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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

Penn State Game Review: How to Make Memories

Let's be real, for the first 20 to 25 minutes of the Orange Bowl things were looking bleak. That darkness of a season-ending loss in depressing fashion--with Penn State pushing you around--was descending on Notre Dame. But this team isn't simply called the Irish. They are the Fighting Irish and my goodness did they keep [...]

By |2025-01-10T10:09:29-05:00January 10th, 2025|Football|59 Comments

Penn State Game Preview: Stop the Tight End?

My crazy off-season content will have to wait for at least another week as Notre Dame's quest for a 12th National Championship continues with the third game this post-season. After an emotional and joyous victory over SEC Champion Georgia, the Fighting Irish head down south to the Sunshine State for the College Football Playoff Semifinals [...]

By |2025-01-06T07:18:54-05:00January 6th, 2025|Football|13 Comments

Georgia Game Preview: No One Said It Would Be Easy

If there was hardware to be taken home following the win over Indiana I'm not sure what would be put on display, perhaps some sort of plaque with the Allstate First Round Playoffs emblazoned on it? This week, Notre Dame has the opportunity to win the Sugar Bowl trophy--the most traditional looking of the major [...]

By |2024-12-29T09:30:40-05:00December 30th, 2024|Football|28 Comments

Indiana Game Review: A Win While Everyone Watches

Notre Dame opened up the 2024 College Football Playoffs and the new 12-team format with a strong performance to put away a Cinderella-esque season from the Indiana Hoosiers by the score of 27-17 in the frosty South Bend night. With the school's first playoff win, the Irish will have 11 days of rest to get [...]

By |2024-12-21T11:09:34-05:00December 21st, 2024|Football|38 Comments

Indiana Game Preview: Kicking Off a New Playoff Era

As we awaited the results of the college football playoff rankings and seeding for the first 12-team tournament in history many were hoping a team from the south would have to travel up to South Bend just a few days before Christmas. Well, we got our wish. Sort of. Instead of Alabama, we'll see another [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:57:18-05:00December 19th, 2024|Football|20 Comments
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