The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast
481 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsThe home of FFSN's Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast feed. A feed for the Notre Dame fan, by the Notre Dame fan.
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Let's talk about Notre Dame Football and the transfer portal
December 02, 2023 06:33 - 55 minutesJoshua jumps in an escape pod from the Earned 5-Star mothership to have a quiet chat about Notre Dame Football and the transfer portal. In this episode: The new normal. The wide receiver situation. The futility of breaking news and people doing their worst Pete Thamel impersonation. Explanations that most people won't like. A different way to look at the portal. Terrible comments are terrible comments. And plenty of other quick (and not so quick) thoughts mixed in throughout the show. ...
Goodbye Notre Dame Football November
November 29, 2023 21:52 - 2 hoursBrendan and Jude hotwire the pod machine to talk about the end of the Notre Dame Football season. There are no show notes today, but even without Joshua you still get over 2 hours of fantastic podding. You're just going to have to listen carefully this time around. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Notre Dame Football Thanksgiving episode gets a little uncivil
November 22, 2023 16:20 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan stiff-armed another cozy fall evening with their families to talk about Notre Dame's recent win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and to preview the final regular season game for the Irish - the Stanford Cardinal. In this episode: HELLO! Joshua is late to a funeral. Let's talk about the Michigan Wolverines for a while because we should never ease up on hammering them for being a bunch of cheaters. True villain things and a certain level of respect. Federal pri...
I guess we're previewing Notre Dame VS Wake Forest
November 16, 2023 15:17 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to preview Senior Day for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as they take on ACC foe, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In this episode: Hello. We appreciate hearing back from you. Candy war victory. Let's talk about hipsters. Attractive actresses. The pac12 Network and the joy of Periscope. Stop shaving your facial hair unless you really want to break your covenant with god. Uniform talk... SOCK TALK. The dream is alive for Joshua's Iowa Hawkeyes. Previe...
This Notre Dame Football bye week was NOT for the children
November 13, 2023 14:11 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are here to recap the bye week we just had for Notre Dame Football. This was supposed to be a massive Q&A episode, but Joshua absolutely dropped the ball - so sorry about that. In this episode: HELLO! Just a tip if you live in the Fort Wayne area - or ever have a date night with the wife in any normal American city. Thanksgiving pregaming. The Oxford comma. The Michigan Wolverines snuggle right up to their villain role and Jude is here for it. The dream is stil...
The aftermath of Notre Dame's loss to Clemson
November 08, 2023 14:34 - 2 hoursJoshua and Brendan team up to pod about Notre Dame's loss to the Clemson Tigers and the overall aftermath of that harsh reality. Jude lucks out by being off for the week. In this episode: HELLO! Ohio gets on the level of Michigan and New York. REVIEWS! Fighting the weight of expectations. How bad is it really? Kentucky geography. The disappointment of the Sam Hartman experience. Things that happened in the loss to Clemson. Things that didn't happen in the loss to Clemson. Offensive ...
Notre Dame VS Clemson - A prelude to BYOG
November 02, 2023 13:07 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are well rested after Notre Dame's cheeseburger bye week (part 1) and the 58-7 stomping of Pat Narduzzi and the Pittsburgh Panthers. Next up for the Irish is Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers, and we're here to talk about it (among other things). In this episode: HELLO! Should Joshua join a cult? REVIEWS! We go in about the Michigan Wolverines and their CheatyMcCheatypants asses. Explaining why we didn't really review the win over Pitt. Marcus Freeman leaving...
Michigan is cheating and previewing Notre Dame VS Pitt
October 25, 2023 12:34 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are done eating cheeseburgers and break out the pod machine as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome Pat Narduzzi and the Pittsburgh Panthers to South Bend for a little ACC roll in the hay. In this episode: HELLO! It's spooky season. The Michigan Wolverines are out here cheating (allegedly) and whether or not it's a big deal. REVIEWS! Would the college football playoff committee leave out an 11-1 SEC team if there are four undefeated teams from Power Five confer...
Notre Dame takes down SC - meet me at the 50
October 19, 2023 13:33 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally (mostly) recovered after Notre Dame's 48-20 win over Southern Cal. The pod machine is up and running and they're here to party. In this episode (and in no particular order): HELLO! Napoleon and dealing with flippant Russia. The hours leading up to the game and the gift of Buffalo Trace. Joshua drives half-naked. REVIEWS! The postgame craziness, and the immortalization of Sam Hartman. Finding the visitor's tunnel. Meet me at the 50. The game was o...
