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The Weekly Rambler: Every Dawg Has Its Day

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Congratulations to the Georgia Bulldogs on winning the 2021 National Championship. I took the Caesar's Sportsbook free $300 bet for registering now that sports gambling is legal in New York and put it all on Alabama. The Tide lost wide receiver Jameson [...]

By |2022-01-13T13:44:33-05:00January 13th, 2022|18S Reads|166 Comments

National Championship Game Preview: It Still Means More

We are set to conclude the 8th edition of the College Football Playoffs this Monday night live from Indianapolis as the powers-that-be finally decided a place outside of a warm weather region could host the National Championship Game. Too bad Notre Dame couldn't have made the trip down south in their own state for this [...]

By |2022-01-09T16:46:25-05:00January 10th, 2022|Football|98 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: We’re Back and Absolutely on Fire

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. This off-season I'm changing up our topics a little bit.  Top News Head coaches all over the land are trying to scramble their bag men and LLC's to see if they can land rising sophomore quarterback Caleb Williams who announced he's entering the Transfer [...]

By |2022-01-06T21:41:02-05:00January 7th, 2022|18S Reads|139 Comments

Thoughts on Losing the Iconic John Madden

John Madden passed away on December 28th at the age of 85 leaving behind of the most memorable and lasting impacts on football in American history. Although he stopped coaching in the NFL (1978) before I was born, retired from the television booth well over 10 years ago, and hadn't been in the spotlight much [...]

By |2022-01-04T20:54:51-05:00January 5th, 2022|18S Reads, Football|27 Comments

Fiesta Bowl Review: Collapse & a Challenging Off-Season to Come

When the score reached 14-0 in favor of Notre Dame I quite literally bounded to the bathroom past the rest of my family working on a jigsaw puzzle in the nearby room. My instinct was to announce how awesome Notre Dame looked under Marcus Freeman when, as I worked my way toward them, I checked [...]

By |2022-01-02T01:00:46-05:00January 2nd, 2022|Football|309 Comments

Fiesta Bowl Preview: Clash with the Cowboys in the Desert

This Saturday afternoon Notre Dame will be playing in its 26th major bowl game (including the 2012 BCS National Championship Game) and is making its 6th appearance in the Fiesta Bowl. After winning their first Fiesta Bowl game back in 1988 to clinch the school's last National Championship, the Irish have lost their last 4 [...]

By |2021-12-29T18:07:37-05:00December 30th, 2021|Football|30 Comments

Lincoln Riley in Los Angeles & Now the Rivalry with USC Heats Up Again

I started the bones of this article back in November a few days after Lincoln Riley packed his bags for USC and then Brian Kelly decided Baton Rouge needed to be his new home so this news with the Trojans fell off the map for a while. Before we get started, dear USC, are you [...]

By |2021-12-28T12:12:32-05:00December 28th, 2021|Football|25 Comments

2022 National Recruiting Review: FCS in to the Prime Time

The 2022 recruiting cycle isn't quite over yet as the All-Star games coming up this weekend will bring us a batch of more commitments that will more or less close the door on the top of the national rankings. It's been a weird year full of massive coaching turnover, the top recruit shocking the entire [...]

By |2021-12-26T12:53:48-05:00December 27th, 2021|Recruiting|15 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Baby Come Back, You Can Blame It All On Me

Welcome back to America's greatest question and answer segment Five Wide Fullbacks. This week we'll tackle those silly kids opting out of bowl games, plus the possible return of a curmudgeon-y assistant coach, Marcus Freeman's sense of style, a trade-off at wide receiver, and breaking NCAA passing records. 1) More and more players are deciding [...]

By |2021-12-23T16:35:54-05:00December 23rd, 2021|Football|68 Comments

Unraveling the Mystery of Tyler Buchner’s Passing Ability

This off-season will provide a lot of opinions and content regarding quarterback Tyler Buchner and his future as the No. 1 quarterback for the Irish in 2022. Since the mobile Californian has already established he's a big threat as a runner (7.30 yards per carry on 336 yards as a true freshman) a lot of [...]

By |2021-12-19T20:52:07-05:00December 20th, 2021|Football|123 Comments
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