The Weekly Rambler: As the Quarterback Portal Turns

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Assistant Shuffle With the loss of linebackers coach Max Bullough to Michigan State, Marcus Freeman was left with a decision to make on the coaching staff. He didn't wait long to move Al Washington from the defensive line to linebackers. [...]

By |2026-01-07T19:00:17-05:00January 7th, 2026|18S Reads|15 Comments

Hello Transfer Portal, Are You There?

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 [...]

By |2026-01-06T09:44:48-05:00January 6th, 2026|Football|11 Comments

2025 College Football Playoffs Semifinals Preview

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 [...]

By |2026-01-05T18:20:16-05:00January 5th, 2026|Football|6 Comments

2025 College Football Playoffs Quarterfinals Preview

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 [...]

By |2025-12-27T15:42:42-05:00December 29th, 2025|Football|10 Comments

Notre Dame & USC No More: Conference Realignment (and Cowardice) Finally Stings the Irish

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 [...]

By |2025-12-22T13:21:56-05:00December 22nd, 2025|Football|23 Comments

Thrown Into Chaos: A Wild Week in South Bend

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 [...]

By |2025-12-11T07:48:33-05:00December 11th, 2025|Football|22 Comments

Four Simple Ways to Make the Best 16-Team Playoff

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 [...]

By |2025-12-09T14:16:19-05:00December 9th, 2025|Football|14 Comments

There is Hope

With the unfortunate news that came this morning in the CFP ranking show, our Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s season has come to a controversial end. While certainly we all have some hard feelings, and rightfully so, all is not lost. This is not an unknown feeling to the Irish community, with an almost identical situation [...]

By |2025-12-08T01:25:26-05:00December 8th, 2025|18S Reads, Football, Lacrosse|7 Comments

Postseason Pain: It Was Always About Alabama, Not Miami

It wasn't expected but always lurking in the background in the lead up to the final College Football Playoff Committee Rankings this Sunday afternoon. Notre Dame could have the rug pulled out from underneath them at the last moment. That's exactly what transpired as the Irish get left out of the 12-team playoff in favor [...]

By |2025-12-07T16:17:00-05:00December 7th, 2025|Football|33 Comments

2025 College Football Week 15 Picks: Fight, Raiders, Fight

Notre Dame will learn its fate for the playoffs in just a couple more days. But first, the cabal of television partners disguised as conference mates need to play their league championship games to provide more clarity to the 2025 season. The final CFP selection show will take place on Sunday, December 7th beginning at [...]

By |2025-12-04T08:57:26-05:00December 4th, 2025|Football|9 Comments

Mike’s Notre Dame CFP Rooting Interests: Championship Week

Great going, Good List!  If you’ll recall from last week, we identified five games where the Irish could jump the potential loser.  None of those games came to fruition.  Fortunately, Ohio State finally exorcised its Michigan demons, ending the possibility of the Wolverines jumping into the CFP discussion. Worse still, the CFP committee bumped Alabama [...]

By |2025-12-02T21:12:26-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Football|12 Comments
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