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. For almost 20 years I have flooded the internet with my personal love for rivalry […]
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On Tuesday, St. Joseph guard Nick Shrewsberry gave his public commitment to Notre Dame. Sorry, but I don’t have much to offer on this one.
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After a bye week, Notre Dame is back in action on the gridiron this week against the Boston College Eagles. The Irish are looking for its 2nd consecutive invitation to the college football playoff, while BC is looking for its second win of the season. Notre Dame is ranked #12 in the AP Poll, but […]
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are finally back in action on Saturday as they travel to Chestnut Hill to take on the Boston College Eagles. Saturday will be the first day of November which is All Saints Day, so it’s quite fitting that the these two Catholic Schools play a college football game. November also […]
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Notre Dame is prepping to travel to New England to take on the Boston College Eagles in game eight of the Fighting Irish football season. Notre Dame has this one game to make a loud example of itself before the initial college football rankings come out. So — hearing Marcus Freeman talk about struggling raises […]
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On Monday, Notre Dame released its depth charts for the upcoming game against the Boston College Eagles. 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. No real shakeups this week. OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
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College football is on fire right now. It’s more like a double fire though. The season itself has been outstanding with plenty of storylines all around and there are still over 30 schools that still have a fair chance at making the college football playoff. The HOTTEST thing about college football, however, isn’t the play […]
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Notre Dame is coming off of a bye weekand is currently ranked #12 in the country with a 5-2 record. The Irish know that they need to be as dominant as they can be in their final five games of the season to help make a lasting impression with the college football playoff committee. Ever […]
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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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The Notre Dame football team sat back this past Saturday and ate their cheeseburgers during their final bye week of the season. In a weekend of mostly “meh” matchups, the final results once the clock went sero were also mostly “meh” as well. Don’t get me wrong — I found Saturday to be highly entertaining, […]
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The Notre Dame hockey season is well underway with new head coach Brock Sheahan, and are now sporting a 3-2-1 record to start the year. Robert Morris was the second of a pair of two game home series with out of conference foes… and the Irish just missed the sweep. From the ND press release:
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I hope everyone is enjoying their cheeseburgers this week as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take the week off from playing college football. FUN FACT about me… I’ve had at least one cheeseburger every day since Sunday and could likely do another week without complaint. Anyways… enjoy this no stress weekend. It’s a fairly light […]
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As we are all set and ready to enjoy a Notre Dame Football bye week (also known as the cheeseburger bye week) the noise surrounding things OTHER than the college football playoff is starting to get turned up a notch or two. One of those things is the Heisman Trophy, and a name that is […]
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are slowly, but surely, moving up the rankings as they work toward a college football playoff berth. The boys are off this week and are at home eating cheeseburgers, but there’s an entire college football world that plays this weekend. It’s playoff football every week for the Irish moving forward, […]
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This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us back to the South Side of Chicago and the spirit of Lou Holtz’s first Notre Dame team — where lessons in trust, love, and commitment became a way of life. Few embody those values better than Frank Pinn (’89), a former walk-on turned team leader, record holder, and business […]
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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan fought through the joys and perils of fatherhood to sit down to talk about Notre Dame Football. We’re low on show notes this week, but mostly we fight about… Plus the OFD/Earned 5-Star Top 20 and our weekly game picks. Our beautiful baby boy Greg takes us out. Please RATE and […]
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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. It’s a wonderful cheeseburger bye week. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish just took down the […]
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The preseason accolades continue for Notre Dame guard, Hannah Hidalgo. From the ND press release: Already one of the most decorated players in college basketball, Hannah Hidalgo picked up another honor on Tuesday as she was named a Preseason AP All-American for the second straight season. The Merchantville, New Jersey, native is one of four […]
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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last two years… the Notre Dame vs USC rivalry game is in jeopardy of ending as a yearly game in South Bend and Los Angeles. Saturday night’s game inside Notre Dame Stadium was the last scheduled game between the two programs, and there has been plenty […]
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Notre Dame VS USC was billed as the last real test on the Irish schedule by a number of media pundits. While I find fault with that statement, the game was still the biggest game left on the schedule — and Notre Dame played that way through the uncertainty and the rain. So what did […]
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Despite all of the joy and dominance on the field Saturday night in Notre Dame’s 34-24 victory over USC, one of the few bad things to come out of the game is that Irish offensive lineman, Billy Schrauth, will miss multiple weeks with a knee injury. The captain from Wisconsin was having a dominant performance […]
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What a win. Hopefully the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have the chance to continue one of the greatest rivalries in college athletics with the USC Trojans after this season. But for now, the Irish came out on top in the last scheduled game for now. What a day it was with a lot of weather, […]
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Notre Dame kept the Jeweled Shillelagh safe at home after Saturday night’s 34-24 win over the USC Trojans. Notre Dame rushed for over 300 yards, and kept what was statistically one of the best offenses in check for most of the night. Here is a gallery of some of the best images from a night […]
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Another season, another stressful USC game. Me and some close alum friends had very nostalgic moments in the text threads mulling about whether or not the Irish were going to pull off the big win or serve us up another rivalry heartbreak. Fortunately, it ended well for the program and us personally. Notre Dame finished […]
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The Notre Dame football season is up and running — and we’re already putting holes in walls. Despite the loss in Miami, and against Texas A&M, the Irish still have a chance to bring home its 23rd national championship. The gang here at OFD is still pretty pumped to give you the best overall coverage […]
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