The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are a group of hungry bears, and are waking up from some winter hibernation for gas station hot dogs and the start of Notre Dame Football's spring practice season. In this episode: HELLO! Fast food wars. These are the hot dogs of our lives. The World Baseball Classic. The spring injury report is long but whatever. The Marcus Freeman press conference was good. Let's talk a...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have returned from their sacred quests to once again open the pod portal to ritualize Notre Dame Football. In this episode: Hello! A bit of a fever dream. Puke for a day or snot for a week? REVIEWS! Notre Dame just loaded up the roster with a bunch of guys, so let's talk about it. A different kind of spring on tap. Filling up a coaching position. Notre Dame's 2026 prospec...

After a bit of a break; Joshua, Jude, and Brendan rip open the pod portal to break down all of the strange stuff surrounding the Notre Dame Football program over the past month. In this episode: HELLO! Happy Honda Days! Big snow talk and drag sledding. Marcus Freeman is coming back to coach Notre Dame Football in 2026, but the wording could have been different. The end of the Jeweled Shillelagh Ri...

Merry Christmas! We know there is a lot going on this week with family time and watching USC grow the biggest yellow belly we've ever seen - but we also can’t forget one of our greatest traditions. Christmas Eve marks the 16th anniversary of Notre Dame’s 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was it a tremendously fun game to watch, it also finally ended Notre Dame’s bowl...

Merry Christmas! We know there is a lot going on this week with family time and watching USC grow the biggest yellow belly we've ever seen - but we also can’t forget one of our greatest traditions. Christmas Eve marks the 16th anniversary of Notre Dame’s 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was it a tremendously fun game to watch, it also finally ended Notre Dame’s bowl...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan opened up the pod bunker to send a special statement out about Notre Dame Football. We will have to dispense with the show notes this week. This was a massive conversation between friends about : The college football playoff snub by the committee, the SEC, and ESPN that looked more like the storyline from the WWE. Pete Bevacqua went scorched earth and we have different fe...

Joshua and Jude celebrate Brendan's birthday by opening the pod portal without him, because the Notre Dame Football universe doesn't stop. In this episode: HELLO! Jude looks like his dad (who is not a fan of cussing). We have to talk about the Stanford game. Jeremiyah Love's Heiesman campaign is over because Stanford is full of dirty players. The college football playoff rankings. The multiple sce...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan unlock the safe to the pod machine to bring you the best Notre Dame football show. In this episode: Hello! Wrestling n stuff. The Notre Dame belt to ass exhibition against Syracuse was delightful. The latest college football playoff rankings were released and we have a lot of takes. The Jeremiyah Love Heisman campaign. REVIEWS! Previewing Notre Dame's matchup against Stan...

Joshua and Brendan are back on the pod express to bring you the only Notre Dame football show that is banned in 6 states and 7 countries. In this episode: HELLO! Red Bull backlash. Notre Dame blows the doors off of Pitt. Previewing the senior day game against the Syracuse Orange. The College Football Playoff rankings were released, and we have all of the takes. REVIEWS! The OFD Top 20 (Judeless)....

Brendan and Jude are on the pod ship to deliver all sorts of gifts. This week the boys break down Notre Dame's win over Navy, Preview Pitt, discuss the college football playoff rankings, unveil the latest OFD Top 20, and provide their game picks for Notre Dame VS Pitt and other games from all over the country. Plus... OTHER stuff. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be...

Joshua and Brendan open the pod machine without Jude (on special assignment) to bring you a Notre Dame football show worthy of your ears. In this episode: Hello! A big shipwreck in a big lake. Notre Dame takes down Boston College in a terrible game to watch. ACC officials are going to ACC official. You have to count ALL the yards. What exactly did we just witness? The College Football Playoff Rank...

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the pod machine to help everyone with this Notre Dame Football crusade. The Irish are traveling east to take on Boston College in the Holy War, Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl, Lifetime Revenge, or whatever you want to call it. The boys cover the entire scope of the college football world along with previewing the BC game. The new Top 20 is released, and game picks...

