How are we already entering year 4 of the Marcus Freeman era? Thanks to a fantastic run to the National Championship Game, Freeman enters 2025 with a healthy .767 winning percentage as head coach of the Irish. He's now ahead of his predecessor in winning percentage and among Notre Dame coaches who have led the [...]
The sound of cleats clattering, loud voices, and pads popping is coming back soon as Notre Dame spring practice begins Wednesday, March 19th. It's a short turn around for the program after taking the 2024 season all the way to January 20th and the National Championship Game, but the show must go on and preparations [...]
The NFL Combine starting just 38 days after the National Championship game wasn't ideal for the beat up Notre Dame players. As such, it was a pretty subdued time for the former Irish stars looking to start the next phase of their football careers. Here's a brief recap of the proceedings coming out of Indianapolis [...]
The 8th episode of Here Come the Irish titled "The Road to Atlanta" was released back on February 6th so it's almost been a full month since it debuted. I'm not certain if there will be more episodes coming, although I am assuming this was probably it from the 2024-25 season. I sat this one [...]
This article would've come a little earlier except Notre Dame football was too busy being awesome and extending the season all the way to the National Championship Game. Now, we re-group and take a quick peek at the 2025 season prior to spring practice further down the line. For this new winter depth chart I've [...]
The first Five Wide Fullbacks of the off-season is upon us. In today's article we are discussing the National Championship Game locations, next year's top quarterbacks, new uniforms for Notre Dame, NIL woes, and consecutive games against ranked opponents. 1) Straight to the point, what is going on with Notre Dame's NIL efforts and how [...]
It wasn't close until suddenly late in the 4th quarter there was a fighting chance. On Monday night in Atlanta, the Irish fell short on the biggest stage extending the National Championship drought for another season. It was a fun year all things considered. While completing this game review I'll try to retain some perspective. [...]
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 [...]
For the first time in 12 years, Notre Dame is 60 minutes away from a possible National Championship. That elusive 12th title is within the grasp of the Irish again. When the game kicks off on Monday night, it'll be 13,167 days since Notre Dame defeated West Virginia in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl for their [...]
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 [...]
*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 [...]
Allow me to open this article with the ending of my first paragraph from the Northern Illinois game review: "To lose a game like this in Marcus Freeman’s crucial 3rd year is a massive setback that likely permanently alters the direction of this program in 2024 and beyond." How does that look now? If that's [...]
Let's be real, for the first 20 to 25 minutes of the Orange Bowl things were looking bleak. That darkness of a season-ending loss in depressing fashion--with Penn State pushing you around--was descending on Notre Dame. But this team isn't simply called the Irish. They are the Fighting Irish and my goodness did they keep [...]
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 [...]
My crazy off-season content will have to wait for at least another week as Notre Dame's quest for a 12th National Championship continues with the third game this post-season. After an emotional and joyous victory over SEC Champion Georgia, the Fighting Irish head down south to the Sunshine State for the College Football Playoff Semifinals [...]
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