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Number nine Notre Dame plays host to Central Michigan on Saturday. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Central Michigan-Notre Dame prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Central Michigan enters the game at 1-1 on the season. The season started with a big loss to Michigan State. They fell 31-7 in the […]

It seems former Notre Dame football wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown’s allegiance is with Deion Sanders and Colorado football. St. Brown made the shocking admission in an interview on the MySportsUpdate Football Podcast (via ON3’s Dustin Schutte) on Thursday. St. Brown made it clear he will root for Deion Sanders and Colorado should they face […]

For the first time since 2006, the Notre Dame football team has a true, reliable quarterback. Sam Hartman, the Wake Forest transfer, is proving his worth as the man behind center for the Fighting Irish so far early in the 2023 season. Hartman isn’t the only one, though, as this year’s Notre Dame team as […]

This weekend’s college football slate features some intriguing matchups as the season continues to ramp up. So of the top-10 teams are preparing to fine-tune aspects of their game as they look ahead to games they have had circled on their calendars for months. We have a good variety of games that are expected to […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish head to Raleigh, North Carolina to face NC State. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Notre Dame-NC State prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Irish enter the game 2-0 after two dominating wins to start the year. First, it was the 42-3 win over Navy, […]

The Michigan football team is 1-0 after defeating East Carolina football 30-3 in week one. When it comes to the Big Ten, all eyes are on Michigan and Ohio State football every week. That was certainly the case in week one as both teams have high aspirations this season, and many are expecting the Big […]

Stanford football will join the ACC in 2024 and continue to play Notre Dame on a yearly basis, according to The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach. The Cardinal’s game against the Fighting Irish will reportedly count as a nonconference game while they play eight other ACC opponents. Friday morning, Stanford accepted an invitation to join the ACC […]

Notre Dame football quarterback Sam Hartman garnered plenty of interest after he entered the transfer portal prior to the 2023 NCAA season. Hartman admitted Alabama, Florida, and Auburn were interested in his services after he left Wake Forest following his redshirt junior season. He spilled out the facts in an interview with radio sports talk […]

The Notre Dame football team started their season off with a bang last Saturday after they and transfer quarterback Sam Hartman crushed Navy 42-3 in Dublin, Ireland. The Fighting Irish had the early advantage of being put on display in one of the Week 0 spotlight matchups. With their performance against the Midshipmen, Notre Dame […]

Legendary Notre Dame football quarterback Joe Montana liked what he saw from new starting quarterback Sam Hartman. Hartman had an impressive debut in Notre Dame football’s 42-3 rout of rivals Navy in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. He completed 19 of 23 passes for 251 passing yards and four touchdowns. Hartman’s performance prompted Montana to sing […]

Notre Dame football welcomed us all back to the college football scene for the 2023 season with their dominant performance over Navy football on Saturday from Dublin, Ireland. This matchup was much closer last season when the now second-year head coach Marcus Freeman took over the program from Brian Kelly. The Fighting Irish maintained their […]

Notre Dame’s battle against Navy was the start of the 2023 college football season, and all eyes were on Sam Hartman as he made his debut with the Fighting Irish. After spending five years at Wake Forest, Hartman is looking to prove that he can make the jump and lead Notre Dame to success under […]

Sam Hartman transferred to Notre Dame football from Wake Forest football during the off season and made his debut for the Fighting Irish on Saturday against Navy football. It didn’t take very long for Hartman to start gelling with his new offense. Before the game ended, Hartman was 19-23 for 251 yards and four touchdowns. […]

Notre Dame football is entering year two of the Marcus Freeman era. After a very shaky 0-2 start last year that saw the Fighting Irish losing at home to Marshall football, Notre Dame ended up having a solid year. It could’ve been much better if they avoided the Marshall upset and another horrid home loss […]

The college football season begins on Saturday as week zero kicks off and features a couple of intriguing teams. One of those teams is Notre Dame football, who will travel overseas to Dublin, Ireland to take on Navy football. The Ireland game is a new tradition in college football that is providing a unique experience […]

It is the first game of the 2023 College Football season as Navy and Notre Dame face off in Dublin, Ireland. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Navy-Notre Dame prediction, pick, and how to watch. 2022 was a disappointing season for Navy Football. They started a season with a […]

The Notre Dame football team will begin their 2023 season as they face off against the Navy Midshipmen football team at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The two teams have previously ventured across the nation for their series, competing as far west as San Diego and as far east as New Jersey. Their matchups have […]

Sam Hartman will have a new home in college football this season after transferring from Wake Forest football to Notre Dame football this off-season. Hartman is expected to be one of the best quarterbacks in college football this season and because of that, the Fighting Irish have a solid preseason ranking next to their name […]

Notre Dame football took only a slight step backwards in 2022, the first year following longtime Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly’s departure for LSU. They finished 9-4, their first season under 10 wins since 2016. Kelly’s 2021 defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman succeeded him, and led Notre Dame football to an up-and-down first season. The […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman recently appeared on ESPN with Scott Van Pelt, and he spoke about the experience that he has now heading into his second hear as head coach of the program. “As you go into year two, now you have the experience,” Marcus Freeman said with Scott Van Pelt. “I don’t […]

