The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back together and maybe - just maybe - we bit off a little more than we can chew. We wanted to do a Q&A session ALONG with a preview for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS North Carolina Tar Heels - and by god you're getting one. In this episode: Of course hockey. Breakout player potential in Chapel Hill? Replacing Jarrett Patterson and Tommy Kraemer with Zeke Correll a...

It's a one man booth today with Joshua. Fortunately for all of you, he was able to get Irish Illustrated's Tom Loy (@TomLoy247)on the line to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and their recruiting effort for the 2021 class. In this episode: The re-commitment of Philip Riley. The flip of 6-Star kicker Josh Bryan. The giant question concerning scholarship numbers for 2021 and beyond. Tom brou...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to talk about the 8-0 Notre Dame Fighting Irish after their road win over the Boston College Eagles. In this episode: MACtion. REVIEWS! The ghastly broadcast from ABC. Some thoughts about Phil Jurkovec. Ian Book as a guy that's getting "Heisman mentions." C'Bo Flemister is endearing himself to fans as a trucker. Ian Book as a runner. Turnover problems. Defending...

Joshua and Brendan break out the podcast machine to talk about the upcoming ACC classic in Chesnut Hill as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish go on the road to take on the Boston College Eagles. In this episode: Praise for the ICON video. The reviews are in and they are plentiful (and maybe on some type of drugs). Let's talk about Javon McKinley, because seriously - we should be talking more about him....

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan welcome Greg (the official unofficial member of the show) to the podcast to celebrate the 47-40 win the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pulled off in double overtime over the Clemson Tigers. This is one of those episodes that is all over the map - but in a really awesome way. The show notes are really going to be more hodge podgy than normal - and that's okay. Here's a very sho...

Joshua and Brendan are in the podcast booth this week to preview some random game in the ACC this week - the Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS the Clemson Tigers. In this episode: MACTION! REVIEWS! Learning to speak Samoan. Underrated wide receivers. Brian Kelly's presser was an exercise in press mismanagement. The big gameness of it all. Consuming Clemson content this week as opposed to EVERY DAY FOR...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are drunk on Halloween candy and sweet pics of our kids in costumes. It's Halloween and here we are discussing the 31-13 win the Notre Dame Fighting Irish put on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Usually I provide a bulletpoint list of some of the topics we discuss, but because it's late and I can barely remember my name - here are just a few of the thoughts in this episod...

Joshua and Brendan are in a two man booth this week as Jude was unavailable. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 5-0 after a 45-3 win over the Pittsburgh Panthers and will travel to Atlanta this week to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Due to time constraints of life, we had to double up the pod this week - so it's kind of a throwback. Kind of. In this episode: The Big 10 is in the house. Ce...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan gleefully step behind the bar to serve all of our Notre Dame Fighting Irish friends the best drinks around. Take a break from all your worries - it sure would help a lot. The Irish travel to the state of Pennsylvania to take on the Pittsburgh Panthers. In this episode: We salute Jahmir Smith and his brave decision. It's Pitt week, which makes it rivalry in 2020. The Legen...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are super excited about a 12-7 win from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over the Louisville Cardinals. In this episode we weave in and out of many things such as: Reviews are the lifeblood. Ian Book at quarterback. The Irish rushing attack. Where are the wide receivers? The fake field goal. Going for 2. What the hell just happened? The spirit of Navy compels you. Getting ho...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan embark on a journey to preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish versus the Louisville Cardinals - and this is what happened: Lane Kiffin... is he really a GQ kind of guy? The Michigan Wolverines and their free ticket bonanza. REVIEWS! Talking about the weather. Louisville has been one of the biggest disappointments of the 2020 season. The Cardinal defense is still trash. The...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan opened up the pod machine after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the Florida State Seminoles 42-26 in ACC action. In this episode: Fresh hot takes about rust. Dealing with a light secondary. The offensive line is incredible. Liam Eichenberg as a pirate. Explaining the line substitution. We talk about the nation's best WR Javon McKinley - he's a beast. A steady Ian Book....

