The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua and Jude broke out the podcast machine for an emergency session following the huge announcement from the ACC about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. For the 2020 football season, Notre Dame will be an ACC member and will be eligible to play in the ACC Championship Game. In this episode, we talk about: Notre Dame got a running back commitment so we cover that real quick. Money. The absurdity of...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the studio together for the first time in a few weeks, and the college football world tossed us a softball to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: The report about the possibility of Notre Dame playing a 10+1 schedule as an ACC member in 2020, and a path to the ACC Championship game. Atlantic or Coastal? What might it all look like? Beefi...

Josh and Brendan disrobed and stepped into a @celebrityhottub with Banner Society's Ryan Nanni. In this episode: Ryan talks about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hate, and explains why they haven't been annoying enough to the college football universe. Dealing with ND in the college football playoff. The U and their bullshit. Going into a coma in 2003 and waking up in 2020. PJ Fleck and his "greatne...

There's no way of getting around the coronavirus when we talk about the upcoming season for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and college football as a whole. One of the biggest things that will be gone in 2020 - other than a game against the USC Trojans - is the college football culture that we have come to know and love and embrace in our lifetime. Here's 30 minutes of me explaining that thought and...

Joshua and Jude team up for a relaxed fit / alternative topic for this week. Brendan had "all hell break loose" at home and was unable to join us this week, but we know he'll be sharpening his blades for next week. In this episode: The sweet strangeness of the 1995 & 1996 seasons for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans were noticeably absent. Dealing...

The game versus the Wisconsin Badgers is now cancelled with the news that the Big 10 is moving to a conference-only football schedule for the 2020 season. It has many fans wondering what might happen with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. After a brief appearance to just argue with Jude (basically) Joshua had to bounce back into a burning hellhole. Brendan and Seymour took on the task to discuss the...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan celebrate their post 4th of July dad duties with another podcast episode about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. It's STILL rivalry week on SB Nation, so we definitely get into some of that. In this episode: The perfect Red Bull. Jude's Addiction has become a problem to his wife, but perfect for all of us. The commitment of Joe Alt. Comparing Mack Brown's si...

On this OFF THE RAILS episode, I wanted to make sure that everyone knew my true feelings abut the Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalry situation. I'm fairly certain that many of you were throwing a wee bit of a fit this week. Navy apologists lost their damn minds because of something I don't care about, and many others had a wide variety of other opinions about it all. You want to know something funn...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan embark on a journey to try and explain the complicated hierarchy of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries. It's a topic that can get outright controversial in some respect, and we do our best to lay it out (as we duke it out). In this episode: Somehow Notre Dame's "The Shirt" makes an appearance and Josh's blood begins to boil. We discuss the recent news about Unde...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back together while still maintaining hundreds of miles of social distance. In this episode: We interview Mike Singer from Blue and Gold Illustrated and he breaks down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish recruiting effort during the coronavirus pandemic. What is Notre Dame doing well? What in the hell is a "virtual visit"? And what does Notre Dame need to do better. We also...

Jude, Brendan, and UHND's Greg Flamaang got in front of a microphone on Monday night to bring a high-quality podcast about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Joshua was out of the office and in an industrial hell hole, and the show must go on (and Greg is always super good). In this episode: Everyone gets a DJ name. Thoughts on the latest Brian Kelly Zoom press conference. The Chuba Hubbard situation....

Joshua, Jude, Brendan were able to step away from their wives and children once again to bring you the best conversation about Notre Dame Fighting Irish football that you will ever find while not looking. We still have many questions about the 2020 season, and we bring up a lot of questions that kind of pertain to the situation. