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Notre Dame football notched its first win of the 2022 college football season against the visiting California State Golden Bears. The Fighting Irish slipped past the Golden Bears, 24-17 in front of their home fans at the Notre Dame Stadium. Here are some takeaways from Notre Dame’s big win over Cal in Week 3. Marcus […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Fighting Irish finally broke into the win column Saturday with a 24-17 win at home over the California Golden Bears. There is still a long way to go if Notre Dame football is even to recapture consideration for a College Football Playoff ticket, but at least the Fighting Irish have scored […]

Marcus Freeman finally got his first win as the head coach of Notre Dame football, as his program squeaked out a 24-17 win over Cal on Saturday. Immediately after the game, Freeman delivered a strong message that Fighting Irish faithful will absolutely love. Here’s what the first-year head coach said, per Brandon Marcello of 247Sports. […]

Manti Te’o made an appearance at Notre Dame on Saturday. The former Fighting Irish star linebacker was there to help motivate the team and take in some Notre Dame football. Te’o also stated that head coach Marcus Freeman reminds him of Bob Diaco, per Pete Sampson. Diaco was an assistant coach for Notre Dame during […]

Manti Te’o gave Notre Dame football a fiery speech ahead of their matchup with the Cal Golden Bears, per Mike Beradino. Te’o, who was a star linebacker for Notre Dame in college, has been in the news lately for a recent Netflix documentary that covered his life. But he is now doing everything in his […]

In Week 2, then-No. 8 Notre Dame suffered one of the biggest upsets of the college football season thus far. The Fighting Irish lost to the unranked Marshall Thundering Herd at home by 26-21. With that result, Notre Dame remains winless in 2022, enough to make the team fall out of the college football rankings. […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are having a nightmarish start to their 2022 college football campaign. Apart from being winless through two weeks of the season, Notre Dame football is also going to be without their initial quarterback starter in Tyler Buchner after he suffered an injury in his non-throwing shoulder. Buchner will go under […]

Marshall football shocked Notre Dame over the weekend. The Fighting Irish entered the matchup as heavy favorites but the Thundering Herd upset the odds. And it was an HBCU product, Charles Huff, who led the way for Marshall in the thrilling win, per hbcusports.com. Huff was formerly the captain for the Hampton football team. His […]

Drew Pyne’s turn at quarterback has arrived. After Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman announced Monday that Tyler Buchner will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, Pyne has risen to the top of the Fighting Irish quarterback depth chart. Pyne appeared in four games over his first two seasons at […]

In perhaps the biggest upset of Week 2, Marshall football defeated the then-No. 8 Notre Dame on the road 26-21. The upset barely put the Thundering Herd in the college football rankings, but it was enough to take the Fighting Irish out of the Top 25. With a perfect 2-0 record to start the season, […]

Week 2 of the college football season was full of upsets. But perhaps the most shocking victory of the week was Marshall’s convincing 26-20 win over Notre Dame football Formerly 8th ranked Notre Dame now falls to 0-2 on the year after also suffering a loss at the hands of Ohio State in their opening […]

Just when it seemed like the Notre Dame football season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start, things got worse on Monday when the program provided an injury update on quarterback Tyler Buchner. Buchner, who sustained a shoulder injury late in the team’s shocking loss to Marshall, will miss the rest of the season […]

There are countless uncomfortable people in South Bend following a massive upset loss for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to unranked Marshall Thundering Herd right in front of Notre Dame football home fans. Coming off a loss in Week 1 to the no. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes on the road, Notre Dame football head coach […]

It is an ugly day for the Notre Dame football. Expected to have a strong rebound after a season-opening loss to no. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, Tyler Buchner and the Fighting Irish instead suffered a devastating blow to their College Football Playoff chances with a 26-21 home loss at the hands of unranked Marshall Thundering […]

A wild and stunning day of college football continues. The Marshall Thundering Herd did the unthinkable, defeating Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football in a shocking upset, their first win over a top-10 program since 2003. Not only was it a huge upset win for Marshall, but it was a loss that sealed Freeman’s spot […]

The Marshall Thundering Herd take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Check out our college football odds series for our Marshall Notre Dame prediction and pick. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish took on the toughest assignment of any particularly good team in Week 1 of the college football season. (Oregon is not a particularly good […]

Notre Dame football lost their opening game to the Ohio State Buckeyes in rather brutal fashion, which apparently put them on the wrong end of history as well. According to Connor O’Gara of Saturday Down South, the loss meant that the Fighting Irish are now 2-22 against AP Top 5 teams since 1999. The Buckeyes […]

In perhaps the most anticipated game of Week 1 in college football, the then-No. 5 Notre Dame was not a match for the No. 2 Ohio State. The Buckeyes won 21-10, making the Fighting Irish fall to No. 8 in the latest rankings. With first-year Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman on the sidelines, […]

Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud opened up his 2022 Heisman Trophy award candidacy with a crucial performance in the Buckeyes’ non-conference home win over Notre Dame on Saturday. Stroud did not pick up where he left off from the 2022 Rose Bowl Game with a record-breaking showing, although he did anchor two second half touchdown […]

