiders. Reports have the Irish close to a deal with Penn State's Ja'Juan (pronounced like Juwan) Seider. The soon-to-be [...]

By |2025-02-14T07:14:28-05:00February 14th, 2025|18S Reads|14 Comments

2025 Irish Recruiting Review: Interior Offensive Line

We are working our way through Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class composed of 24 signees from all over the United States. Today we’re taking a look at the big fellas on the interior of the offensive line. Offensive Lineman Cameron Herron Bio: While not super local, Herron comes from the well known in-state football school [...]

By |2025-02-12T08:24:50-05:00February 13th, 2025|Recruiting|4 Comments

2025 Irish Recruiting Review: Wide Receiver

We are working our way through Notre Dame’s 2025 recruiting class composed of 24 signees from all over the United States. Today we’re taking a look at the wide receiver position where the Fighting Irish will hope their scouting department will have done a much better job than the national ranking services. Wide Receiver Antavious [...]

By |2025-02-10T08:46:28-05:00February 10th, 2025|Recruiting|20 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Don’t Be the Weird Coach

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Our first news story this week takes us to the lovely land of Jacksonville where the Jaguars are currently going through a coaching transition following the failed Doug Pederson era that flew off the train tracks in 2024 with a [...]

By |2025-02-06T18:33:59-05:00February 7th, 2025|18S Reads|7 Comments

2025 Irish Recruiting Review: Offensive Backfield

We are working our way through Notre Dame's 2025 recruiting class composed of 24 signees from all over the United States. Today we're taking a look at the offensive backfield with a quarterback and running back included. Quarterback Blake Hebert Bio: Originally from Maple Ridge, British Columbia outside Vancouver. His family moved to Massacchussetts where [...]

By |2025-01-29T13:59:13-05:00January 29th, 2025|Recruiting|10 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: The Role of a GM

The first Five Wide Fullbacks of the off-season is upon us. In today's article we are discussing the National Championship Game locations, next year's top quarterbacks, new uniforms for Notre Dame, NIL woes, and consecutive games against ranked opponents. 1) Straight to the point, what is going on with Notre Dame's NIL efforts and how [...]

By |2025-01-26T09:43:06-05:00January 26th, 2025|Football|30 Comments

The 2025 National Championship Game Review: That Sad Feeling Again

It wasn't close until suddenly late in the 4th quarter there was a fighting chance. On Monday night in Atlanta, the Irish fell short on the biggest stage extending the National Championship drought for another season. It was a fun year all things considered. While completing this game review I'll try to retain some perspective. [...]

By |2025-01-21T13:59:51-05:00January 21st, 2025|Football|51 Comments

The 2025 College Football National Championship Preview: Back on the Biggest Stage

For the first time in 12 years, Notre Dame is 60 minutes away from a possible National Championship. That elusive 12th title is within the grasp of the Irish again. When the game kicks off on Monday night, it'll be 13,167 days since Notre Dame defeated West Virginia in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl for their [...]

By |2025-01-16T20:08:33-05:00January 17th, 2025|Football|17 Comments
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