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... Notre Dame's victory over USC. How good was it? What about CJ Carr? The ability of Christian Gray. Math and the stupidity of math and for the love of all that's holy... math. The future of the Battle for the Jewele...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to give you the best (delayed) Notre Dame football pod around. In this episode: Hello! College football things. Notre Dame slayed the NC State Wolfpack. So... what's USC like this year? Let's talk about a rivalry. REVIEWS! The Earned 5-Star Top 20. Weekly game picks. And much more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Po...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are fashionably back together to bring you all the heat concerning the Notre Dame Football program. In this episode... HELLO! Baseball is ruining my life (but also not). Flags might be the work of satan and all of his dominions - and they must be stopped. Let's talk about Notre Dame's win over Boise State. Even when he's not great, CJ Carr is pretty good which is outstand...

Joshua and Brendan have little time for show notes so here's a quick rundown: Hello. Notre Dame beat the crap out of Arkansas. College Football Playoff picture. Previewing Notre Dame's game against Boise State. OFD Top 20. Weekly game picks. We did the thing. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-...

There has been some reporting about Netflix and some side moves that were trying to be made with USC to stream the Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh. So, we need to talk about Notre Dame VS USC, media rights, the plays to keep this rivalry intact, but more importantly... how Southern Cal really wished it was Notre Dame. Just real quick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are marked safe from pumpkin spice latte's to bring you the most professional Notre Dame Football show. In this episode: Hello! For whom the bell tolls. Notre Dame blasts Purdue with offense. We fight about CJ Carr. A big conversation about the defense. Depth chart changes. Looking for a Great House. REVIEWS! Brendan breaks down Arkansas and what we should be worried abou...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the fold to talk about the Notre Dame football program — which is currently 0-2 and ranked #24 in the nation. In this episode: HELLO! The Berenstein Bears age gap opens up old Jetsons wounds. Notre Dame’s 41-40 loss to Texas A&M was a brutal game to watch. The defensive issues are pretty clear, so why aren’t they being fixed? Why is the Leprecat so prominent?...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in GAME WEEK mode as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the Texas A&M Aggies in a top 25 showdown in South Bend. In this episode: HELLO! Dishwasher VS Microwave. This is a college football podcast. Notre Dame rises in the polls. Another AP voter blunder. We yell about South Florida and Jude provides analogies that aren't so great. Brendan breaks down the Texas A&...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are here after Notre Dame’s week one loss to the Miami Hurricanes to talk the game and walk the walk. In this episode: Hello! Tigers VS Mets is a disaster. Getting right into the action. Dylan shows up for the cheese. CJ Carr was great and we’re all happy that nothing from Sunday night made us question the winner of the Notre Dame quarterback competition. The offensive li...

Joshua and Brendan are setting the table for the beginning of the Notre Dame Football season as the Irish are set to travel to South Florida to take on the Miami Hurricanes. In this episode: HELLO! The GMC Sports Report with Benny Russo. Jude is conferencing.  What do you know about Big Cheese? Week ZERO already happened and there’s a debate about how much it actually delivered. Notre Dame release...

Notre Dame finally announced who QB1 will be for the 2025 season, so Joshua, Brendan, and Jude took a quick moment out of their dad chores to have a nice little chat about it all. In this episode: HELLO! Benny “Ballgame” Russo and the GMC Sports Report. Baseball is on. Notre Dame announced that sophomore CJ Carr will be the Irish starting quarterback moving forward. How the boys feel about the dec...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan finally had a chance to sit down and hammer out everyone’s favorite episode about Notre Dame Football… our prop bets for the 2025 season. In this episode: Three nails in a tire. Making sure we say this is FALL CAMP per our contract with the Creator. Let’s talk about CJ Carr vs Kenny Minchey, but let’s do it in a way that makes sense. Jude’s love of Steve Angeli. Getting i...