G’Irish Talk: A Notre Dame Football Podcast

Mike and Brett breakdown Notre Dame's elite defense, coming off the 2024 campaign rated as the #2 defense in FEI. Can Marcus Freeman and Chris Ash maintain the excellence in 2025? With All American potential across the unit, G'Irish Nation has high expectations.

Brett unveils the latest injury from G'Irish nation in summer camp (spoiler alert: it's not actually an ND football player). The guys then proceed to breakdown Notre Dame's offensive depth chart heading into the 2025 season.

Mike and Brett are back for the 5th season of G'Irish Talk. They start the offseason preview breaking down ND's roster, including departures from last year's title run and incoming players to reload the depth chart.

With the Championship game firmly in the rearview and a number of offseason moves already finalized, Mike & Brett discuss their early expectations for next season.

A disappointing end to a magical season. Mike and Brett discuss their takeaways from the title game loss to the Buckeyes and what this season means for the program moving forward.

Notre Dame has made it to the National Championship and faces a familiar foe, the Ohio State Buckeyes. Mike & Brett preview the title match opponent, giving their expectations for the game.

Another week, another win for the ages. Mike & Brett provide their reactions to ND's thrilling win over Penn State, a win that officially stamped the Irish's ticket to the national championship.

Brett & Mike preview ND's opponent in the College Football Playoff semifinals: the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Wake up the echoes, Notre Dame has arrived. Mike and Brett give their instant reaction to ND's biggest win in decades over the SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs.

The Irish won the first ever home College Football Playoff game and the guys recap ND's dominating performance. Mike and Brett then preview ND's second round opponent in the Sugar Bowl: the Georgia Bulldogs.

Game week for the College Football Playoff is here! Mike and Brett provide an in-depth preview of ND's first round opponent, the Indiana University Hoosiers. They close the show with a draft of wish list fantasy scenarios for ND football.

The guys go into detail on how they believe, big picture, the Irish stack up against the rest of the field in the College Football Playoff.

With the regular season wrapped and finals rapidly approaching, Mike and Brett grade out the team, each side of the ball and every position group. The guys are happy to report the team posted a very strong semester on the field.

With the official College Football Playoff bracket finally revealed, Mike and Brett react to the committee's decisions and ND's playoff path through IU and Georgia.

Brett covers Notre Dame's close-until-the-end and CFP-clinching victory over rival USC. He also provides an update on the latest CFP landscape and who the Irish need to be watching closely over the next week.

With the regular season drawing to a close, Mike and Brett cover ND's thorough domination of a ranked Army squad. The guys then turn the page to the season finale against rival USC in LA - win and the Irish are a near-lock to host a home playoff game. To close the show, they discuss if ND is truly a championship contender. Spoiler alert: the data says this year is the closest they've been in a lon...

Mike and Brett discuss ND's blowout win over UVA, a game the Irish could have easily won by more. They also preview next week's opponent, a top 25 Army squad with an effective option offense. To close the show, the guys dive into an area of weakness for QB Riley Leonard, productivity under pressure.

Mike and Brett cover ND's massive blowout win over Florida State and preview next week's opponent, UVA. They close out the show with an analysis of the current playoff picture and where ND stands.

With ND Football in the final month of the season and firmly in the playoff mix, Mike and Brett preview their next opponent, the FSU Seminoles. The guys also discuss the analytics behind 4th down conversion attempts broadly and for ND specifically.

As promised, Brett brings on his special guest to the show to talk ND Football with Mike. The guys discuss their key takeaways from the big blowout Irish win over Navy and close out the show with an analysis on where the defense stacks up against top ND units historically.

Mike returns from vacation to discuss ND's win over Georgia Tech with Brett. The guys close out the show analyzing ND's rivalry matchup next week vs. the Navy Midshipmen.

With Mike on the last leg of his vacation, Brett brings back friend of the show, Other Mike, as a guest co-host. The guys provide their takes on ND's blowout win over Stanford and preview next week's matchup against Georgia Tech. They close out the show with a discussion of a few big picture questions for the Irish.

With Mike on bye week vacation eating cheeseburgers, Brett looks ahead to ND's matchup with ACC rival, the Stanford Cardinal. Brett also takes stock at where ND measures up in the advanced metrics at the midway point of the season.

With Brett on vacation, Mike brings on longtime friend of the program and Irish fan, Paul, as a guest host to discuss ND's big win over the Cardinals. They close out the show with a quick segment on ND's NIL collective announcement last week.

Mike and Brett cover ND's win against Miami of Ohio and provide a preview of arguably the toughest remaining opponent, the Louisville Cardinals. To close out the show, they discuss whether or not Riley Leonard should remain the starting QB.