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally back to preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Florida State Seminoles. Everything has been weird and the season has that "season opener" feel again. Okay... in this episode: We're pretty sure the Noles are trash. PFF has a lot of love for Notre Dame's offensive line. Will the Irish be rusty after two weeks off. Burning the ACC narrative to the ground becaus...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the middle of another bye week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. No worries - we have plenty to talk about. In this episode: Reading those reviews. Holy water smuggling. We welcome Carter Karels back to the show to talk about Irish recruiting and the program as a whole. Deion Colzie's journey to Notre Dame. Who's next for Notre Dame? Is Donte Thornton still a...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan sit down for ANOTHER bye week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The only thing planned this week was a podcast recording - everything else is just a freestyle rap. In this episode: The postponement of the game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The ACC's scheduling plan and doing a double Charlotte. Are the South Florida Bulls to blame or is this an internal struggle...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at it - and we brought some hot sauce back to the pod. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 2-0 (1-0) on the season after a 52-0 thrashing of the South Florida Bulls. In this episode: Ian Book and his role on Saturday. Tommy Rees is doing something here. The amazing Jack Kiser does the thing for all the small town Indiana boys. Joshua and Jude reach Michigan levels...

Joshua and Brendan are in the studio, but Jude's wonderful takes are nowhere to be found (a guy needs his rest). The Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome the South Florida Bulls to South Bend to try to even the score. Does Charlie Weis Jr. have the same thoughts? In this episode: Review City and gifting Toledo back to Michigan. We go over the USF roster a bit, and try to pick some problem players out...

Jude and Brendan threw a pod party and Joshua had to leave early. No worries as we tagged friend of the pod, Greg Flammang ( @greg2126 ) to really break things down on the dance floor. Breaking down the 27-13 win by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over the Duke Blue Devils The offensive line and the issues of the day. Ian Book's pocket presence. Kyren Williams had a nice day. Searching for receivers...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are bouncing off the walls as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are set to take on the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday - IT'S HAPPENING! In this episode: The reviews are LIT. The new Notre Dame jersey. What does RALLY mean? The RALLY HOUSE experience. How we enjoy watching Notre Dame play. Deep diving into Notre Dame VS Duke with stats and names and omens and magic. Game predict...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to celebrate GAME WEEK for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as they host the Duke Blue Devils this week - but first we have to deal with these packages left on our doorstep. They are labeled: Jordan Genmark Heath's departure from the football program. Your BIG offensive depth chart. Your FAST defensive depth chart. Your very special depth chart. NONSENSE AND FUN. An...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan congregate one last time before the regular season begins. In this episode: We have some tremendous reviews. Brendan finally unleashes the stolen car story - you must now call him "Chief Inspector McAlinden". College football is back. We critique Mike Golic Jr. on the mic. Notre Dame's attendance policy. Media access and weird feels on gameday. It was supposed to be "one...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan don't miss a beat after last week's MEGASODE. Whether you think college football should be played or not this season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are working hard towards a championship level season. In this episode: A Michigan Wolverines website published an article that BASICALLY says Notre Dame saved the 2020 season. An unnamed source told them that Notre Dame (again...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are ready to talk about the 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season, and within this 3+ hour podcast - we get around to it. In this episode... We asked for questions because we have all of the answers (and then some). From Brendon Clark to Home Run Inn - we covered it all. We address the coronavirus situation at Notre Dame, and have some words about Father Jenkins....

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on their nonsense and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are back on the practice field. It's the middle of August and we think there's going to be a football season. In this episode: Of course we're dealing with the coronavirus. How are we feeling about a season moving forward? They're practicing. Thomas the Train at Mass. Papa Johns is terrible (and always will be)....

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to celebrate the birth of a baby and the birth of a new Notre Dame Fighting Irish football schedule as a full member of the ACC. There are plenty of surprises in the podcast and I don't want to ruin the listening pleasure with overly detailed show notes, so here we go: Recruiting. Scholarship numbers. Review time Q&A. A beautiful ACC schedule. The Navy Midshipmen...