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The Weekly Rambler: Everyone Loves Chicken Nuggets

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick held a live stream talk on Wednesday covering a wide range of topics. Among the more interesting items he mentioned include: It's unlikely a 3rd major conference develops, recent events have validated the decision to stay [...]

By |2022-08-12T06:48:24-04:00August 12th, 2022|18S Reads|22 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Give Me That Sweet College Football Money

Five Wide Fullbacks returns this month of August as football is almost around the corner. Today, we'll discuss Georgia quarterback's new haircut, giving someone a new stadium, the best rivalries in college football, a new NBC deal for Notre Dame, and Vegas over/unders for the Fighting Irish opponents. 1) What are the current top 5 [...]

By |2022-08-09T14:56:02-04:00August 9th, 2022|18S Reads|101 Comments

Fall Camp 2022 Practice Report: Gaining Health & Preparing for a New Season

Notre Dame opened fall camp on Friday and continued its preparations for the 2022 season with another practice on Saturday. The media was in attendance for Friday's full workout and the first 5 sessions of Saturday's practice (neither in pads) to give us some insight into the early workings of Marcus Freeman's first football squad [...]

By |2022-08-06T22:18:32-04:00August 7th, 2022|Football|7 Comments

2023 S Ben Minich Commits to Notre Dame

This Friday evening Notre Dame picked up its 22nd commit of the 2023 class as Lakota West High safety/athlete Ben Minich committed to the Fighting Irish. His verbal comes after a late July scholarship offer and crucial visit to campus with Notre Dame quickly moving into pole position for his services. Recruiting Service Rankings 247Sports [...]

By |2022-08-05T18:10:10-04:00August 5th, 2022|Recruiting|13 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Rep Your Favorite Grocery Store

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame football begins fall camp today. Former Notre Dame linebacker Drew White tore his ACL during camp with the Washington Commanders. The NCAA Board of Directors have delayed the vote on transfer reforms. Texas A&M 2020 signee Donell Harris was a [...]

By |2022-08-04T22:10:21-04:00August 5th, 2022|18S Reads|41 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Best White Horse Mascot in the Nation

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame unveiled its Shamrock Series uniforms for 2022. Full breakdown HERE.  Former Notre Dame lineman Nick Martin has signed a 1-year deal with the Saints. Chris Tyree, Blake Grupe, Brandon Joseph, Isaiah Foskey, Jarrett Patterson, Josh Lugg, JD Bertrand, and Michael [...]

By |2022-07-28T22:07:20-04:00July 28th, 2022|18S Reads|12 Comments

The 2022 Shamrock Series Uniforms: Can You Handle Vegas?

On Wednesday morning, Notre Dame football unveiled their 2022 Shamrock Series uniforms to be worn in Las Vegas against BYU on October 8th. There is an official uniform teaser video as well as a highly produced spoof of The Hangover featuring head coach Marcus Freeman, tight end Michael Mayer, defensive end Isiah Foskey, plus former [...]

By |2022-07-27T10:15:21-04:00July 27th, 2022|Football|48 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Let Kirby Smart Pick Up the Tab

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Former Notre Dame tackle Paul Duncan passed away last Friday from a heart attack while on a run near his home. He was just 35 years old. Also, Jim Lynch--former team captain, Maxwell Award winner, National Champion and the No. 16 best [...]

By |2022-07-21T22:23:44-04:00July 21st, 2022|18S Reads|31 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 15: The Infamous 2004-05 Recruiting Cycles

In the late Brian Kelly era I argued that Notre Dame's head football coach needed to be a killer on the recruiting trail and anything less was putting a cap on the ceiling of talent available for the Irish. This would seem obvious to most college football fans but in the past Notre Dame didn't [...]

By |2022-07-17T21:25:00-04:00July 18th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|31 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Hitting Pause on the Batman

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Irish tight end Mitchell Evans broke his foot during summer workouts and won't be back until later in the season this fall. Notre Dame Stadium has been getting new field turf this week. Oregon tight end Spencer Webb died on Wednesday after [...]

By |2022-07-14T21:56:31-04:00July 14th, 2022|18S Reads|14 Comments
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