Notre Dame's Louisville disaster, the Worf Effect, and previewing USC
October 11, 2023 05:50 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan bust out of the insane asylum and run directly to the first pod machine they can find to talk about Notre Dame's horrific performance against the Louisville Cardinals and to preview the Battle of the Jeweled Shillelagh against the USC Trojans... which is to say that the trio took a moment but they're here now. In this episode: HELLO! Fun facts to start your day. An amazing major league baseball conversation. Was the Louisville game more like Miami in 2017 or Mich...
Previewing Notre Dame VS Villainy and Louisville
October 05, 2023 14:03 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan gleefully open up the pod machine to talk about Notre Dame's next road night game - this time against the Louisville Cardinals. In this episode: HELLO! REVIEWS! Our music taste should not be questioned because we are all over the place. Gameday stuff on campus and Joshua is going to raise hell and praise Dale next week. ACC refs are worthy of our rants. Brendan is convinced that Louisville and Jack Plummer are of a certain quality, and that quality is picked up...
Lets soak in Notre Dame's victory over Duke
October 02, 2023 16:58 - 2 hoursJoshua and Jude had to walk to the podcast machine without Brendan this week to discuss Notre Dame's 21-14 win over the Duke Blue Devils down inside Wallace Wade Stadium. In this episode: HELLO! Jude and the Roman Empire. We're fired up and start talking about the game right away. REVIEWS! Green jersey jinx or nah? Billy Joel hatred. Going through the Duke game. Howard Cross the game wrecker. Philip Riley... is he really that good? Joshua is fully convinced that the fix is in and th...
Notre Dame ran home to momma VS Ohio State and now we Duke
September 27, 2023 12:35 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, Brendan, and some of Greg wipe away the tears of sadness to ride this hot pod to a secret meeting room to discuss Notre Dame's loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes AND preview the upcoming game against the Duke Blue Devils. In this episode: HELLO! Our listeners are awesome and should spread the Earned 5-Star gospel. Joshua's ominous moment with Oak became the reality. SO... let's get into everything about the Ohio State game. The final minutes. Playing scared versus playing con...
Notre Dame VS Ohio State doesn't have to be close
September 21, 2023 06:04 - 3 hoursJoshua and Brendan dropped Jude off at the ER and took a journey to the pod wormhole to get everyone ready for Notre Dame VS Ohio State inside Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night. In this episode: HELLO! Thinking about the Roman Empire every single day. Vikings was an overrated show. More love should be given to the Mongols. REVIEWS! Defending here come the Irish to the death. This is a massive weekend for college football and Notre dame gets top billing. Brendan breaks down the Iris...
Notre Dame stays explosive in a MAC victory
September 18, 2023 13:37 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan unlock the pod machine to discuss Notre Dame's 41-24 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas. In this episode: HELLO? Joshua was running late so notes to the beginning of the pod will remain a secret. Like... you're just going to have to listen to the podcast for yourself to find out how much mud Brendan and Jude drug his Ohioan ass through the mud. Notre Dame did not play perfectly on Saturday, but were still able to dispatch the Chips with ease. Audric Estime i...
Let's do a Notre Dame/MAC swap
September 16, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutesHappy college football Saturday y'all! I just wanted to use the pod machine to give you guys a boost while you do your Saturday morning chores (or whatever) and it brought me down a fun little path. Short and sweet... which former MAC football player do you wish you could swap out at Notre Dame during that same period? My own personal choice had me pounding away at some research (also known as Googling) and the results had me chuckling. My choice is GOOOOOOD. So have some fun with that. BONUS...
The week before the week for Notre Dame Football
September 14, 2023 16:40 - 1 hourJoshua and Jude were not on vacation this week to enjoy quality time with a loving family - those two are ballers, grinders, and two guys that are definitely not enjoying family time on a lovely vacation. It's Central Michigan week for Notre Dame Football -which means MACtion is back in the house. In this episode: HELLO! Emptiness and the abyss of week 3. Brendan's Central Michigan preview? Going through the rest of the upcoming college football action for this weekend. And much more wea...
