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David Shaw hit us with the "many people are saying" nonsense regarding his team getting stuffed at the goalline in 2012 as his program continues to sink back deep into the depths of the abyss of college football. Notre Dame on the other hand has beaten Stanford three straight times and looks for their 4th in a row over the Cardinal and of the 2022 season on Saturday night under the lights of Notre...

After Notre Dame's disastrous 0-2 start, the Irish have reeled off three straight wins after Saturday night's 28-20 win over #16 BYU.  Even with the win though, Notre Dame still has a lot of work to do in October before its November gauntlet.  How much higher is Drew Pyne's ceiling Breakdowns in the secondary are making Greg mad Jayden Thomas's breakout - sustainable or one-game blip? Bl...

Notre Dame is back in action this weekend after an early season bye week, facing off against #16 BYU in Vegas. Frank and Greg are both feeling eerily confident heading into the matchup.  Why Notre Dame should win the game BYU's defensive deficiencies  Tobias Merriweather's potential path to playing time Some concern over how Marcus Freeman will handle his first bye-week prep Anything to...

Notre Dame finally had the kind of offense performance we've been waiting for, but it came against one of the worst defenses in the entire country, statistically speaking. We break down what's sustainable and can carry over into Notre Dame's next game in two weeks and reevaluate what the floor and ceiling of this team might be. Drew Pyne's big game and reason for optimism Audric Estime, human bowl...

Greg and Frank were back in action to break down Notre Dame's first win of the season - and first of the Marcus Freeman era. While winning is always better than losing, there is still quite a bit of work ahead of the lads for the rest of the season - especially on offense. Frank and Greg talk about that and more: Tommy-Gate: Big neal or necessary move to wake up a stumbling QB? If/when we'll see t...

Frank recorded solo this week to preview Notre Dame's matchup with Cal, and the first career start for Irish junior quarterback Drew Pyne. The Irish are off to a much worse start to the season than anyone could have imagined, but Frank finds some reason to believe things can start to turn around this weekend. Expectations for Drew Pyne's first career start Some players Notre Dame needs to get more...

Frank and Greg discussed the aftermath of the Marshall game and where Notre Dame goes from here under first-year head coach Marcus Freeman. The lads discuss: Officially launching the Drew Pyne fan club Why what Notre Dame is doing offensively right now just doesn't make much sense Getting Chris Tyree more touches Dispelling any cupboard being bare notions Revised expectations for the season A deli...

Greg and Frank preview Notre Dame's home opener against Marshall this weekend while Greg comes around to Notre Dame scoring a lot of points after predicting the Irish would only score 31 on our last pod. The lads talk about the offense a lot with most of the questions this week pertaining to an offense that scored 10 points last weekend. They discuss: Marc Will Notre Dame air it out more this week...

Greg and Frank break down the week one loss to Ohio State now that Frank is back state-side and working on normal hours. We talk about the opportunities lost for the Irish, but why we're still cautiously optimistic about the rest of the season following the close loss on the road at the Horseshoe. We discuss: Why the offensive line was the biggest concern coming out of week 1 Why the defensive lin...

Frank had to pod solo this week to preview the season opener against Ohio State, but that didn't stop him from holding back on the media's crowning of Ohio State this season as some unbeatable team coming off a 2-loss campaign in 2021. Frank broke down the matchup by covering topics such as: Tyler Buchner's first career start & Marcus Freeman's first regular season game on the road in Columbus...

We spent the last week of Notre Dame's off-season before our first game week of the season to dive into a slew of Notre Dame football prop bets, over/unders, and predictions provided to us by our friends over at OneFootDown.  We tackled questions such as: Which freshman scores first this year for Notre Dame? Who leads the Irish in rushing yards & TDs this year - a RB or Tyler Buchner? Wil...

Frank and Greg return to action this week to talk about why the Notre Dame offense is versatile enough to sustain the loss of Avery Davis, even though the injury is devastating for Davis as an individual. In addition, they dove into over an hour's worth of Q&A from listeners, which revealed a mind-boggling take on wings by Greg which had Frank reconsidering so much.  We aren't talking abo...

Notre Dame decided to head into fall camp for 2022 on another hot streak on the recruiting trail. The Irish picked up a huge commitment on Thursday night and are expecting two more before the weekend is over. Frank podded solo this week but held down the fort.  Why landing a recruiting in Bayou Brian's backyard was so sweet What adding Ben Minish and Dylan Edwards would mean for the class Poa...

