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While Frank and Greg's timezone differences might not allow for in-week podcasts at the moment while Frank adjusts to his new world of being a father, he had some time to dust off his mic and talk Notre Dame football with Ryan Ritter of Her Loyal Sons.  More Notre Dame QB because how could there not be? Will Notre Dame's offense look better against worse defenses in the 2nd half? It's just fu...

It's rivalry week in South Bend as Notre Dame takes on USC in the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football. Notre Dame is looking to finish the season on a seven game winning streak while USC tries to win their ninth road game in a row, the last two under interim head coach Donte Williams. Embattled former USC coach Clay Helton was fired earlier this season and the Trojans enter the con...

The pod is back with a special guest, Brendan McAlinden from One Foot Down, as Frank is home taking care of his newborn child. Notre Dame is coming off the bye week as was their opponent, long-standing rival USC, and they head into the final stretch of the season ranked #13 in the AP poll. Topics on the pod include: Having children while in season impressions of the team through the first six week...

Notre Dame left Lane Stadium on Saturday with a 5-1 record thanks for another win over an ACC opponent (the Irish are 25-1 in the regular season against the ACC since 2017).  It was a wild rollercoaster of a ride, but when it was over, the Irish were on top and might just finally have some direction on offense for the rest of the year.  More quarterback talk - what did we see and who sho...

We open this week's pre-game pod talking about how the QB position has been holding Notre Dame back at times during the Brian Kelly era then dive into a ton of questions posed to us this week that just so happened to fit into our rough outline for the show.  Quarterbacks, quarterbacks, quarterbacks The job of Jeff Quinn now and in the future Jordan Botelho's diminished role vs. Cincy The play...

For the first time this season, we pod after a loss and it's definitely not as fun as podcasting after a win.  Notre Dame's offense struggled again today and this time it cost the Irish their first loss of the season.  We break down all that went wrong for Notre Dame while spending a lot of time devoted to the quarterback position. Is it time to make a change at QB? What happened at wide...

Another week, another big-time matchup for Notre Dame.  This week it's #7 Cincinnati for the 9th ranked Irish with Notre Dame back on their home turf, but with injury questions surrounding the QB position.  Cincy doing a whole lot of trash talk had Frank fired up this week too.   Our thoughts on the QB situation and cracking Brian Kelly's injury update DaVinci code Will we see more...

Notre Dame took care of business again this weekend with a 41-13 beatdown of Wisconsin that wasn't always pretty but got the job done on the road against a top-25 team.  The Irish now sit at 4-0 even though many in the media picked Wisconsin to win the game and Vegas had the Badgers as 6.5 favorites.   Cam Hart's huge day Is Wisconsin forcing the bit with Graham Mertz just because he was...

We preview the Notre Dame - Wisconsin game by talking about how too many in the media and even within the Notre Dame fan base have crowned Wisconsin as some kind of unbeatable team for Notre Dame even though the Badgers haven't done much this year.  We also had a lot of questions so we talked about a lot this week.  Jack Coan vs. Graham Mertz and why Mertz hasn't done anything to instill...

Well, we hoped that we'd have a clearer picture of what this team is and maybe isn't after week three, but we're still left wondering what is this team's floor and what's its ceiling.  We saw some good things and some bad against Purdue but left it still wondering how good the Irish could be.  In this episode we discuss.  The improvements from the defense Frank goes on a rant about...

This week we previewed the Purdue game by talking about whether or not the Irish will play to the potential we all saw in the preseason or if the team we saw the last two weeks is just the team we will see for the course of the 2021 season.  How much, if any, improvement can we expect from the OL? How much is Jack Coan contributing to the pass protection issues? Can Notre Dame cut down on the...

Notre Dame has been living on the edge the first two weeks of the 2021 season.  Back to back close wins over lesser opponents has the fanbase concerned and the Irish dropping in the polls.  The signs of promise are there, even if you have squint real hard to see them right now, but the concerns are glaring as well. Greg and Frank talk through what they saw against Toledo that should give...

