The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open another 12-pack of Banquet Podcast to talk about some very big happenings surrounding the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program and the next big couple of days after the last really big couple of days. In this episode: Hello! Reviews! David Shaw instead of Marcus Freeman? Brendan has the perfect defense for that. The conference championship weekend that fa...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally able to open up the podcat machine together - and what a happy day to do such a thing. In this episode: HELLO! Happy Honda Days! Brendan has a present for the human race. REVIEWS! We're going to go ahead an skip the Stanford recap, because that's what happens after massive blowouts. The Brian Kelly situation. How the news of Kelly's departure unfolded, and our...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are fully prepared to ignite the podcast particle accelerator for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and leave this world behind in a shrinking black hole - you ready?! In this episode: HELLO! REVIEWS! After bouncing ahead a little bit, we finally get to the task of talking about Notre Dame's 55-0 win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. How solid was this win - like really?...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are just trucking down the road in the Pork Chop Express on a dark and stormy night, and hauling that podcast machine right to your little neck of the woods to preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In this episode: HELLO! REVIEWS! What should you do about a leaky faucet? The college football playoff rankings. The path for Notre Dame is...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are happy to open up another pod winning machine after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish took down the Virginia Cavaliers, and as always, are excited to show you what we have. In this episode: Hello Cowboy gangstas. REVIEWS! The sick Irish and prepping for the Cavs. How did you feel about the 28-3 win? Bo Bauer and Rylie Mills were pretty damn good, and Joshua makes an uncomf...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan stumbled upon the Philadelphia experiment and were able to create a double pod this week - a two for one if you will as we "review" the win over the Navy Midshipmen, and look ahead to preview the road game on Saturday against the Virginia Cavaliers. In this episode: HELLO! Plum is a very versatile flavor. We have to talk about the Navy game. Final anti-Navy rants of the s...

Joshua and Brendan set sail on a magical journey to preview Saturday's game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen - but came across some stormy seas which forced some tacking (it's a sailing thing and it's legit). In this episode: Hello! Notre Dame gets a commitment from 5-Star LB Drayk Bowen. Reviews! Favorite player of the Brian Kelly era. Some technical difficulties with our...

Joshua and Jude carefully open the tomb of the podcast machine to bring you a review of a 45-34 win by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over the North Carolina Tar Heels. Brendan, unfortunately, suffered a trick-or-treat curse by some bastard Michigan fan - the danger of living in the Mitten State. In this episode: Hello! Heath bar love. REVIEWS! The T-Formation is BACK Kyren Williams' 91 yard TD run...

Jude and Brendan put together a fine preview podcast for the upcoming game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan broke into the podcast room with a couple of Jeweled Shillelaghs and a keg of Trojan Blood just so they could relay all the goods from Notre Dame's 31-16 win over Southern Cal. In this episode: Hello! ALL OF THE LIGHTS! The miseducation of the USC rivalry and the Brian Kelly era. REVIEWS! The tailgating experience. Getting the ball to skill players - quickly. Jumping out...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are juiced up coming off of the bye week and are ready to hit the nitro button the podcast machine, and talk about the rivalry game this weekend between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and USC Trojans for the Jeweled Shillelagh. In this episode: Hello! If the Pope says it's good to go - it's good to go Nick Rolovich. Brendan Clark's departure hits Joshua in the heart. HUGE...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open a keg of victory after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish took out the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg - and we're going to talk about it. In this episode: Hello! Jon Gruden's Notre Dame resume took a hit. REVIEWS! Brian Kelly post game is a great place to start, and it was wild. To Jack Coan or not to Jack Coan. The disappearance of Drew Pyne and the rise of Tyl...

Joshua, Jude, Brendan cautiously open up the podcast portal to preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and their opponent this week, the Virginia Tech Hokies. In this episode: HELLO! You ain't ready for this turkey story. REVIEWS! Drew Pyne is the main subject because Drew Pyne is the main subject. Reading the tea leaves from media availability this week. Why is the Virginia Tech crowd a thing? Like...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan jumpstarted the pod machine and are very eager to discuss the first loss of the season by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish - a 24-13 poopfest at the hands of the Cincinnati Bearcats. In this episode: HELLO! Is there a conspiracy afoot? REVIEWS! One dude quarterback away. Joshua's only real point of the night... swap quarterbacks and Notre Dame wins. A general list of grievan...