Another ACC weekend becomes another Notre Dame knockout victory
September 12, 2023 12:45 - 1 hourJoshua and Jude shake off the rain, wipe down the pod machine, and yell wildly into the lightning storm after Notre Dame's 45-24 victory over the NC State Wolfpack. In this episode: HELLO! The wedding night of Tim Tebow. A bad 9/11 joke spawns some vivid memories from 22 years ago. Throwing out the first pitch. REVIEWS! There's fear in your eyes as Joshua takes your glass of champagne. Pearl Jam and Deer Creek forever. Notre Dame's travel day in Raleigh. Managing a game delay. How a...
The spread is pretty weird for Notre Dame VS NC State
September 07, 2023 06:08 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan rip open another party-size bag of Notre Dame podcast to put the Tennessee State game behind us and to preview the upcoming road matchup in Raleigh, North Carolina, against the NC State Wolfpack. In this episode: HELLO! Two stories - one a tragedy and one a victory. Such is life. Instantly dialed into what happened in college football last week, and we start laying the ground for the rest of the show. REVIEWS! Wasting a legend. Michigan can burn in hell (obviou...
Is Notre Dame to blame for major conference realignment?
September 02, 2023 06:13 - 44 minutesJoshua wipes the dust off of the old Off The Rails studio, because he has a point to make (and he's been drinking). College football is fixing itself to be an entirely different sport than what we knew it to be just a decade ago - let alone the sport we first fell in love with as kids and young adults. So much of what has been done, and what is being done currently, is the opposite of what's good for the sport, and therefore evil. But where does this evil come from? What is the origin? Who is...
The Notre Dame Prince we were promised
August 30, 2023 05:43 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back after a week zero one-nighter, and have the keys to the pod machine. In this episode: HELLO! The struggle is real for podcasters. REVIEWS! Group of 5 picks. The Irish are 1-0 after taking down Navy 42-3 in Ireland. The Tobias Merriweather thing isn't a real thing yet... yet. Sam Hartman's very normal day. Should Notre Dame have made this an even bigger blowout? The art of stat padding. Special announcements. The home opener against Tennessee State...
It's time for Notre Dame to deal with Navy in Ireland
August 24, 2023 05:48 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan open up the pod machine for the first game preview of Notre Dame's 2023 college football season. In this episode: HELLO! Hell's front porch. Shilling for Homefield Apparel because they are AWESOME! REVIEWS! Can Joshua speak Irish? The Irish head to Ireland to play the Navy Midshipmen. Someone is still mad at the schedule. Brendan breaks down this Navy team and what we should expect in Dublin. An argument of importance. Jack Swarbrick's appearance on the Dan...
Kind of previewing Notre Dame's college football season
August 16, 2023 06:09 - 2 hoursJoshua and Brendan have to carry a huge load without Jude on the active roster for the night, but the Notre Dame college football season is almost here, and we pod it out. In this episode: HELLO! Joshua is working out his feelings on the Hicksville uniform betrayal and why the 2001 XFL look might actually be vintage now. We crawl down a hole of "are we really that old?" and it takes a minute. REVIEWS! Yes, daddy. How to ruin a college football team with venture capital. Recruiting recl...
The good and the maybe bad from Notre Dame's fall camp
August 11, 2023 05:41 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan opened up the pod machine as Notre Dame moves away from fall camp and transitions to game prep to start the season in Dublin, Ireland, against the Navy Midshipmen. In this episode: Hello! Re-watching television shows is absolutely psychotic and Joshua is here for it. College football conference realignment is still running wild. Brendan has a theory about the importance of the Colorado Buffaloes that Joshua agrees with, but simultaneously he has an opinion about ...
Notre Dame is living that college football life
August 04, 2023 13:17 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan jump on the podcast machine as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are just three weeks away from taking on Navy in the college football season opener in Dublin, Ireland. In this episode: HELLO! Notre Dame is reportedly signing a new 10 year deal with Under Armour. Green uniforms. Conference realignment issues is breaking banks and podcast topics. Joshua continues his crusade against the ACC. Lighting candles for conference catastrophes. Jude gets totally sucked in ...
