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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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Notre Dame football emerged from Week 10 of the 2025-26 season with a 25-10 over Boston College. This victory places the team at 6-2 overall heading into the first release of College Football Playoff rankings. Most of the fanbase expected this game to be an uneventful box to check off before seeing what the Committee […]
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In a game that held a spread of 30.5 by kickoff, Notre Dame and Boston College found themselves in a clunker. The rule of a good team is, however, you win your clunkers. Notre Dame did that by a score of 25-10 and we can breathe a little bit. Notre Dame’s first two drives to […]
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It’s the Holy War between Notre Dame and Boston College for the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl on All Saints Day. Someone call the pope and let him know what’s up. WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO WATCH When: Saturday, November 1 @ 3:30 PM ESTWhere: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts How to watch: ESPN PODCAST PREVIEW ODDS According to […]
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The #12 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish are in Chestnut Hill to face the Boston College Eagles. This isn’t, however, the Boston College team that the Irish normally have faced throughout the Holy War series… this team is really, really bad. BC has just one win this season, and that was in the season opener […]
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There’s a big college football weekend on deck, and it’s likely going to be wildly different for fans to watch the games as Disney has pulled ABC, ESPN, and Disney off of YouTube TV. Over the years, fans have grown acustomed to media contract negotiations happening during football season, and this year is no different. […]
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Over the course of this past week, a lot of things have been said about the rivalry between Notre Dame and Boston College. Perhaps the most common things said about the rivalry — is that it’s not a real rivalry. Irish fans have always been a little selective when using that term as opposed to […]
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are slowly climbing up the rankings, and are now ranked #12 in the country following their bye week. The Irish now head east to take on one of the worst teams in the country, the Boston College Eagles. There is a massive 28.5 point spread this week, and this is […]
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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the pod machine to help everyone with this Notre Dame Football crusade. The Irish are traveling east to take on Boston College in the Holy War, Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl, Lifetime Revenge, or whatever you want to call it. The boys cover the entire scope of the college […]
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Currently, Notre Dame’s 2026 football recruiting class ranked #4 in the country by the 247 Team Composite and is a 27 man gem that has three 5-Stars and nine players ranked in the top 150. It’s the type of recruiting class that fans had envisioned when Notre Dame hired Marcus Freeman to be the head […]
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When Brian Ratigan first arrived at the University of Notre Dame in August of 1989, he felt like a tiny fish in a very big, very talented pond. Just months earlier, he had been one of the most celebrated high school athletes in the country — the Gatorade Player of the Year in Iowa, a […]
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How’d We Do Last Week? Wildly Inaccurate I mean… specifically calling out for Price to NOT have a kick return TD is pretty hilarious. Most Interesting ND Dominated the lines of scrimmage and played the game Michigan was desperately hoping to play. Most Accurate Im doing something a little unprecedented…..Irish in the Hammer has the […]
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It’s a HOLY WAR this week as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Order of the Holy Cross travel to Chestnut Hill to take on the Boston College Eagles and the Jesuits. The two teams will be fighting for the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl trophy will the student governments put the Ireland Trophy up […]
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