The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

On this Off The Rails episode, Joshua decides to make a tradition. Before spring football last year (or what we had of it) he did a "big-little" preview for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. What it actually ended up being was a listing of names. To be honest - it sounds sillier than it actually is, and some people quite enjoyed its simplicity. One of those people was Brendan, and as a promise to him...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the podcast machine to not only talk about the national championship hopes of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but everyone else as well. In this episode: A twisted tale of booze. Forget Will Shipley, because Audric Estime is your new god. Excited about Notre Dame baseball and Notre Dame hockey. Struggles of the corned beef. Reviews! Fumbled our way through some...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at it - and we brought best friend of the pod Greg Flammang (UHND & on Twitter @greg2126) along for the ride to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and more besides.. In this episode: Wives and their pod listening abilities. Happy birthday Kyle Hamilton! Sleeping on the couch. REVIEWS! Quarterback depth chart and projections based on nothing. P...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the podcast machine to get super serious about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and spring football - kind of. In this episode... Debating the merits of March. Reviews! I am an adult. Our Top 3 Irish football players of all-time. An exciting NBC booth is defended. A little bit of recruiting talk about Amorion Walker and Steve Angeli. Jeff Quinn praise because he'...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back for all of your Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast listening needs. In this episode: It's a cult. Defensive Heismans should be a thing. Reviews! The sadness of losing Louis Nix. Listing our favorite Notre Dame football wins of the Brian Kelly era. Please keep in mind that these our some of our FAVORITE and not exactly a ranking of Notre Dame's BEST wins - although...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in their constitutionally distanced studios and ready to bring you a podcast ful of predictions about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program in the upcoming 2021 season. Why do this in February? Because we can - but also because there is plenty of things to look forward to - but mostly because we can. In this episode: Wandering around the state of North C...

Joshua and Jude are joined by UHND's Greg Flamaang (@Greg2126) to run back through the previous pod's "would you rather?" questions about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (and more). Joshua and Greg have some different opinions than what Jude and Brendan laid out - so of course the f-bombs are locked and loaded. In this episode: REVIEWS ARE BACK! The best 5 wins of the Ty Willingham era. The great le...

Brendan and Jude are on a two man mission to deliver a Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast this week. Would you rather they NOT, and wait for Joshua, or are you craving good vibes for your ears? Don't answer that, because it probably doesn't matter. What matters is that you now have over 2 hours of fun as you continue to shovel out your driveway - which I suppose answers the question. In this episod...

Joshua welcomes back the original Podfather, Irish Tightness (or just a guy named Wes) to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. In this episode - well... there's a lot going on here, and in our historically typical fashion, we jump around quite a bit. Here are some keywords: Brian Kelly. Ian Book. Ceiling construction. #RTDB Air Kelly. Many Charlie Weis references. Recruiting...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are warm and cozy inside their snow-surrounded homes and are ready to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team - and other stuff too. In this episode: Beachbody buds forever. Notre Dame's transfer situation. Making a hill to die on at The Observer. Crapping on Matt Campbell conversations because we can. The TBD schedule lies. The fresh opportunity on the Iri...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish just finished a very successful 2021 recruiting cycle, and Joshua brought our friend Tom Loy onto the show from 247's Irish Illustrated to provide a little insight. In this episode: Some recruiting rankings were hurt by no camps and/or season because of COVID. Ryan Barnes is verified. Devin Aupiu will be missed on the west coast. A running back theory that Tom doesn't...

Joshua and Brendan did not eat creamy Italian for supper and therefore are able to podcast about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this casual conversation episode: 5-Star madness is 5-Star sadness. It's National Signing Day y'all. Boosters VS Donors... and then there's a sugar daddy. Nick Saban and his greatness. Jack Coan is going to start at QB for Notre Dame in 2021. Brian Kelly is my child an...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan trudged slowly towards the post office on a quiet winter night. The air was cold and piercing, and the moisture around their faces from masks added a wind chill to their lips that made speaking a painful exercise. The mail, however, needed to be collected and sorted out so the dreams and wishes of thousands of lunatic Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fans could come tru...

After many months, we kickstart the OFD Bookcast to finally finish "Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches" by Stephen Singular and Moose Krause. Seeing as how there has been a giant stretch of time between the last Bookcast episode and this one, a couple of things to keep in mind: Maybe go back and listen to the 6 previous installments if this is new to you. My dog (Bo Bowower) made things a little diffic...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the pod studio and ready to rehash the 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season. In this episode: Sycophants welcome. The BIG candle. Looking back at our preseason prop bets and marveling at how awesome and terrible we can be at the same time. Praise for DeVonta Smith and his Heisman campaign with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Wide receiver swoon. A curious...

Joshua and Brendan are in the booth to tag team the recap of a really busy week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: The perils of selling a home. The insurance company screwed me REVIEWS! Notre Dame went out and got the best defensive coordinator on the market in Marcus Freeman. Seriously. The coming staff shake-up for Notre Dame. Defensive roles and what they may look like in 2021...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan quickly compose themselves to talk about the 31-14 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff Rose Bowl. In this episode: Joshua messes up the score and we talk about it. We are live-watching the Ohio State - Clemson game and talk smack that we now regret just minutes later. Notre Dame's conservative offense. Brian Kelly's spicy post-game presser cau...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have returned from their Christmas slumber to dive into the great challenge for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish... the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl Game in Texas. In this episode: Wilford Brimley. A review kickstarts a real uniform debate because hell yes. A quick recap of "ranking the croots" to get Ronny P more street cred. Diving right into the Alabama offense....

Merry Christmas! Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are taking a little bit of a breather this week, but we decided to RE-GIFT a fantastic episode for all of you to enjoy. Christmas Eve marks the 11th 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 losing streak that stretched back t...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crawled out of their holes to sit down to discuss the 34-10 loss the Notre Dame Fighting Irish suffered at the hands of the Clemson Tigers in the AC Championship game. In this episode: There were some instant positives that disappeared very quickly. What was Notre Dame trying to do on offense? The impact of Trevor Lawrence on the field. How big of a loss was Jarrett Patte...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in business to give you the purest Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast this side of purgatory. In this massive megasode: The reviews are in and people are ready to binge drink with us. We take some questions and try to give a few solid answers. Clark Lea is the new head coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores, and we can respect that. Still... we play a few thought exe...

The early period for college football recruiting's National Signing Day starts in just one week. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a fantastic class right now, but they are still battling and fighting for even more prospects to sign. So, we just had to get Irish Illustrated's Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) back on the show to answer more recruiting questions. In this episode: The early period VS old school...

Jude and Brendan are joined by UHND's Greg Flammang (@greg2126) to discuss the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the win over the Syracuse Orange, and much more. In this episode: Being cool as a cucumber. Dealing with slow starts. A typical Ian Book stat line. Getting inside TaRiq Bracy's head. Why did Brian Kelly leave his starters in for so long? The combined power of Drew Pyne and Brendon Clark. Javon...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to give you a 5-Star podcast with 3-Star talent. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will host the Syracuse Orange on Saturday in a Senior Day matchup to end the regular season. In this episode: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDAN! REVIEWS! And an Abdel Banda reference. Talking about the Vanderbilt job (just a wee bit as an option). The ACC has a special relationship with Dabo. Get...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan sat down after a college football Saturday to talk about a win the Notre Dame Fighting Irish got on Friday over the North Carolina Tar Heels. In this episode: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDE! Calling out those that predicted an Irish loss (or close win). Ian Book the magician. Running through the initial track meet. Figuring out TaRiq Bracy. The ejection of Kyle Hamilton and the deje...