The Weekly Rambler: Screaming Internally in Italian

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News In an interview with CBS Sports, Marcus Freeman had the gall to say that Ohio State players can take online classes and Notre Dame players cannot. Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF will have one more year in the AAC this fall. These schools [...]

By |2022-06-16T11:35:48-04:00June 16th, 2022|18S Reads|41 Comments

The Best High School Football Uniforms: #18-16

The journey to display the best high school football uniforms in the United States enters our fourth installment. Last week, we looked at a California school with a rich history, a fiery school from Arizona, and one of the strongest schools from Dallas. Our Countdown So Far: #27 Vanden HS, California #26 McKay HS, Oregon [...]

By |2022-06-14T19:24:48-04:00June 15th, 2022|18S Reads|6 Comments

Baseball Bandwagon: Notre Dame Gearing Up for CWS Trip

Diving full-bore into football and basketball season is certainly fun, but one of college sports' simplest pleasures is diving headlong onto the bandwagon of a team you don't generally follow. We Notre Dame fans certainly did that over the weekend as the Irish stunned Tennessee, unanimous #1 team and newly minted villains of college baseball, [...]

By |2022-06-14T16:16:34-04:00June 14th, 2022|18S Reads|7 Comments

College Football Recruiting Down Cycles: QB, RB, & WR

We have no choice but to put a lot of stock into the recruiting rankings from various sites. Well, maybe not ESPN these days. However, the 247 Composite is something, at least on a national level, you have to more or less trust is going to correctly identify the best players in the country, especially [...]

By |2022-06-13T08:17:51-04:00June 13th, 2022|Recruiting|2 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OT Elijah Paige Commits to Notre Dame

An eventful week for Notre Dame football continues apace, as behemoth lineman Elijah Paige this afternoon became the program's third commit in the last three days. The 6'7", 304 pound (!!!) Arizonan was on campus last weekend for his official visit, at which point buzz grew as to the end of his recruitment drawing near. [...]

By |2022-06-10T15:07:10-04:00June 10th, 2022|18S Reads|5 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: They Did Jerry West So Dirty

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame recently changed the lyrics to the Victory March to include and recognize it's female students. The song now officially says, "While her loyal sons and daughters march on to victory." Tough news in the NFL as Kyren Williams broke his [...]

By |2022-06-09T22:09:39-04:00June 10th, 2022|18S Reads|25 Comments

2024 Football Recruiting: Five Star QB CJ Carr Commits to Notre Dame

Shockwaves shot through the college football recruiting world today when five-star quarterback CJ Carr announced for the Irish. The 6'3", 190 pound Michigander is a huge win for Tommy Rees and Notre Dame not just because of his talent - at #20 overall in the 2024 247 Composite, he's the highest ranked QB to pledge [...]

By |2022-06-10T13:53:13-04:00June 9th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|23 Comments

The Best High School Football Uniforms: #21-19

The journey to display the best high school football uniforms in the United States enters our third installment. Last week, we looked at an orange school without a lot of orange, a modern high school in the plains of Idaho, and the former school of this basketball guy named LeBron James. Our Countdown So Far: [...]

By |2022-06-07T21:44:14-04:00June 8th, 2022|18S Reads|19 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: OL Joe Otting Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added another piece to its offensive line haul Tuesday afternoon when interior prospect Joe Otting verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'4"/275-pounder out of Topeka, Kansas is the 14th commit for Notre Dame's class of 2023 and third along the offensive line. pic.twitter.com/zwdSdrbDkz — Joe Otting (@JoeOtting) June 7, 2022 Joe is [...]

By |2022-06-07T22:34:28-04:00June 7th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|26 Comments

Ranking the Highest Approval Ratings of the Brian Kelly Era at Notre Dame

Let's remember some of the good times. Around half of a year has passed since Brian Kelly left a recruiting visit on the west coast and was soon hired by Louisiana State University. He leaves behind a legacy in South Bend that is complicated, let's agree on that. However, in the grand scheme there were [...]

By |2022-06-05T22:01:44-04:00June 6th, 2022|Football|56 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Was Chess Cool This Whole Time?

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame lost Sedrick Irvin and then quickly added a new running back for the 2023 class as Washington state speedster Jayden Limar (0.9062) committed late last week. After just turning 29 years old, former Notre Dame star defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt [...]

By |2022-06-02T09:38:49-04:00June 2nd, 2022|18S Reads|24 Comments

The Best High School Football Uniforms: #24-22

The journey to display the best high school football uniforms in the United States enters our second installment. Last week, we witnessed some cool Vikings, tartan pattern from an Oregon school, and a posh suburban Las Vegas school make the list. What will be in store this week? Our Countdown So Far: #27 Vanden HS, [...]

By |2022-05-31T10:07:29-04:00May 31st, 2022|18S Reads|4 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 13: When a 5-Star Shouldn’t Be a 5-Star

I'm a big believer in athletes not being subjected to too much criticism over hype because most of the time that hype is generated by others who have different skin in the game and are mostly looking for a buck at some point along the way. However, sometimes things get so ridiculous that we have [...]

By |2022-05-29T22:40:59-04:00May 30th, 2022|Football|2 Comments

2023 Football Recruiting: RB Jayden Limar Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame is back up to one running back in the 2023 class thanks to the addition of four-star prospect Jayden Limar today. The 5'11", 190-pound Washingtonian joined the class less than a week after Sedrick Irvin Jr. backed off his September pledge to the Irish, presumably as the new staff made it clear they [...]

By |2022-05-26T19:53:53-04:00May 26th, 2022|Football, Recruiting|42 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Tower is Too Damn Big

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News There's a global helium shortage which means Nebraska has cancelled their tradition of releasing balloons after scoring their first home touchdown of the season this fall. Or, should we say if they score? Got 'em. A report shows that Dwayne Haskins' blood-alcohol [...]

By |2022-05-26T14:30:52-04:00May 26th, 2022|18S Reads|26 Comments
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