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How Did This Happen, Volume 12: This Was No Choking Matter

It's Halloween 2015 and Notre Dame is in the 2nd half of a tough matchup against a plucky Temple team coached by future Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule. The Irish are 6-1 with only a close loss to Clemson so tensions are high to keep the program in the playoff hunt. With just over [...]

By |2022-05-10T15:11:54-04:00May 10th, 2022|Football|17 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: DL Devan Houstan Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame has dipped back into the state of Maryland for the first time since the 2021 class and cornerback Ryan Barnes as Hagerstown defensive tackle product Devan Houstan committed to the Irish on Saturday. Houstan originally hails from the Toronto suburb of Mississauga and has been going to school at the prep academy St. [...]

By |2022-05-07T16:23:27-04:00May 7th, 2022|Recruiting|12 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Florida Prepares the World for Trashy Monaco

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame running back Logan Diggs was dealing with a shoulder injury during the spring, banged it up at the Blue-Gold Game, and recently had surgery. He could be out for a while. Former Notre Dame receiver Chris Finke was claimed on [...]

By |2022-05-05T22:13:39-04:00May 6th, 2022|18S Reads|24 Comments

Jack Swarbrick Challenges College Leadership to Get Its Act Together

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick isn't one to hold back when it comes to issues surrounding the Fighting Irish or topics of national interest. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde on the topic of the future of Division I athletics the gloves came off, so to speak, for Swarbrick. Are we [...]

By |2022-05-02T12:19:46-04:00May 2nd, 2022|18S Reads, Football|49 Comments

NFL Draft 2022 Recap: Notre Dame Runs Out of Luck in Vegas

The 2022 NFL Draft finished up on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas with the National Champion Georgia Bulldogs breaking the modern record for selections in a year with 15, besting the previous record of 14 set by Ohio State in 2003 and LSU in 2020. Notre Dame wasn't quite as lucky in Sin City with [...]

By |2022-05-01T13:10:11-04:00May 1st, 2022|Football|15 Comments

2023 Recruiting: OL Sam Pendleton Commits to Notre Dame

Harry Heistand has his first verbal since arriving back at Notre Dame. On Monday night, 2023 interior offensive lineman Sam Pendleton committed to the Fighting Irish during a ceremony at his high school. He was offered only 5 weeks ago and becomes the first offensive lineman to join the class. I am committed to @NDFootball‼️ [...]

By |2022-04-25T22:02:29-04:00April 25th, 2022|Recruiting|12 Comments

2022 Blue-Gold Game Review: 3 Takeaways from the Spring Scrimmage

On a beautiful sunny afternoon on campus the Blue-Gold Game was won by an early enrolled freshman quarterback on the last play of a running clock. Thanks to a diving effort on a run toward the end zone pylon, Steve Angeli sealed a 13-10 victory for the Gold squad on a day where the Irish [...]

By |2022-04-23T23:00:03-04:00April 23rd, 2022|Football|84 Comments

2024 Recruiting: DL Brandon Davis-Swain Commits to Notre Dame

We're up and running for the 2024 class. Coming off a visit for the Blue-Gold Game and an offer just over a month ago, Michigan defensive lineman Brandon Davis-Swain has committed to Notre Dame and becomes the first verbal of the 2024 cycle. After long long thinking I would like TO SAY THAT IM COMMITTED [...]

By |2022-04-23T22:50:25-04:00April 23rd, 2022|18S Reads|3 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Outkast Did Not Get Cancer and Die

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The Blue-Gold Game (no longer featuring quarterback Tyler Buchner who sprained his ankle on a stair) will be played this Saturday. Preview HERE.  The 33rd version of The Shirt will be unveiled this Friday on campus. The No. 72 overall player in [...]

By |2022-04-21T21:51:02-04:00April 21st, 2022|18S Reads|27 Comments

2022 Football Recruiting: RB Gi’Bran Payne is Irish

Hold up, we're not done with the 2022 recruiting cycle yet. On Friday evening the Fighting Irish signed their 22nd member of the class as Cincinnati, Ohio running back Gi'Bran (pronounced Juh-Brawn) Payne joined the fold. Offered by Notre Dame in the summer of 2020, Payne would commit to Indiana the following summer and signed [...]

By |2022-04-17T12:23:24-04:00April 18th, 2022|Recruiting|25 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Finding a Really Old & Cold Ship

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Coach Orgeron stopped by Notre Dame practice this week. He said this team would win a National Championship and who are we to dispute this knowledge? Tragic news struck recently as former Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed while crossing the [...]

By |2022-04-14T22:28:18-04:00April 15th, 2022|18S Reads|31 Comments
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