It's been a wild week for Notre Dame football since their OT win over Florida State and it's actually only been a few days.  The injury bug hit early this year as the Irish deal with a rash of long-term injuries to key contributors for 2021.  We break down all that happened this week with an eye towards the future and how all of the comings and goings will impact the team this year.&nbsp...

Well, that was quite the opener for Notre Dame football this weekend.  The Irish at times looked like a team ready to make another playoff run and at times a team that could lose multiple regular-season games.   The up and down debut of Marcus Freeman  The inexplicable use of the 3-man defensive front in the 4th quarter Jack Coan's debut and wondering why Wisconsin fans don't seem u...

Frank and Greg debated whether or not Notre Dame should be able to more than comfortably cover the ridiculously low 7.5 point spread this week and what kind of performance should have Irish fans pleased versus wanting more.   Favorite openers from past Notre Dame football seasons The Marist Liufau injury and its impact on the season What to expect out of Kevin Austin and Braden Lenzy this wee...

There's been some chatter outside among national media types that this year's Notre Dame team is going to not be very good because the Irish lost a lot of talent.  Those people seem to want to ignore that the replacements Notre Dame has coming in to replace them are just as good in many cases though and to be honest, we got a little tired hearing about Notre Dame potentially only winning 8 ga...

Since the last episode of the pod, Notre Dame has named an official QB1 - Jack Coan.  We break down Coan as the starter and Greg goes on a bit of a rant in defense of Ian Book from some of the ridiculous Twitter slander that has suggested the winningest quarterback in program history held Notre Dame back.  We also touch on.  Whats going on at the VYPER position  How exciting th...

We were joined on the podcast this week by Irish Sport's Daily's Matt Freeman who talked with us about his early impressions from fall camp after the Irish held their first open practice of the season earlier this week.  Matt shared a ton of insights with us as we inch closer and closer to the start of the season.   Notre Dame has the look of a SEC team physically Kevin Austin really mig...

Greg made Frank record this week's episode late, late Saturday night but the boys still brought the energy to this week's episode on the heels of Brian Kelly's opening presser for fall camp.  This week they touched on: The offensive one with Jarrett Patterson now back at center The drama that did not have to be with Jordan Botelho A "transformative" off-season for the senior wide receivers No...

This week Greg and Frank talked through a fun off-season topic: now or never players.  Every year there are a few players heading into junior or senior years in situations where it's either now or never for them.  This year is no exception, and if anything, this year there are a few more than normal including an entire position group whose success or failure will likely determine the ove...

In our latest episode of Single High, we ran through about 30 different Notre Dame style prop bets and predictions with special guest Ashton Pollard.  The three of us made predictions on things like who will led Notre Dame in receiving, sacks, and tackles.  Which is the biggest trap game on the schedule?  Who will score the most points on Notre Dame?  Who will the Irish score t...

After talking about the offensive side of the ball last week, we spent this week on the defense.  A recent interview Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman gave shed some light on what is making him so effective in recruiting at Notre Dame.  We do a deep dive on what Freeman said and talk about some differences between his approach and Clark Lea's.  We also talk about Notre...

Well, folks, we have officially earned our moniker as the Single High Podcast thanks to our brand spanking new introduction by none other than All-American safety Kyle Hamilton.  We were also joined by Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama to break down the Notre Dame offense and recruiting.  it's a jam-packed episode!

This week we intended to focus solely on the Notre Dame offensive line and the job that Jeff Quinn has done on the recruiting trail and on the field, but Marcus Freeman and Mike Elston also forced us to spend a good bit of time talking about how ridiculous DE recruiting has been.  We also did a deep dive into what Jeff Quinn has done well - spoiler it's a lot - and where he still has somethin...

We started off this episode talking about whether Notre Dame's run-first offensive identify that they formed in 2020 is good enough to win a national championship or if they need to start airing it out more.  We ended up also talking about why it's OK to enjoy Notre Dame being good at football again and why the program is in a really good place even if there is more work to do to reach the ul...