Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost to the #5 Virginia Cavaliers (10-6), 15-10, in the ACC tournament semi-finals this past Friday in Charlotte. There isn’t any way to sugar coat this, it looked bad. The boys will have to refocus before the NCAA playoffs. It's an issue we unavoidably have to address before moving [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Commits are Coming Notre Dame added a flurry of commits recently, including edge rusher Aidan O'Neil (0.9405), tight end Titus Hawk (0.8933), quarterback Champ Monds (0.9132), and wide receiver Jackson Coleman (0.8700). That brings the class up to 14 players [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) beat the #6 Syracuse Orange, 16-11, this past weekend. This win gives the boys the #1 seed for the ACC Tournament. The Good I feel once again obligated to say a great game from Ricciardelli. He had 9 saves on the day, sitting at just under 50%. However, [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Gambling Man Texas Tech is in a bit of a pickle and I'm sure head coach Joey McGuire isn't thinking too much about Notre Dame joining a conference this week following reports that quarterback Brendan Sorsby has been checked into [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (9-1, 2-1 ACC) dropped the #15 Duke Blue Devils (8-4, 0-3 ACC), 7-6. The score was a bit closer than we would like, but a road win that effectively eliminated a rival from the ACC and NCAA Tournaments is a satisfying win. What We Liked Thomas Ricciardelli [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1) beat the then-#1, now #3, North Carolina Tar Heels (10-2), 10-5, this past weekend. It was a well played game with many welcome surprises. Specialist Dominance Right off the opening face-off, Spano dominated at the face-off X, going 10-17 on the day. North Carolina’s Wambach came into the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Sun Belt, For Real This Time Louisiana Tech's 20-game football schedule for 2026 is no more. The school will officially be joining the Sun Belt effective July 1st and leaving the Conference USA after membership with the league since 2013. [...]
To paraphrase Frank the Tank from Old School, if you're reading this, you already know. The program has been boarded up. The promising freshman. The veteran point guard. The sharpshooting sophomore. Everything. We're at the Purcell Pavilion. I love you. Frank. The recent past It's not clear what's next for Notre Dame basketball after a [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Transfer Classes I was interested reading this Bill Connelly piece at ESPN about his favorite transfer classes heading into the 2026 season. Oklahoma State, leads the way after raiding the roster of North Texas where they're projected to have 6 [...]
Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s lacrosse comfortably beat the then-#1 Richmond Spiders on the shore of Lake Michigan at Northwestern University. We held back on our recap of last week’s surprise loss to #14 Virginia after reflecting on the words of our colleague David Brogan. He suggested the Cavalier loss was probably more [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Newcomers ESPN has a recent piece on the top newcomers in the Big Ten and decided to include Notre Dame in the content for some reason. I was going to write about their submission for USC as an upcoming opponent [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-0) prepare to head into ACC conference play to end out the regular season, with the inclusion of a bonus #1 v #2 matchup against Richmond on the shores of Lake Michigan. Here is what we expect to see for the rest of the season. Virginia The Cavaliers are [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Targeting Updates As previously mentioned on a recent Rambler, the rules surrounding targeting penalties will be changing in 2026. The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee now decided that a player disqualified for targeting for the first time in [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Why Doesn't This Happen More Often? NC State (or should I say the NCAA) suspended Teddy Hoffmann for a positive PED test recently. This got me thinking, is it kind of shocking that we don't see more of these suspensions [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-0) beat the #7 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1), 9-8 this past Saturday. It was a hard fought defensive battle. It is a great sign that the highest scoring offense in the county can also engage in defensive challenges! Ohio State The headline from this match was Ricciardelli’s performance to [...]
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