Put some seasoning on Notre Dame Football's fall camp
July 28, 2023 13:19 - 2 hoursJoshua and Brendan make their way to the pod machine for a night of celebrating Notre Dame's return to fall camp to prepare for the 2023 college football season. In this episode: HELLO! Raking through the Sparty series because of course. ABP. Always Be Petty. REVIEWS! 90's Korn references. Family photos. The accuracy of it all. Brendan has a crush on Chris Tyree and if he's right - it's ALL RIGHT. Say Deion Colzie's name. Joshua's Jeremiyah Love bandwagon is large and welcomes all c...
Prop bet season for Notre Dame and college football
July 19, 2023 05:41 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan have their eyes on the start of fall camp for Notre Dame Football and are ready to start podding all about it. We've finally reached one of the major mile markers for the offseason, and invite you to play along. In this episode: HELLO! Princes of the Universe. Sneaky friends in all sorts of places. REVIEWS! What would be the best 30 for 30 movies that could be made about Notre Dame football? Notre Dame's trip to New York. Was the Big Apple trip a precursor for...
Earning a July 5-star for Notre Dame Football
July 11, 2023 05:55 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the pod habit to cover Notre Dame Football the right way. It was an unusually long break for us, but we needed a rest - and now it's back to business. In this episode: HELLO! We're back and ready to roll. PAT FITZGERALD... and a whole lot of Northwestern Wildcats chatter. Body clocks and a name that seems right. REVIEWS! Best decade of players at Notre Dame. Is Notre Dame a serious football program? A plea to join the Army. More bad Spanish becau...
Under Armour VS Nike and Notre Dame's actual Gug problem
June 23, 2023 12:21 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan pull-start another E5S podcast to talk about the most important issues concerning Notre Dame Football after 22 days of summer. In this episode: Hello! The fresco mural. Little League updates. REVIEWS! The Harry Potter controversy continues. Snitches get stitches (and Joshua ain't watching). Sub movie monkey paw. Nike VS Under Armour and the inevitability of Notre Dame's apparel deal. Notre Dame's licensing deals aren't doing us any favors. The Gug... is it ...
The many tiers of Notre Dame LOVE and HATE
June 16, 2023 12:15 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back for a summer podcast about Notre Dame Football that was two minutes in the making - but has lived for decades in our hearts. In this episode: Hotels, weddings, and cheeseburgers in hell. Friends in low places and hills that Brendan dies on. Things we don't watch. A fairly long-winded discussion about Notre Dame football recruiting in the new world of college football. The reality of playing for a national championship. Up for grabs in 2023 because of a...
Notre Dame's athletic director swap and a pizza epiphany
June 09, 2023 11:50 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan flip open the podcast machine after a week off, and a massive amount of Notre Dame news gushing through the pipeline. In this episode: HELLO! Joshua's great pizza problem and a plea for sponsorship. REVIEWS! That's DOCTOR Vowles to you buddy. Jack Swarbrick is on his way out as the Notre Dame athletic director. Swarbrick's legacy at Notre Dame. A well-dressed Italian to the rescue. Joshua turns pizza tragedy into pizza GLORY. Pete Bevacqua 's track record is...
The crappiest Notre Dame Football hot takes of the offseason
May 26, 2023 06:18 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back like Voltron to open up the Pod Machine of Destiny to talk about our beloved Notre Dame Football program (and other things). In this episode: HELLO! Red Bull's roster is elite. Brendan threatens Joshua'a heirs with The Shirt. Little League update and revenge of the tie. REVIEWS! Defending against the evils of Olive Garden. All of the poop talk anyone could ever want, and if you want more... FRAME IT. Hot takes are the business at hand. Notre Dame's ...
Notre Dame Football and Conference Kibitz
May 19, 2023 13:32 - 2 hoursJude and Brendan are left to their own devices to pod about Notre Dame football, as Joshua was inconsolable after a Little League highway robbery that resulted in a tie due to cheating (rough night y'all). In this episode: Conference expansion for college football. Conference realignment for college football. NLRB Notre Dame's recruiting as it pertains to the NFL Draft. Marcus Freeman as a recruiter. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left...
