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 [...]
What an eventful couple of weeks it has been for Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame football program. The transfer portal opened on Monday, January 5th, with the Irish missing out on several early targets - or possibly just one-ish, we'll get back to that in a bit, but whatever the behind-the-scenes story the vibes [...]
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 [...]
The transfer portal for college football opened up this past Friday, January 2nd and will close in approximately 10 more days. Taking a step back, that seems like more than enough time to continue adding pieces to the 2026 team--if only players weren't skipping visits and committing elsewhere thick and fast. So, Notre Dame football--coming [...]
It's 2026 and we still have to wrap up the 2025 college football season. Even though the transfer portal is open we still have 3 more games to finish the season. Four teams remain in the tournament, including the country's number one program, but before we get to the semifinals previews here's a quick look [...]
Okay, fine. I'll write something about the College Football Playoffs. But I'm not happy about it! But first, a look back at the first round of games and surprise surprise ratings and excitement were down this year. Alabama-Oklahoma, 8 p.m. (Friday): 14.9 million (ABC/ESPN) Miami–Texas A&M, noon: 14.8 million (ABC/ESPN) Tulane–Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m.: 6.2 [...]
Checking the drafts, this article title was created way back on May 13th of this year. That was when rumors started spreading that the Notre Dame-USC series future may be in doubt. After some concern during the summer things looked like they were on track for at least a short-term solution between the schools as [...]
People are worried Marcus Freeman may jump to the NFL. Not me. The New York Giants are coming up on 2 months without a permanent head coach after firing Brian Daboll following the team's 10th game this season. Daboll started out with a 9-7-1 debut season, winning in the wild card round of the playoffs [...]
Notre Dame's 2025 season was over in a flash and while we're not due a larger roster and recruiting update yet since our last article back in late October, it's time to turn the page and look to the 2026 season. Although there are no games to look forward to or bowl practices filling the [...]
My head has been spinning. On Sunday afternoon I was shocked, surprised, and then distraught. What the hell just happened? Wait, Notre Dame didn't even make the playoffs? Remember the Vegas odds!?? The expected trip to Norman?? The Irish should skip the bowl game now, it'll be a shell of a football team participating in [...]
Well, this article now has a different flavor since Notre Dame got left out of the 2025 College Football Playoffs. We were already supposed to know about the future of the College Football Playoff back on December 1st but disagreements about the format and proposals between the brokers involved led to a deadline extension. Now [...]
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