Jude and Brendan are joined once again by Greg from UHND to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish since Joshua was busy feeding all the orphans in the world (and probably something else great too, but he doesn't want to brag). The Cincinnati Bearcats are coming to town, and if you haven't heard - it's kind of a big deal. In this episode: HELLO! Let the green jersey debate continue. Notre Dame a...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan cracked open a cold can of pod machine to talks about Notre Dame's 41-13 win over the Wisconsin Badgers. In this episode: HELLO! The FOX broadcast and King Gus Johnson. REVIEWS! Would you trade a couple of wins this year to prep for a better next year? Gloating about being right about Wisconsin, because we have been right about Wisco - VINDICATION! Trashing a Vannini. Wha...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan stumble into the old podcast booth and are ready to preview this weekend's Shamrock Series game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Wisconsin Badgers. In this episode: Hello! 7th grade math, Red Bull, and other things. Deep diving into Wisconsin. Are the Badgers really a running team? What has been your favorite 20+ yard pass from Wisconsin in 2021? Brendan goes...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally in the same universe to pod together - and yet still seem worlds apart on the status of the program after the 27-13 win by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over the Purdue Boilermakers. In this episode: Hello! Does a rivalry trophy even exist if you can't drink from it? A Brian Kelly statue is floated. Opening thoughts about the game and overall impressions. Jack...

Joshua and Brendan pullstart the pod machine to preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS the Purdue Boilermakers in South Bend. In this episode: Hello we are 2-0. It's going to be a "green out" game on Saturday - but why? Seriously... can someone please tell us why? REVIEWS! There is a stick on the line. Rehashing Notre Dame's offensive line woes. Jack Coan VS Tyler Buchner but not really. The lac...

Jude and Brendan welcome Ashton Pollard to the show. Ashton is the On3 Sports national news desk writer, and a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Joshua was out roaming the wilderness meditating in search of a path to 12-0 while having a defense that consistently gives up big plays. In this episode: Welcome to the show Ashton! Brendan explains his apology to Brian Kelly. The missing seats and l...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are ready for some MACtion as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome the Toledo Rockets to South Bend. In this episode: Hello! Give Toledo back to Michigan. REVIEWS! Notre Dame's depth chart underwent some major changes. WR Lawrence Keys departs. Playing the young folk. What the Toledo Rockets have to offer. What we expect from the game. The Vanderbilt Commodores... Clark...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back again - and this time we have some actual football to talk about. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the Florida State Seminoles 41-38 in overtime, so let's talk about it. In this episode: Hello! Reviews. The fight for Michael Mayer's name. The defense had plenty of problems on Sunday night, but the biggest problem was their own fault - they were horrible tackler...

Joshua and Brendan open the pod machine one more time without their dear friend Jude to discuss week one in college football, and Notre Dame's big game against the Florida State Seminoles. In this episode: Welcome to the first day of fall. REVIEWS! Michael Mayer's true nickname. The quiet goodness of the 2005 Tennessee game. Notre Dame's depth chart offered few surprises, but we managed to find a...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football News and Notes 8/24 Hello A man down in the linebacker room. Notre Dame releases its policies for game day activities. Betting line update for the game against the Florida State Seminoles. All of the recruiting action and highlights from Friday night has me fired up. While this is attached to the OFD Podcast, please reserve your Apple Podcast ratings for the actu...

Joshua and Brendan crack open a nice bottle of podcast machine to bring you the last Notre Dame Fighting Irish offseason podcast of the year. In this episode... Missing Jude. Reviews! How to be a Notre Dame father in the fall (new baby advice only). Frozen Pizza war. Welcome to villains part three. I don't want to create any spoilers here, but I do want to reinforce the concept that villainy has m...