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Notre Dame quarterback royalty is making a big comeback

The weekend is over and so is your mini-vacation from the triple-option. Get out there and RUN it. THE KING OF NOTRE DAME We are still a few weeks away from May Crowning within the Catholic Church, but it really feels like a crowning just happened this past weekend during Notre Dame Football’s jersey scrimmage. […]

Princeton’s Madison St. Rose commits to Notre Dame from the Transfer Portal

Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Head Coach, Niele Ivey, knows that more scoring threats are needed next season to help take some of the load off of Hannah Hidalgo’s back — and help is on the way. All-Ivy guard, Madison St. Rose from Princeton, will use her last year of eligibility in South Bend for the […]

Notre Dame Baseball: Irish get swept by Florida State

Notre Dame Baseball continues its plunge down the ACC standings this week after getting swept by the Florida State Seminoles. Life is rough right now. Notre Dame Baseball: Irish Downed by No. 8 Seminoles in Series Finale TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Notre Dame baseball team was on the short end of a 6-4 final against No. […]

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Patiently waiting for NFL Mock Draft season to be over

Friday’s should be for fullbacks and fullbacks make the triple option work. Here is your Black C 31 Trap Option play for today’s Notre Dame football news. MOCK DRAFTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL The closer and closer we get to the first round of the NFL Draft, the more diabolical the conversation that surrounds the […]

Notre Dame is prepping for a new leprechaun mascot

The Notre Dame Leprechaun is one of the most identifiable and original mascots in the country. In 2023 the Mascot Hall of Fame recognized the Leprechaun as the best human mascot in existence (in your face West Virginia Mountaineer). Notre Dame takes this mascot business very seriously (like probably too seriously if you’ve had to […]

Just another time Notre Dame smacked around USC on the football field

On a chilly, rain-soaked October afternoon in 1995, when the skies over South Bend mirrored the intensity of one of college football’s greatest rivalries, Notre Dame Fighting Irish football welcomed the fifth-ranked USC Trojans football to town. The Trojans arrived with the spotlight, the swagger, and the expectations—but Notre Dame had something else in mind. […]

Brian Kelly believes in Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love

Sometimes there’s just too much going going on, but we still need to get all of the relevant Notre Dame (and whatever) information out. That’s called a Speed Option, so let’s run it. BRIAN KELLY BELIEVES IN YOU BRO I know anytime I invoke the name of Homeboy BK, you guys get a little irritated, […]

What’s the potential for Notre Dame Football in 2026?

Why were Taco Tuesdays introduced? Because they wanted to give us something to taco ’bout the whole week. Now that all of my children are blind from eyeballs rolling out of their heads… lets get to the Notre Dame Football triple option. HOW GOOD WILL NOTRE DAME BE? Advanced stats say Notre Dame is going […]

Notre Dame Baseball: Irish drop another ACC series as struggles continue

Notre Dame was only down 5-4 to the Virginia Cavaliers as they entered the 4th inning, but that’s when things went off the rails completely for the Irish, and the game ended in the 8th inning with a 20-5 loss. The Irish went through 8 pitchers as starter, Dylan Singleton, didn’t make it out of […]

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Eligibility, a more interesting NFL Draft, and Notre Dame REVENGE

We have some things to talk about. Here’s your triple option play for today… ELIGIBILITY SIMPLIFIED So much of what people perceive how “broken” college sports have become quickly point to the transfer portal and NIL payments. While those can certainly cause some issues, over the last two decades, it’s really been the chaotic eligibility […]

Notre Dame Baseball: Irish keep the losing streak alive against Michigan State

There was a moment Notre Dame baseball looked like it was getting back to being a winning program again, but after being swept by UNC and NC State, the Irish dropped their 7th game in a row — this time against the Michigan State Spartans in a mid-week matchup in South Bend. Notre Dame Baseball: […]

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Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse Downs #1 Richmond

It was “Lacrosse Day in Chicago” on Saturday, April 4th and the afternoon delivered like most of us expected it would. On a cold and sometimes rainy day near the lake, our Fighting Irish took down #1 ranked Richmond by a final score of 12-8. It was an awesome time and Chicagoland showed up with […]