Notre Dame football opened its 2022 college football season with a loss to Ohio State. In spite of that, the Fighting Irish can take solace in several bright spots on display as they fell to the Buckeyes, 21-10. It wasn’t the fairy-tale ending that Fighting Irish fans had hoped for in head coach Marcus Freeman’s […]

Notre Dame football had a rather disappointing outcome on Saturday night after they failed to hold on to their lead and lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes. However, head coach Marcus Freeman knows they have no one to blame but themselves. Speaking to reporters after the 21-10 loss, Freeman emphasized that there are no moral […]

The stars came out to support Ohio State on opening night. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was the biggest star in attendance as he cheered on the Buckeyes in their highly-anticipated matchup against Notre Dame on Saturday. OSU delivered as they marked their first win of the season with a huge comeback victory over […]

Ohio State football got some early bad news on Saturday after wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba left their Notre Dame game with an apparent injury. While the nature of the injury has yet to be disclosed, it appears Smith-Njigba is dealing with some sort of knee or hamstring injury. Prior to the issue, he took a […]

In a game that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was watching in support of Ohio State, Notre Dame football QB Tyler Buchner made sure the Fighting Irish dealt an early blow to the Buckeyes so as not to give them any confidence. Buchner powered the Fighting Irish to an explosive start with an incredible […]

Joe Burrow is back in Columbus to show his support for the Ohio State Buckeyes alongside the likes of LeBron James and Bronny James ahead of the team’s matchup versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. While Burrow is remembered by most college football fans as the hero of the LSU Tigers squad that went all […]

Marcus Freeman shared a health update on Notre Dame football star left guard Jarrett Patterson. Freeman revealed that Patterson will be a gametime decision ahead of the Fighting Irish’s matchup with Ohio State on Saturday, per Pete Thamel. Patterson has All-American potential in 2022. He is known as one of the better offensive lineman in […]

For the seventh time ever, college football powerhouses Ohio State and Notre Dame will face off, as the two are set for a non-conference matchup on Saturday. The Buckeyes and the Fighting Irish each enter the contest with plenty of preseason hype of their own. While Ohio State lost five total talents on offense to […]

The Marcus Freeman era in South Bend is about to start this coming Saturday, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish play their first game under their new head coach against the no. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. This is a heavyweight battle between two ranked teams, with no. 5 Notre Dame […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Ohio State Buckeyes. Check out our college football odds series for our Notre Dame Ohio State prediction and pick. This is what makes college football great. Week 1 of the season, and yet the national championship is on the line. When Notre Dame and Ohio State play […]

Not many people are giving no. 5 Notre Dame football much of a chance against the no. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes ahead of their Saturday clash. After all, the Buckeyes are favored by more than two touchdowns. But don’t let that fool you. The Fighting Irish are a force to be reckoned with. Just ask […]

Brian Kelly is no longer in South Bend but controversies during his time with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish seem to continue hounding him. Recently, former Notre Dame football head coach and legend of the sport Lou Holtz made a revelation about Brian Kelly not responding to any of the letters he sent him during […]

Notre Dame football is heavy underdogs for their season opener on Saturday against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Just don’t tell that to Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman. Or maybe you should tell him. Freeman was asked about being heavy underdogs against Ohio State football, which led to this strong take from the first-year head […]

Check out FanDuel’s 2022 college football over under win total odds, including the Notre Dame over under win total prediction, part of our college football odds series. It begins. Marcus Freeman, the defensive coordinator for Notre Dame in 2021 under head coach Brian Kelly, could not have known he would lead one of the most […]

The 2022 college football season has arrived. Notre Dame football will be at the center of the conversation in the sport. More than that, the Notre Dame football 2022 schedule begins with a top-tier showcase against Ohio State. You surely want to know: Who is the Notre Dame football X-factor? Let’s start here: It’s not […]

For the coming 2022 college football season, Notre Dame football should be among the best in the nation. The Fighting Irish will also open their 2022 campaign against another team pegged to be among the elite, Ohio State. Before we get to that game, though, we need to look at this squad and make some […]

ACL injuries are devastating. What about back-to-back ACL injuries? That’s the harsh reality facing Notre Dame football wide receiver and team captain Avery Davis, who suffered his second straight season-ending injury at practice last week. It’s yet another tough blow for Davis, who was entering his final year of eligibility with the Fighting Irish in […]

Notre Dame football, ranked fifth in the preseason AP Top 25, is gearing up for a September 3 showdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes, ranked second in the poll. However, quarterback Tyler Buchner and the Fighting Irish received some bad news on potential All-America offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson. Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman […]

Notre Dame football and Marcus Freeman received a massive endorsement from the Associated Press, which rated the university fifth in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. It was a huge positive for the first-year head coach and the Fighting Irish. Then, Freeman and company snapped back to reality after the news they received on Wednesday. […]

It is a new era for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, as they have a fresh face on the sidelines to guide Notre Dame football. That’s Marcus Freeman, who succeeds Brian Kelly as head coach of the storied football program. All eyes will be on Freeman and how we will commander the team. It’s not […]