Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast

Jessica Smetana joins to talk about the dominant 40-8 win in El Paso and how to feel about the Fighting Irish program going into the offseason. Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend  here .

Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend  here . Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama stops in to talk about what Duke quarterback Riley Leonard coming to Notre Dame means for the 2024 offense. Other topics include Kris Mitchell, Beaux Collins, Jordan Clark and what we're hoping to see in the bowl game. The Christmas shirt designs are available  here , with all proceeds going to the CFH.

Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend  here . Inside ND Sports' Eric Hansen joins for a conversation on the confusing Sun Bowl selection process, Marcus Freeman's handling of his coaching staff, signs of transfer portal progress and much much more. The Christmas shirt designs are available  here , with all proceeds going to the CFH.

Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend  here . The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant joins to talk Hannah Hidalgo, early thoughts on this Notre Dame, where they fit into the ACC hierarchy, Jackie Young being awesome and where the sport of women's hoops sits after a big year.  The Christmas shirt designs are available  here , with all proceeds going to the CFH.  

Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend  here . Jessica Smetana and Mike Golic, Jr. join to talk about processing 9-3, Sun Bowl memories, transfer portal frenzy, the potential of Riley Leonard, Sam Hartman's legacy and much more. The Christmas shirt designs are available  here , with all proceeds going to the CFH.

Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend here . Jessica Smetana joins to talk about the committee finally being put into a tough spot, the ACC's normal bowl selection process, how to approach the early craziness of the Notre Dame offseason and a whole lot more. The Christmas shirt designs are available here , with all proceeds going to the CFH.

Jessica Smetana joins to discuss Notre Dame's 56-23 win over Stanford and early takes on the season as a whole.

Jessica Smetana and 18 Stripes' Michael Bryan join to talk through the state of things after Notre Dame fell to 7-3. What should we want from the final two regular season games, offseason checklist, potential bowls, all of that and much more in an extended therapy session.

Sam Werner joins to break down Notre Dame's 58-7 win over the Pitt Panthers.

Jessica Smetana joins to discuss Notre Dame's massive 48-20 win over the Trojans. (There's a weird vibration in the audio in the first 15 seconds but then it goes away don't worry, truly have no idea what it is. Happy Bye Week.) More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Our USC Insider Nick Tresnowski joins to talk Caleb Williams, Alex Grinch, how Trojan fans feel about Lincoln Riley midway through his second year, players to know for Saturday night's primetime clash and much more. More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Jessica Smetana joins to discuss Notre Dame's second defeat of the season, as well as offensive coordinator hypotheticals, a brief schadenfreude tour and a consideration of how the fortunes of head coaches are always rising and falling in America. More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Jessica Smetana joins to talk about Notre Dame's very normal victory against the Blue Devils. More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

You're probably going to delete this immediately and that's totally okay but if your misery would like company Jessica Smetana is here to try and talk through things a bit. Note: Jess forgot to mention cell service was very bad on Saturday so if you're going for games maybe plan ahead a little bit for coordinating purposes. More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Breaking down the Fighting Irish victory at NC State and the first quarter of the season.

Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the trip to Ireland, a fun Notre Dame victory and what we're looking forward to in Week 1. (This is a loopy one, sorry.) More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Jessica Smetana joins for our annual offseason closing tradition: Drafting things we're excited to see this Fighting Irish football season. Topics include jinxing, the potential of the offense, Marcus Freeman Year Two, how many times can you play "Shipping Up To Boston" in a row, tough choices on big wins, Week 0 NIMBYism and much more. Note: At one point run game success rate is mentioned a secon...

Alex Herrmann and Andrew Smith of Notre Dame, Our Blogger join to preview all 12 opponents on this fall's Fighting Irish schedule. You know the three Big Ones, but what are the toughest challenges outside of that?  More from the Rakes Report:  https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily joins for Part 2 of Frosh O, our run through every scholarship freshman on the Notre Dame offense. Included: Wide receivers you need to know right now Sorting through a lot of options on the line What if a running back was really fast? The potential for a freshman tight end to be in the mix Pat Narduzzi finds sowing more enjoyable than reaping More from the Rake...

Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily joins for Part 1 of Frosh O, our run through every scholarship freshman (and one walk-on) on the Notre Dame defense. Included: Christian Gray is the best corner prospect since...*? Wyoming tourism tips Boubacar Traore's breakout camp Canadian power at tackle Knockout linebacker duo The overall talent of this freshman and sophomore class * The answer to this is p...

Michael Bryan (18 Stripes) and Greg Flammang (Irish Sports Daily) join to break down the Fighting Irish in order of our confidence in each position group. Who ya got: Hartman or Morrison/Hart? Estime or Alt/Fisher? The linebackers or the DL? Those and many more difficult questions.

Eric Hansen of Inside ND Sports stops by to talk about Sam Hartman, the depth at running back, how the offensive line is shaping up, finding playmakers on offense, also finding some playmakers on defense and a little women's basketball.

In a supersized episode, Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily drops by to get into the nitty gritty of football positions. This is a nerdy deep dive into the skills and traits you're looking for to fill in different spots on the roster during which the host embarrasses himself with a litany of dumb questions. Topics include the intricacies of defensive line play, what you need in modern linebackers...

 Michael Bryan of 18 Stripes joins to walk through the depth chart and discuss whether we feel better, worse or the same about the various position groups versus the start of spring practice.

An unofficial Part Two with our previous episode, this is a How Did This Get Made? for the New York Times op-ed written by Father Jenkins and Jack Swarbrick on the future of college sports. Jessica Smetana joins to talk with Notre Dame professor Katherine Walden about the history of sports labor, amateurism, potential Congressional action, gender equality with NIL and much more. (Note from Walden:...