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Notre Dame football loses kicker Noah Burnette when the Fighting Irish face Purdue football on Saturday. The loss creates a significant adjustment for the Irish. His absence comes ahead of a critical non-conference showdown. It also forces the coaching staff to rework the special teams plan. The challenge grows larger with Notre Dame sitting at […]

College football podcaster Joel Klatt thinks that Notre Dame is one of the best 0-2 teams to ever take the field. Klatt thinks though that despite their talent, the Fighting Irish have a very slim chance to make the College Football Playoff. Klatt says wins have to come right away for this team, and they […]

Notre Dame’s stumble out of the gates has raised questions about whether the Fighting Irish can make it back to the College Football Playoff, but it’s not time to write them off just yet. An 0-2 start has left their margin for error at zero, but the Irish were competitive in both losses, falling by […]

One of the biggest surprises of the college football season so far is the fall of Notre Dame football. The Irish are off to an 0-2 start after a pair of narrow losses to open the season, and now their College Football Playoff hopes are slim just one season after making a run all the […]

It’s a do-or-die situation right now for Notre Dame football. The Fighting Irish are 0-2 on the campaign, after losses to Miami and Texas A&M. The Fighting Irish have very slim chances of getting into the College Football Playoff unless they win out. Notre Dame faces off against Purdue from the Big Ten, in their […]

Notre Dame football is 0-2 on the season, after dropping a heartbreaker to Texas A&M. The Fighting Irish then tumbled in the rankings, but remain in the Associated Press College Football poll at no. 24. College football commentator Joel Klatt is defending the team’s ranking. “This has got to be the best 0-2 team that […]

Notre Dame is 0-2, and head football coach Marcus Freeman isn’t ready to panic. He just isn’t happy with how his team has arrived at this point. “We got to become a more consistent team,” he said on Monday, per Tyler Horka of On3. “And that starts with being more consistent individuals…The only way we […]

Notre Dame football dropped to 0-2 on the season, following a loss Saturday. The Fighting Irish bowed to Texas A&M at home, in a 41-40 game. It was a heartbreaking loss for a team hoping to go to the College Football Playoff in 2025. There are several reasons why Notre Dame lost the game. The […]

Notre Dame football is in free fall in the rankings. The Fighting Irish dropped 16 spots in the latest Associated Press college football poll, to no. 24. The squad has yet to win a game this season, after dropping a game Saturday to Texas A&M. The Fighting Irish had a fourth-quarter lead against the Aggies, […]

Notre Dame football dropped to 0-2 on the season after losing a heartbreaking game Saturday to Texas A&M. The Aggies defeated the Fighting Irish in South Bend, 41-40. Notre Dame’s chances of making this year’s College Football Playoff are now slim to none. Following the game, On3 reporter Brett McMurphy made a humorous post online […]

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love summed up his feelings in the aftermath of Saturday’s 41-40 loss to Texas A&M in one simple statement: “I want to get back to work right now.” That mentality will resonate with Fighting Irish fans who watched their team fall to 0-2 after back-to-back heartbreaking defeats. Against the Aggies, […]

Marcus Freeman did not hold back on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s defensive struggles in the 41-40 heartbreaker to the No. 16 Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday night. Both teams traded blows throughout the course of the game, scoring in all four quarters. However, the No. 8 Fighting Irish were unable to make the right […]

The No. 16 Texas A&M football has a tough assignment Saturday night, as they play the No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Notre Dame Stadium. The Aggies entered the contest with great momentum, having won back-to-back games to start the 2025 college football season, albeit against overmatched non-conference opponents. They defeated the UTSA Roadrunners […]

Former college football coach Nick Saban made a bold prediction on Saturday about the Notre Dame football team. Saban thinks Notre Dame will win their remaining games and make the College Football Playoff this season. “Marcus Freeman is the man that will bring [Notre Dame Football to the playoffs],” Saban said Saturday on ESPN’s College […]

After making a run all the way to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game last season, Notre Dame football didn’t get off on the right foot in 2025. In a renewal of an old rivalry that is among the best in college football, the Fighting Irish lost a very close 27-24 battle against Miami […]

One of the top matchups of Week 3 in college football will be when No. 16 Texas A&M (2-0) travels to South Bend, Indiana, to face No. 8 Notre Dame (1-0). It’s a rematch of last year’s battle in College Station, where the Fighting Irish began their journey to the College Football Playoff national championship. […]

Notre Dame football, after a season-opening loss to Miami and a bye week, is back in hopes of repeating last year’s win over Texas A&M. The Irish defeated the Aggies 23-13 in College Station last season in the teams’ respective season opener, but the scenario is a little different this time around. Specifically, unlike last […]

After a close 27-24 road loss at Miami, the Notre Dame football program has already moved forward towards Week 2. After travelling to Texas A&M last season, the Notre Dame football team will host the Aggies in their first home game of 2025. Despite the season-opening defeat, the Fighting Irish are still ranked eighth overall […]

The 2025 Notre Dame football season has started slowly this year. The Fighting Irish looked sluggish in their first game against the Miami Hurricanes. After a comeback, they lost a close game, and then they had week two off due to an early bye week. They have a massive game against Texas A&M this week […]