With Greg unavailable this week, Frank is joined by Ryan Ritter (@ndtex) from Her Loyal Sons. Ryan dusted off his Notre Dame podcasting mic after retiring from the HLS pod after last season to talk about the Shamrock Series jerseys and rant about the Big 10 along with a whole lot more.  Talking about the quarterback depth chart after Tyler Buchner Players deep down the depth chart that will o...

Fall camp is just two weeks away for Notre Dame football, meaning we're inching closer and closer to the start of the 2022 Notre Dame football season.  This week we talked the position groups we'll be watching heading into fall camp as the Irish begin prep for Ohio State and the rest of the 2022 schedule. Why field corner and slot corner are two of the few unsettled positions Will Jaden Micke...

We officially celebrated Independence Day a little here at UHND with a pod devoted to calling out the national media for the BS takes on Notre Dame's independence and spent a good amount of time talking about beer, brats, and BBQs.  Dismissing more clickbait from The Athletic The best & worst Notre Dame Shamrock Series jerseys Always Green or Never Green debate Questions on the Notre Dame...

Notre Dame football's independence status feels like it's in a perilous state at the moment with conference realignment potentially sending the Irish on a collision course with either the B1G or ACC in the near future.  We talked at length about the pros and cons of each and how we think this all plays out. We also dove into the commit-a-palooza that happened last week.  Greg has a ratio...

The signs were not looking good for Notre Dame with Dante Moore for the last few weeks following the commitment of CJ Carr to Notre Dame.  Now it looks like Dante Moore is trending heavily to Oregon leaving Notre Dame to reassess its 2023 QB recruiting.  We dove into that and a whole lot more this week.  Why no Notre Dame fan should really be surprised Moore looks to be headed elsew...

We thought we'd just talk some recruiting this week on the pod, but Ohio State fans got all upset over Dennis Dodd and CBS misquoting Marcus Freeman so we had to address their overreactions, but still managed to talk lots of recruiting and lots and lots of snacktalk.  Why the whole Freeman/OSU academic nonsense was just that - nonsense Looking back at Notre Dame's monster official visits week...

Notre Dame landed its first 5-star commitment in almost a decade on Thursday and he just so happens to be a Michigan legacy who did not have much interest in playing football in the state of Michigan. We broke down the commitment of CJ Carr and what it means for Notre Dame football.  Why the early commitment of Carr is massive for Notre Dame What is Notre Dame getting in Carr as a player&nbsp...

Last week we took a look at each position on offense and broke down which will be better or worse.  We did the same on defense this week, but spoiler alert: we think the defense is going to be quite a bit better this year versus the 2021 version.  The question is how much?\ Does Isaiah Foskey get the single-season and/or career sack record? How will linebacker shake out and where does Jo...

On this week's pod, we go position by position on the offensive side of the ball and debate which positions will be better or worse in 2022.   How do coaching changes impact which positions will be better or worse? Is Notre Dame's ceiling at QB a lot higher but its floor a lot lower? Can depth overcome the loss of a high-end talent like Kyren Williams at RB? Numbers aren't great at receiver,...

Greg and I finally got back behind the microphones to record the latest episode of Single High.  We spent a large portion of the pod talking about Notre Dame football recruiting heating up after the commitment of Devan Houstan and some likely upcoming commitments in the next month or two. Comparing the DL class of 2023 to recent strong classes from 2011, 2016, and 2019. Wide receiver recruiti...

Back-to-back weeks for us here at Single High as we continue to get closer and closer to the 2022 Blue & Gold game. This week our old pal Bayou Brian gave us more material, but so did Notre Dame's recruiting at the ever-critical QB position.  The Kyle Hamilton draft slander continues and Greg has had enough Why does BK keep talking about Notre Dame and why is he so awkward now? Breaking d...

The podcast returned just in time to weigh in on Brian Kelly's mini media tour in which he made excuses for his failures on the field and on the recruiting trail at Notre Dame while simultaneously saying he will be recruiting less at LSU than he did at Notre Dame.  Bold move, Brian.  While Kelly told anyone in the media who would listen about how he didn't like spending time recruiting a...