I can't help it when anyone complains about the Notre Dame football schedule not being difficult enough, I always want to push back. It's something innate inside of me because I always feel like it's one of those areas where fans see what they want to see, use tools to measure the current schedule, but [...]
In just 38 days, College Football 25 will be released to the general public. Back on Friday, May 31st EA Sports came out with their Gameplay Deep Dive for the game which opened the door for the first time to inside workings of this returning label in the gaming world. We'll go over some of [...]
Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #3 [...]
This is part 2 of an early look at the upcoming opponent quarterbacks that Notre Dame will face this year. If you missed it, Part 1 has reports on Texas A&M, Northern Illinois, Purdue, Miami (OH), Louisville, and Stanford. Today, we'll break down the back half of the Irish schedule culminating in the finale at [...]
We're headed in the direction of schools having to pay football players directly. Will that mean a cut back on spending from athletic departments? Maybe no more $100,000 barber shops in the football facility? Or, maybe personalized lockers that cost just $1,000 to make instead of $12,000? Nope, it's time to find new revenue streams [...]
We are inching closer to the release of College Football 25 as the world famous (yes, I said it) video game makes its triumphant (or will it be?) return to the fingers and eyes of fans everywhere in 2 more months. In case you missed it, I've written about the game returning both HERE and [...]
You knew we had to go over this one, right? There have been several other games since the 2000 Miami/FSU game we covered in our last entry way back in 2023 with an argument to be included in this series. Nebraska/Colorado 2001 and the 2003 Big 12 championship game are two obvious candidates, because the [...]
Once again, Notre Dame brought in a transfer to start at quarterback. In fact, said quarterback was featured in part 1 of this series last year after being on the 2023 Fighting Irish schedule. I don't think we'll see that happen again in 2025, but you never know. The first half of the 2024 schedule [...]
Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #4 [...]
Welcome back to Five Wide Fullbacks! In today's article we are discussing 2026 quarterback recruiting, the transfer portal closing with not much news to speak of out of South Bend, the scholarship situation heading into fall camp in August, the best players of spring, and the strengths of the current Notre Dame coaching staff. 1) [...]
Notre Dame has been playing football for 135 years and along the way some momentous decisions were made to shape the history of this storied program now entering a daring new phase of college sports. This off-season, we look back at the 10 best decisions made for the Fighting Irish in the decades past. #5 [...]
The 2024 NFL Draft wrapped up this weekend in Detroit as Notre Dame had a successful 3 days adding to its long list of players who were selected by the world's top professional league. A few players were picked much higher than predicted which is always great to see for them and their families. Here's [...]
The NFL Draft kicks off this week from Detroit as the 1st round begins Thursday in the Motor City. Last year, the Chicago Bears had the first overall pick but traded that in a package to Carolina. Due to that trade, the Bears will pick first overall in this 2024 NFL Draft. Unlike last year, [...]
Notre Dame wrapped up another edition of the Blue-Gold Game on Saturday inside a sunny but brisk Rock's House. The Blue team would go on to defeat the Gold side 28-21 with a late touchdown pass from Steve Angeli to Kris Mitchell being the game-winner. Here are notes on the spring game as we soon [...]
"The tradition continues." Yes, it certainly does. On Friday night before the annual Blue-Gold Game on Notre Dame's campus, the 2024 edition of The Shirt was released. You can purchase the latest shirt HERE for $25.99 with proceeds going to The Shirt Charity for unexpected medical expensees for students and other student clubs, as well. [...]
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