Notre Dame, the Under Armour deal, and terrible ideas
May 12, 2023 13:18 - 2 hoursJoshua and Brendan crack open the podcast dispenser for what is almost a type of emergency episode following some interesting Notre Dame Football news items from the day. In this episode: HELLO! A neighbor's betrayal. Joshua isn't stopping with cargo shorts on the "take back" campaign, but does he go too far? REVIEWS! A brief insider tale from the BK recruiting machine. Regionalized position talent has many truths to it. Alexander Ehrensberger is done with the football life and is goin...
The Fighting Spirit of Pitt and Notre Dame vibes with Amanda Godsey
May 12, 2023 03:56 - 1 hourJoshua welcomes Pittsburgh Panthers beat writer, Amanda Godsey, to the podcast to cover a wide variety of topics around the wonderful world of college football. Some of the things we discussed: Pitt pitting. The ACC and Pitt's place. Pat Narduzzi and his Notre Dame feelings. It's a Big East kind of a year. Super conference super future. Phil Jurkovec and his social media mastery. Tyler Palko. And plenty more. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on ...
We're trying to save college football with Ryan Nanni
May 05, 2023 05:14 - 1 hourIn an attempt to help make our Notre Dame listeners smarter about college football, the Earned 5-Star Podcast is going forward with an offseason plan to interview some of our favorite college football writers and personalities around the country. It's a plan so brilliant, I really can't believe other podcasters don't have these things called "guests" on their own shows. First up is the Shutdown Fullcast's Ryan Nanni because he said, "yes" and because he enjoys a good podcast nightcap. Some of...
We're hanging up our jerseys after Notre Dame Football's 2022 cycle
May 02, 2023 05:41 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan have just one more hurdle to jump before we can finish the 2022 Notre Dame Football cycle - and that's this podcast following the NFL Draft. In this episode: HELLO! An earthquake just hit. Home Run Inn inventory. REVIEWS! Jude is gonna get back to us with a real answer. Transfer Portal madness. Dealing with the loss of Logan Diggs. Notre Dame's need in the portal before fall camp. Looking at the scholarship chart. So... safety is a big issue and we're not s...
All that's blue is now gold for Notre Dame Football
April 26, 2023 05:28 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are coming in like an iced latte for a venti podcast after a big weekend performance by the Notre Dame football program in the annual Blue-Gold Game - we're totally serious. In this episode: HELLO! A couple of life stories from Joshua coming straight out of Hicksville. REVIEWS! Home Run Inn pizza FOREVER. We promise more guests. The spring game happened, and people are oozing with positive vibes. Sam Hartman is the truth. How Joshua really feels about people ...
Shooting flaming arrows at Notre Dame's Blue-Gold spring game
April 20, 2023 05:56 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are running wild with spring fever and can't wait to provide the best damn preview pod for Notre Dame's annual Blue-Gold game that you've ever heard. In this episode: HELLO! Swimming in Lake Michigan while almost in Canada. REVIEWS! A fun explanation of how we earned that valuable fifth star. A Michigan Wolverines civil war is fun and all... and we certainly have our top choice to not be terrible. The hottest country music takes you'll ever hear this far north ...
Notre Dame Football Villains Part 5: The Pierogi Pop Legacy
April 12, 2023 05:44 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan kick open the Pandora's box of podcast machines to talk about what we know when it comes to Notre Dame football - which certainly doesn't have much to do with spring ball due to the lack of info. Cool. In this episode: Hello! Easter Candy VS other candy. Pierogi Pop. REVIEWS! An amendment was made. Still not speaking Spanish. We continue our villain series with a special focus on the 2023 football season. While we don't want to spoil our picks by listing them ...
Blowing up Notre Dame's schedule and composing a new one
April 06, 2023 06:21 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to podcast like blood-thirsty pod warriors about Notre Dame football (and a little more). This week we are joined by our good friend, Greg Flammang (@greg2126) from ISD's Hit and Hustle podcast/show. In this episode: HELLO! Four adjectives to use for Tommy Rees and automatic swaggy. A shorts beef that might be regional, but Joshua is ready to roll. REVIEWS! A full-throated defense of Jude's assertion that the Ace card is NOT a face card. A full-throate...
The Great Naming of Names for Notre Dame Football
March 31, 2023 06:59 - 35 minutesIt's spring football time for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and we almost let one of the all-time great podcast traditions slip away without a fight... the GREAT NAMING OF NAMES! As it goes with any simple tradition... the greatness is in the simplicity, and the appreciation of those that love it (looking right into your beaver butt eyes Brendan). Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. As I mentioned in this episode, we are...
