The Weekly Rambler: Don’t Be the Weird Coach

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Our first news story this week takes us to the lovely land of Jacksonville where the Jaguars are currently going through a coaching transition following the failed Doug Pederson era that flew off the train tracks in 2024 with a [...]

By |2025-02-06T18:33:59-05:00February 7th, 2025|18S Reads|7 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish prep to defend their championship

As we approach the beginning of another season with our #1 ranked Fighting Irish, the boys are looking better than ever. As has been their custom for many years, they prepared with a pair of scrimmages at Loftus Sports Center. These scrimmages are now in the books, with dominant wins over Detroit Mercy (29-6) and [...]

By |2025-02-07T17:06:12-05:00February 2nd, 2025|18S Reads, Lacrosse|0 Comments

Ran Out of Gas: National Championship Game Instant Reaction

Sometimes football isn't complicated. Sometimes the other team just has more dudes than you and you can't beat them. That's pretty much what happened Monday night as Ohio State ended a dream Notre Dame run with a 34-23 title game win that was not as close as that, but was painfully close to maybe being [...]

By |2025-01-21T00:23:07-05:00January 21st, 2025|18S Reads, Football|24 Comments

I Want This for Him, and I Want it for Them

As we approach next Monday's national championship game pitting our beloved Notre Dame against Ohio State, there's one thing that needs to be made plain. While us ND fans want this championship badly - and I'd argue of the fan bases that at least nominally have reason to expect to compete for titles, no fan [...]

By |2025-01-15T21:47:53-05:00January 16th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|6 Comments

This Irish Team is Elite, Remarkable, and Totally Badass

*Note: this was written before Eric posted his own long-term perspective (which you should check out here) so there will be some overlapping thoughts. So this is what we were promised when we became fans of Notre Dame football. If you're like me, we grew up on stories about the Notre Dame Magic™ and what [...]

By |2025-01-14T12:48:15-05:00January 14th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|13 Comments

Pure Magic: Orange Bowl Instant Reaction

My first thought after Drew Allar winged the ball out of bounds to secure a 27-24 Notre Dame victory over Penn State, the second New Year's 6 win for Marcus Freeman in a week, was pretty simple: How did that happen? TEAM GLORY ☘️ ORANGE BOWL CHAMPIONS #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/CbqnL8fYTG — Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) January [...]

By |2025-01-10T00:34:48-05:00January 10th, 2025|18S Reads, Basketball, Film Room, Football, Lacrosse, Recruiting|15 Comments

The Sweetest Victory: Sugar Bowl Instant Reaction

First, let's get this out of the way now: I cried. Thirty-one years. Thirty-one long years of not winning these games. Of coming up short. Of drawing the best possible opponent. Of chuckleheads on the Internet pretending losing games meant they shouldn't have been in them. It all got swept away in less than one [...]

By |2025-01-02T20:36:02-05:00January 2nd, 2025|18S Reads, Basketball, Film Room, Football, Lacrosse, Recruiting|24 Comments

On to the Next One: College Football Playoff Round 1 Instant Reaction

All week, I couldn't shake the thought that Notre Dame was going to win comfortably over Indiana. (And they did. 27-17, final score, and it wasn't that close.) It's not the Hoosiers' fault. The idea some will probably start trumpeting that IU didn't belong in this playoff because their schedule was too weak was, in [...]

By |2024-12-21T02:32:02-05:00December 21st, 2024|18S Reads|8 Comments

Looking Ahead: Notre Dame Seeded #7, to Face Indiana in 1st Round of Playoff

Notre Dame fans entered the weekend with stars in their eyes and visions of the coveted #5 seed in the College Football Playoff. Just about nothing that had to happen for that to transpire took place, and instead the Irish were seeded #7 (with a true rank of #5 by the committee) and matched up [...]

By |2024-12-08T18:59:51-05:00December 8th, 2024|18S Reads|30 Comments

The Four Horsemen Are Back: Army Instant Reaction

It was yet another day where the biggest issue Notre Dame fans faced was annoyance at a garbage time touchdown by the other team, and the Irish walloped previously unbeaten Army 49-14 to move one win away from hosting a playoff game. Pretty much everything was hitting on all cylinders for the Irish, except for [...]

By |2024-11-24T00:21:20-05:00November 24th, 2024|18S Reads, Football|10 Comments
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