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What Happened the Last Time Notre Dame Played North Carolina?
Another week, another look back at the last time Notre Dame played one of its 2026 opponents. Week 5 brings us to a team we saw a ton of in the early part of this decade (three years in a row from 2020-22), a perennially hyped squad that the Irish routinely poured cold water on. […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame DB Christian Gray
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
Notre Dame Football Recruiting: 5-Star EDGE Abraham Sesay commits to the Irish
We have been expecting a wave of big time commitments coming in for Notre Dame, but what a way to start things off after the first official visit weekend of June. On Tuesday, 5-Star EDGE Abraham Sesay gave his public commitment to Notre Dame and its 2027 football recruiting class. The 6’6” 235 pound defensive […]
So here’s the good news about the 2027 Notre Dame Football recruiting class
Notre Dame is right in the middle of the busiest part of its summer recruiting calendar with visits and official visits dominating the efforts. The Irish just had a “decommitment” from linebacker Amarri Irvin, but there is plenty of reasons to be optimistic about how their 2027 football recruiting class will eventually take shape. Here’s […]
Notre Dame’s Niele Ivey coaches USA Basketball to 2026 FIBA U18 AmeriCup Championship
From the ND press release: IRAPUATO, Mexico — For the first time as a USA Basketball head coach, Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach Niele Ivey is a gold medalist. On Monday, Ivey led the United States to a 90-72 victory over Canada to win the 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup. It […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame OL Anthonie Knapp
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Irish LB commit Amarri Irvin flips to Virginia Tech
In a move that surprised no one, 4-Star linebacker Amarri Irvin announced that he has flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to Penn State. Irvin had been committed to Notre Dame since November, but this spring he started to look around for one reason or another. First it was a visit to Missouri with some […]
Notre Dame announces GREEN OUT against Stanford
This is a little disappointing. On Monday, Notre Dame announced its “Irish Wear Green” game (a green out) will be for the October 10th game against the Stanford Cardinal. Yeah — this actually is quite disappointing. Notre Dame calls it the “Irish Wear Green” game but it IS a call for the green out. Those […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame RB Aneyas Williams
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
Notre Dame Football Recruiting: The Irish are in great shape to land a 5-Star linebacker
The spotlight for linebacker recruiting has been on Notre Dame for a few weeks now. Obviously the moves made by current Irish commit, Amarri Irvin, have been well scrutinized. No one is expecting Irvin to be in Notre Dame’s class much longer, and while that may have been concerning for some — I keep pointing […]
Five Notre Dame Football Photos for a Friday: Random Cornerbacks
Notre Dame has the best cornerback in the country this season with Leonard Moore. This Friday’s photo tribute is to the cornerback position at Notre Dame, and five former starters at the position. Have a great Friday!
Three things I like about Notre Dame CB DJ McKinney
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
5-Star Tennessee Kicker Commits to Notre Dame Football
Specialists don’t run the triple option despite the triple option being special. 5-STAR KICKER IS IRISH Notre Dame addressed last season’s kicking issues with the transfer portal, but they are still out here recruiting the hell out of the high school ranks. Micah Drescher just arrived on campus as a freshman, but now the Irish […]
Updated Notre Dame Football Roster with new uniform jersey numbers
Notre Dame just updated its 2026 football roster, and there are a few things we need to point out. The Irish just welcomed the arrival of the freshmen that didn’t enroll early. They are: #24 Ian Premer TE#67 Gregory Patrick OL#9 Teddy Jarrard QB#36 Micah Drescher K OL Ben Nichols was not listed on the […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame WR Mylan Graham
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
Just how good will Notre Dame’s pass defense be this season?
If you can’t pass, run the triple option… NOTRE DAME’S PASS DEFENSE COULD BE GENERATIONAL THIS YEAR Notre Dame arguably has the best returning defense in the country. According to this magnificent tweet, the Irish ranked 3rd last season for opponent adjusted pass defense. Those numbers still include the rough start in the first two […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame LB Jaiden Ausberry
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
What Happened the Last Time Notre Dame Played Purdue?
Week 4 of our series on 2026 opponent retrospectives brings us to another renewed series from the old Michiana tour, bringing us its fourth installment since the cessation of annual hostilities. This one will be easier to recall as it was just a year ago, and it also might make us feel a little bad. […]
Looking back at a wild Notre Dame win over UMass that had a funny score
By late September of 2015, Notre Dame’s offense was becoming one of the most dangerous units in college football. Whether it was C.J. Prosise breaking long runs, Will Fuller stretching defenses deep, or DeShone Kizer growing more comfortable under center with each passing week, the Irish had discovered something powerful: they could score in bunches. […]
BYU fans can’t believe Notre Dame is a double digit favorite
I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I’d bet a good amount of money BYU has never run the true triple option. But we have. NOTRE DAME IS FAVORED OVER BYU AND MORMONS ARE FLIPPING I was searching for some other stuff concerning Notre Dame and the Big 12, and kept coming across […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame LB Jaylen Sneed
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
Notre Dame should join the Texas Tech boycott
All hell is breaking loose in and around college football, and fittingly it centers around the Lone Star State and a former SWC member, the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Quarterback Brendan Sorsby is now able to play this season (except for the first two games against Abilene Christian and Oregon State). This comes after a […]
CJ Carr is the Larry Bird of Notre Dame Football trash talkers
CJ Carr may not be running the triple option at Notre Dame, but we do here at OFD. CJ CARR TRASH TALKING EVERYONE One of the things we all noticed, wrote about, talked about, and laughed about this past spring was just how chippy this Notre Dame football team was with each other during their […]
Three things I like about Notre Dame DT Francis Brewu
We live in a college football world of lists, rankings, and countdowns. Many players on Notre Dame’s roster have been talked about and written about over the last few months — so let’s fall in line. This will be my official Top 20 Notre Dame Football Players ranking. I will unveil each player, and list […]
Let’s have some fun with Notre Dame’s all-time defensive stat leaders
I was sitting down to put together a little something about Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore, and started double checking some Fighting Irish defensive stats. While I’m quite familiar with them, I stared at the listings for a few minutes and thought… there’s some funny stuff going on here. So, here are some of those […]
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