Notre Dame football is preparing for a big season but they’ve been dealt a pair of injuries prior to the campaign. Head coach Marcus Freeman announced Saturday that tight end Kevin Bauman and defensive end Aiden Gobaira will both miss the entire year with knee injuries. Via Pat Forde: “Notre Dame injury update from Marcus […]

The landscape of college football continues to change so much now that most are having trouble keeping up with it, or rather they’re just fed up with the money-hungry universities trying to keep with each other. The recent conference realignment between the Pac-12 and the Big Ten, along with other shifts over the last couple […]

The power shift in college sports isn’t ending anytime soon with realignment and expansion talks circulating nonstop. The Pac-12 Conference looks to be dissolving, and now Stanford and Cal have explored other conferences and even received interest from the ACC. Notre Dame apparently made a push to bring these two programs to the ACC, although […]

Conference realignment has heated up this summer, and the leftover schools from the Pac-12 conference are still looking for a home. There has been talk of the ACC adding Stanford and Cal, and now it has been reported that Notre Dame, an ACC member in all sports but football, is pushing hard for Stanford and […]

Eddie George’s Tennessee State Tigers football team starts their season with a game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Tigers will be the first HBCU team Notre Dame has ever played in the history of the program. So, with that comes expectations. The Tennessee State Tigers are confident in their chances at a competitive […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman said his team will not bring in another quarterback from the transfer portal and instead invest in backups Kenny Minchey and Steve Angeli behind starter Sam Hartman, according to The Athletic’s Pete Sampson. With Hartman, Minchey and Angeli, Notre Dame has only three scholarship quarterbacks. Four is considered ideal […]

Former Chicago Bears quarterback and Notre Dame Football star Jonny Lujack has died at age 98 after sustaining a brief illness. Lujack had a notable career for both the Fighting Irish and Bears in shorts stints with both programs. Lujack went to Notre Dame in 1943 before taking two years off to serve in World […]

Notre Dame football is just one day away from beginning fall camp as they prepare for the 2023 season, but the Fighting Irish have lost a key piece of their strength team. Matt Balis, the director of Football Performances, has resigned due to personal reasons, according to a school statement. While ND head coach Marcus […]

Notre Dame football is loading up a highly-talented 2024 recruiting class, aided by the Fighting Irish’s latest commit, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. The 4-star linebacker out of Southern California chose Notre Dame over Ohio State and USC football, according to 247Sports. Viliamu-Asa is the No. 9 linebacker in 247’s 2024 rankings. At 6-3, 230 lbs with plus […]

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman’s first season included ups and downs. The Fighting Irish lost their first two games but later won nine of their last 11, including upset wins over Syracuse and Clemson. Notre Dame lost its first game of the 2022 season to Ohio State football, 21-10. It was Freeman’s first-game as […]

Notre Dame football’s new quarterback Sam Hartman is excited to join a “historic program” for his sixth season of college football. In an interview on SportsCenter, Hartman said, “Hearing your name side by side with one of the most historic programs in the country is very cool but also humbling. You know the expectations of […]

Notre Dame football star Sam Hartman is looking to take something positive from the blood clot that forced doctors to remove one of his ribs last summer. At least, that’s a generous interpretation of the quarterback’s plans. Sam Hartman told reporters that the removed rib is currently in his refrigerator because the mother of the […]

As college football undergoes conference expansions, one team that will eventually need to find a conference home is Notre Dame football. While Notre Dame has affiliations with the Big Ten and ACC, the Fighting Irish officially remain an independent team. Being independent has been Notre Dame’s longstanding tradition, so if they do decide to join […]

Notre Dame Football is staying independent. With many college football and college athletic programs shifting into a new conference, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick confirmed that Notre Dame Football will remain independent from any of the NCAA conferences, per Tyler Horka of on3.com. “Every one of these stories is about us. What’s Notre Dame […]

Notre Dame football head coach and Ohio State alum Marcus Freeman presumably has a lot of love for the Buckeyes, even now as a rival of the Big Ten program. That’s why many Buckeyes fans were outraged when Freeman, hired by the Fighting Irish in December of 2021, seemingly took a shot at Ohio State […]

The Notre Dame football program has bolstered its 2024 recruiting class. Four-star athlete Brauntae Johnson has committed to playing for the Notre Dame football team and Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman. Brauntae Johnson revealed his commitment to Notre Dame football with a live announcement on 247Sports. The highly sought-after recruit turned down offers from Auburn, […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will begin a new era after athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced his decision to step down beginning in 2024, per Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated. ‘Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, one of the most prominent and influential executives in college athletics, informed his staff Thursday morning that he will […]

The kickoff time between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for a highly anticipated college football matchup has been revealed. Ohio State Football tweeted out the details this Wednesday morning. It will be on September 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM, on NBC Sports and Peacock. on the 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 under the 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 […]

There aren’t many programs more successful than Ohio State football. Hard as it is to defeat the Buckeyes on the field, how do competing coaches go about beating them on the recruiting trail? Notre Dame football’s Marcus Freeman, at least, seems to have figured out a successful strategy. Four-star recruit Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is deciding between […]