Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Defensive Assistant Shuffle Continues First, linebackers coach Max Bullough went back to his alma mater Michigan State to coach their linebackers and also pick up the co-defensive coordinator tag. Next, the Irish lost defensive backs coach Mike Mickens to the [...]
The challenge was to replace All-American Xavier Watts. The former Irish star fell to 96th overall in last year's NFL Draft and just finished up an impressive rookie season that saw him make 96 tackles and intercept 5 passes. It wasn't the smoothest transition in the world with the defense and the back end struggling [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Mickens Make a Move While it's no surprise to anyone, Notre Dame assistance coach Mike Mickens finally decided to leave South Bend and is headed to the NFL to work for the Baltimore Ravens. He'll join the staff of new [...]
The streets will never forget this past August's quarterback battle between Kenny Minchey and CJ Carr. Coming out of the spring, Carr looked to be in the driver's seat coming out of a quiet spring practice off the success of the 2024 playoff run. With mostly closed practices during the fall, information was sparse and [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Onye Yay! Notre Dame's off-season leading to the #LeaveNoDoubt 2026 season took another positive turn on Tuesday as Irish defensive tackle Jason Onye won his appeal for a 6th season. You can check out my recent winter depth chart HERE [...]
We're doing a quick check in with Notre Dame's roster makeover this winter. Lots of players have left the team and many more have transferred in, along with the incoming 2026 recruiting class of freshmen. Are we keeping track of all the movement? Don't be silly, of course we are. Nearly half the roster will [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Transfer Doubts Deep down, we all doubted the process and what was happening. After a week and a half of a singular 2-week transfer portal opening, Notre Dame remained with zero commits (if we don't include the new Aussie punter [...]
We were here last year. By the time this year's National Championship kicks off on Monday there will have been 51 days since the Irish played their last game in Palo Alto. If my guess is correct on the start date, there will be 58 days until spring practice begins in South Bend once the [...]
No alternate or one-off uniforms here. This is a series discussing the worst standard uniform changes in modern college football. The Lead Up It's late January in 2012 and Greg Schiano is leaving Rutgers after an impressive 11 seasons that saw him build the program from the basement into a frisky Big East team winning [...]
We'll start this off-season series with an area we might normally save for last. However, after a memorable season I'm in the mood to cover some Irish special teams now. We've finished up year 3 with Marty Biagi coaching these units and it's been a roller coaster of emotions with some of the top moments [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Assistant Shuffle With the loss of linebackers coach Max Bullough to Michigan State, Marcus Freeman was left with a decision to make on the coaching staff. He didn't wait long to move Al Washington from the defensive line to linebackers. [...]
The transfer portal for college football opened up this past Friday, January 2nd and will close in approximately 10 more days. Taking a step back, that seems like more than enough time to continue adding pieces to the 2026 team--if only players weren't skipping visits and committing elsewhere thick and fast. So, Notre Dame football--coming [...]
It's 2026 and we still have to wrap up the 2025 college football season. Even though the transfer portal is open we still have 3 more games to finish the season. Four teams remain in the tournament, including the country's number one program, but before we get to the semifinals previews here's a quick look [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Freeman's Returning This past Monday, in what was almost assuredly a scheduled tweet, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman announced that he will be returning to Notre Dame following "interest" from the NFL. It's led to relief, appreciation, and maybe [...]
Okay, fine. I'll write something about the College Football Playoffs. But I'm not happy about it! But first, a look back at the first round of games and surprise surprise ratings and excitement were down this year. Alabama-Oklahoma, 8 p.m. (Friday): 14.9 million (ABC/ESPN) Miami–Texas A&M, noon: 14.8 million (ABC/ESPN) Tulane–Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m.: 6.2 [...]
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