Former Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz passed away on March 4th just under 2 months after his 89th birthday. To say Holtz was a monumental figure in Notre Dame history would be an understatement. To date, the last Irish coach to win a National Championship and as such the last to have a [...]

Heading into the 2025 season we talked about worries with the defensive tackle position on defense and on offense it was the tight end position that looked on really shaky ground. The interior defensive line was able to work things out and even flourish a little bit, although this past fall was a little more [...]

Notre Dame football welcomed 6 players to the 4 days of the NFL Combine this past weekend in Indianapolis. It was a successful several days for the program, so much so that I wouldn't expect these high profile players to do a whole lot when the Pro Days kicks off in South Bend in the [...]

It had to happen eventually. In 2025, Notre Dame was going into a season without veteran linebacker Jack Kiser who came off the board in the 4th round of the NFL Draft to the Jacksonville Jaguars. There was little panic in South Bend, though. New defensive coordinator Chris Ash was walking into one of the [...]

No alternate or one-off uniforms here. This is a series discussing the worst standard uniform changes in modern college football.  The Lead Up The history books will say the mid-to-late 1990's were a time where people wanted to be dark and edgy, while in the sports world this meant pivoting towards darker colors--particularly to navy [...]

Expectations were high for the 2025 offensive line. Outside of the running back room, no other position had such high hopes on the offensive side of the ball. And that was with the transfers out of veterans Rocco Spindler (Nebraska), Pat Coogan (Indiana), and Sam Pendleton (Tennessee). There was a brief "what is going on with [...]

Flashy won't be the word used to describe Notre Dame's 2025 defensive interior. Then again, is that ever a good description of the big guys who play inside? This is the unit doing more dirty work than any other on the team. That was the major task for this past year's defensive tackles and they [...]

It's not every year that we get to review a positional unit and genuinely ask the question: Was this the best running back season in Notre Dame history? We'll discuss that shortly. It was an awesome year with a Heisman finalist but that doesn't mean there weren't some low moments during a frustrating season that [...]

The challenge was to replace All-American Xavier Watts. The former Irish star fell to 96th overall in last year's NFL Draft and just finished up an impressive rookie season that saw him make 96 tackles and intercept 5 passes. It wasn't the smoothest transition in the world with the defense and the back end struggling [...]

The streets will never forget this past August's quarterback battle between Kenny Minchey and CJ Carr. Coming out of the spring, Carr looked to be in the driver's seat coming out of a quiet spring practice off the success of the 2024 playoff run. With mostly closed practices during the fall, information was sparse and [...]

We're doing a quick check in with Notre Dame's roster makeover this winter. Lots of players have left the team and many more have transferred in, along with the incoming 2026 recruiting class of freshmen. Are we keeping track of all the movement? Don't be silly, of course we are. Nearly half the roster will [...]

We were here last year. By the time this year's National Championship kicks off on Monday there will have been 51 days since the Irish played their last game in Palo Alto. If my guess is correct on the start date, there will be 58 days until spring practice begins in South Bend once the [...]

No alternate or one-off uniforms here. This is a series discussing the worst standard uniform changes in modern college football.  The Lead Up It's late January in 2012 and Greg Schiano is leaving Rutgers after an impressive 11 seasons that saw him build the program from the basement into a frisky Big East team winning [...]

We'll start this off-season series with an area we might normally save for last. However, after a memorable season I'm in the mood to cover some Irish special teams now. We've finished up year 3 with Marty Biagi coaching these units and it's been a roller coaster of emotions with some of the top moments [...]