The 2025 Notre Dame football team has gotten off to a weird start. They lost in a close game against Miami to start the season, but then had an immediate bye week. Next, the Fighting Irish get a visit from the Texas A&M football team. The Aggies looked good to start the year, but visiting […]

Notre Dame football delivered this stunning hat trick during Week 1 of college football. The No. 6 ranked Fighting Irish became the third top 6 team to fall during the weekend. Taking a gut-wrenching 27-24 loss to Miami on Sunday. Top ranked Texas and No. 4 Clemson got handed losses before the primetime showdown inside […]

When No. 6 Notre Dame faced No. 10 Miami in Week 1, it was billed as one of the marquee games of the opening weekend of college football. Expectations were sky-high, and even Paul Finebaum guaranteed a Fighting Irish win. Instead, Hard Rock Stadium turned into a nightmare as the Hurricanes pulled off a 27-24 […]

The No. 6 Notre Dame football team got off to a bad start in its 2025 campaign. On Sunday, Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish took a major stumble right out of the gate, falling prey to Mario Cristobal’s No. 10 Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Notre Dame fell behind early in […]

Notre Dame football freshman quarterback CJ Carr didn’t shy away from his biggest mistake in the Fighting Irish’s tough loss to Miami. In a tense fourth-quarter moment, CJ Carr threw a costly interception that shifted the game’s momentum. Afterward, the young signal-caller admitted he should have handed the ball off to Jeremiyah Love instead. According […]

Notre Dame may have come up short in its season opener at Miami, but head football coach Marcus Freeman left Hard Rock Stadium with no doubts about his new quarterback. Speaking after the 27–24 loss, Freeman delivered a strong endorsement of redshirt freshman CJ Carr, who was making his first career start. “He’s going to […]

Carson Beck was emotional following his debut with the Miami Hurricanes in their season opener against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sunday night. Beck spent the first five years of his collegiate career with the Georgia Bulldogs. He redshirted in 2020 then spent the next two years as a backup until he finally earned […]

The Fighting Irish enter 2025 carrying the weight of both expectation and unfinished business. After coming within a single game of capturing their first national championship since 1988, Marcus Freeman’s squad knows the bar has been raised. The Irish faithful demand more than playoff appearances now. They crave hardware. With a roster built on veteran […]

The USC football program has two significant rivalries on its schedule. First, they play UCLA, and then Notre Dame in a unique cross-country matchup. The USC-Notre Dame rivalry is one of the most unique rivalry games in the sport due to that factor, but due to the changing landscape in college football, there were questions […]

The Notre Dame football program is famously independent, and even as college football conferences expand and become ‘superconferences’, the Irish are seemingly going to fight any effort to give up their independence. For decades, the Big Ten has been the most logical landing spot for Notre Dame football if it ever was effectively forced to […]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fans are buzzing about a bigger role for Jeremiyah Love in 2025. Reports say his role on offense is set to expand. Notre Dame football watchers expect to see him more involved in the passing game. The Fighting Irish are planning to get Love the ball in space more often. […]

The Notre Dame football team enters the season with a No. 6 ranking in the preseason poll and fresh off a trip to the College Football Playoff national title game. The Irish saw Riley Leonard leave for the NFL, and in turn, Notre Dame named CJ Carr as its starting quarterback. Still, Jeremiyah Love returns […]

The Notre Dame football program enters the season with high hopes once again. In 2024, Notre Dame had a thrilling run to the College Football Playoff national title game before losing to Ohio State, 34-23. Although Riley Leonard is now in the NFL, Notre Dame is still ranked No. 6 in the preseason polls and […]

The Notre Dame football program is currently counting down the days until the 2025 season gets underway, in which they will look to build off their national championship game appearance from a year ago. Head coach Marcus Freeman proved a lot of his skeptics wrong last year in leading the Fighting Irish to the game’s […]

Coming off of a national title game appearance, it would only be natural for Notre Dame football to have a bit of a letdown in 2025. However, Marcus Freeman and company are hoping that isn’t the case and that the Fighting Irish will be right back at the top of the sport again this fall. […]

When No. 6 Notre Dame meets No. 10 Miami in Week 1 of the college football season this weekend, it will be one of the biggest games of the year for both teams. Each program enters 2025 with major aspirations shaped by how last season ended. The Fighting Irish are coming off a national championship […]

With the Notre Dame football team facing the University of Miami to open the season, it will be another year led by head coach Marcus Freeman. While fans predict how the Notre Dame football team will play this season, Freeman speaks on the abundance of players where their fathers are former NFL players. Freeman would […]

A big season opener awaits Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. They face the Miami Hurricanes to kick off the 2025 season, which had college football analyst Paul Finebaum give his take on the matchup. Notre Dame is coming off a remarkable 2024 campaign, reaching the national championship game before losing to Ohio […]

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman made his decision this week to name CJ Carr his starting quarterback. Really, the move wasn’t all that surprising, even though the quarterback battle was said to be neck-and-neck throughout camp. “It could have gone either way,” one source told CBS Sports’ Chris Hummer. “I think it was 50-50 […]

The Notre Dame football program is looking forward to what should be another strong 2025 season on the heels of their national championship game appearance a year ago. Notre Dame will once again be coached by Marcus Freeman, who has quickly risen the ranks of the college football landscape, and who also recently named CJ […]