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The initial college football playoff rankings came out this week, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were selected as the #10 team in the country by the CFP committee. Some people were a little surprised by the respect shown with the #10 ranking. Because Notre Dame has four games left, and the proximity #10 has […]
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As we come into the last stretch of the 2025 Notre Dame football schedule, a lot of people have been talking about and asking about Notre Dame’s 2026 slate. If you searched it right now, Notre Dame’s schedule looks like this: If you are good at math, you’ll notice that there are only 10 games […]
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have slowly climbed back up the rankings, and are now ranked #10 in the country in the college football playoff rankings. following their bye week. The Irish now play host to a 7-1 Navy team in prime time. There is a very large 25.5 point spread this week, and the […]
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It’s November in South Bend, so that means the weather for Notre Dame Football games can be a little tough on the senses. This week, the Irish play host to the Navy Midshipmen in a prime time matchup, and it’s one that the weather forecast says could be a wet one. Although… not as much […]
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It’s been an interesting week in college football and for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as the college football playoff talk is reaching a frenzy status. Still… Notre Dame has to lock in because they have some work in front of them with the Navy Midshipmen. On Thursday, Marcus Freeman spoke to the media via […]
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Folks,,, I know it’s been a bit of a hiatus from an Opponent Q&A perspective, but I’m happy to be back for what will surely be a straightforward, easy, boring game against the Navy Midshipmen for our Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, per usual in this annual rivalry game. Our Fighting Irish won an […]
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The 6-2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are currently ranked #10 in the college football playoff rankings, and are eyeing not just a place at the table — but ownership of the table as well (to host a playoff game). This week Notre Dame plays host to wookie-life-debt-scheduling-partner, Navy. The Middies could have been useful this […]
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With all of the roster upheaval during the offseason for the 15th ranked Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team, it was hard to get a handle on what kind of squad Niele Ivey would put out on the court. Apparently, it’s still a team that will beat the hell out of an inferior opponent inside Purcell […]
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Since I’ve already looked back at the Notre Dame games from the year my dad was born (1943) and the year I was born (1971), it felt only right to complete the family trilogy. So this week, I’m rewinding to 1951 — the year my mom was born — and reliving a classic muddy matchup […]
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Joshua and Brendan open the pod machine without Jude (on special assignment) to bring you a Notre Dame football show worthy of your ears. In this episode: And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star […]
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It’s finally happening. Notre Dame fans will be able to cross Auburn off the list of teams the Irish haven’t played. From the ND press release: Notre Dame Football Announces Series with Auburn SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame football team has announced that Notre Dame and Auburn will play Sept. 25, 2027, at Notre Dame Stadium, […]
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How’d We Do Last Week? Wildly Inaccurate This is just bad. Chowder is not in fact, overrated. It is delicious. Ill allow the lobster slander but will not tolerate the chowder take form Pseudodomer Most Interesting (I read the I’m baaaack in the Independence Day voice). It’s always good to have folks from other fanbases […]
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This will be the first Notre Dame vs Navy game in history to be played at night in South Bend. There is a whole lot of extra juice for this game now that the Irish were ranked #10 in the initial college football playoff rankings. It’s funny how we were looking at this game just […]
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The first set of College Football Playoff rankings are out and what do you know… the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are ranked #10 — just like in the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll. All of the talk and all of the parsing what win or what loss means more, and the committee did […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Notre Dame fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. We are once again staring down the barrel of a Notre Dame football game with […]
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Tonight we get the first set of college football playoff rankings, and one of the bigger storylines going into all of this is Notre Dame and its possible placement. The Irish are currently ranked #10 in both the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll, but there have been rumblings of the Irish being looked […]
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are back home this week for their annual Wookie Life Debt game against the Navy Midshipmen. Even in a blowout win, these games are never really fun — and it’s on the way other end of the spectrum of fun when things get dicey. The Irish are in the stretch […]
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The Notre Dame Men’s Basketball team got the season started right with a 89-67 win over Long Island inside Purcell Pavilion on Monday night. The Sharks were a unanimous preseason pick to win the NEC, so this isn’t a typical “victory over a small school to start the season” kind of a win. Speaking of […]
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Yes it’s college basketball season. Notre Dame has a lot of questions in front of them as they begin a new campaign under Micah Shrewsberry. Markus Burton will certainly lead the way for ND, but he will need a lot of help from his teammates — who we can just hope right now have improved […]
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 6-2 and ranked #10 in the country, and we are all eagerly awaiting the first set of college football playoff rankings to be released on Tuesday night. We are in the final month of the regular season, which should be good news for Notre Dame fans. Since 2018, the […]
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On Monday, Notre Dame released its depth charts for the upcoming game against the Navy Midshipmen. The list of injuries is starting to pile up, but the number of players not available at all this week remains the four that we knew about. Obviously — we should know more about the status of those listed […]
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Woof. It’s rare that you don’t feel amazing about a double digit win, but that’s where we found ourselves. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish did beat the Boston College Eagles by 2 scores, but it was the process of the overall game that became insanely frustrating. Stalling drives, inexplicable fumbles, a defense that gave up […]
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Notre Dame got off to a rough start in 2025, but they looked like they fixed a few things in a 56-30 win over the Purdue Boilermakers and then the 56-13 win on the road against the Arkansas Razorbacks. They followed those two victories with two victories which covered massive spreads in a 28-7 win […]
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When Notre Dame started the season 0-2 it was hard for those outside of the ND bubble to imagine this team making the college football playoff. Obviously, at the time, there were huge caveats put in place like winning 10 straight, and if they would have any good wins at all. It was very rational […]
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These games happen every year to every team, and Notre Dame fans can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that their team was able to survive a sleepwalking affair on the road at Boston College, 25-10. Recent years’ experience have taught us that holding on for a win in such circumstances is far, far less […]
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