What does Jack Swarbrick, Father Jenkins, and Notre Dame want?
March 28, 2023 06:17 - 3 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan follow up on a chaotic weekend regarding Notre Dame athletics and bring on Matt Brown from the Extra Points Newsletter to help clarify Jack Swarbrick's and Father Jenkins' actions with the New York Times op-ed. In this episode: HELLO! Is an Ace a face card? REVIEWS! We always knew this podcast was artificially intelligent. Joshua's kitchen fresco. Jude and Joshua welcome Matt Brown to the show to help explain what the New York Times op-ed by Jack Swarbrick and ...
Ready to start (another) new Notre Dame Football era
March 20, 2023 06:27 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to start a new era for the pod... The Earned 5-Star Podcast on the Fans First Sports Network is now a real thing (and 99.9% the exact same as what things used to be). We just wished there was MORE Notre Dame football news to talk about - but that never stopped us from creating a two-hour podcast before, so LFG! In this episode: HELLO! Quick power ranking of home improvement stores. REVIEWS! The best building on EMU's campus? Does the water tower count? ...
Notre Dame's spring football QB competition is a social construct
March 09, 2023 07:04 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are prepping for Notre Dame football's spring practice period by prepping for the prep with some podding. Got it? In this episode: HELLO! It was a bloody mess. REVIEWS! Our listeners tripped over themselves to defend the honor of the podcast, and we are here for that (and mostly that by the sound of it). Notre Dame to the Big 10? No... but we break out the conference realignment talk which is mostly about money. Brendan makes a fool of himself with a frozen piz...
Just Some Notre Dame Football Buffoonery With Dads
March 01, 2023 06:48 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are here to tell you - IT'S SPRING - so now the pod has sprung for the latest Notre Dame Football news (kind of). In this episode... Yeah... I'm not going to bulletpoint this week either. If I did, I might spoil the surprise that is this show. Somehow we covered all of the relevant points surrounding the Notre Dame football program which is highlighted by the recent hiring of Joe Rudolph as the new offensive line coach. Outside of that... things are pretty light, so ...
Notre Dame Football's new War Daddy is home
February 23, 2023 06:57 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan dust off the old pod machine to breakdown a full range of emotion concerning Notre Dame Football's offensive coordinator search, and the hiring/promotion of Gerad A.K.A Gerard A.K.A. War Daddy Parker. You don't need a bulletpoint list of the material in this episode. We're here - even if it's a little later than others - to go from 3 candidates, to hockey parades, to fumbling the ball, to fumbling the message, to fumbling a snarky email, to everything surrounding the...
We got that old 2012 Notre Dame Football feeling again
February 10, 2023 06:54 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the hunt for the perfect Notre Dame football podcast episode, and even though this isn't it... we think you'll have some fun with it. In this episode: HELLO! The saga of Brian Kelly and his divorce -- which didn't happen. Notre Dame is still very much in the hunt for the perfect offensive coordinator. Real news has been scarce, but the tidbits we do have are pretty interesting. Joshua swoons about the T-Formation and the Maryland I. Three candidates...
Tommy Rees and his Notre Dame betrayal
February 04, 2023 06:50 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan were all set to have some drunken fun with a "Notre Dame Football Honey-Do List" pod, and then the Alabama Crimson Tide came calling for Tommy Rees to have something for his own - FOR HIS OWN MIKE! And so... in this episode: You don't need a long list of bullet-point topics for this particular show. The fellas go through the fast pace of how we got here with Rees bolting to Bama, and we all feel that the perception and reaction to the news is a little more complicate...
A very grizzly Notre Dame Football Q&A
January 23, 2023 15:48 - 2 hoursJoshua, Jude, and Brendan make it back to the pod machine after a long break to answer all of your Notre Dame Football questions - and whatever else. In this episode: HELLO! Justify your job - losers! REVIEWS! Best ND game we saw in person. Making our Thomas the Tank Engine feelings clear. Will Notre Dame ditch Under Armour for Nike? Fancy White Castle. The best bear available doesn't need Prozac. The greater of two evils. Worst show endings and how ND fits in. Keeping TEU the TEU ...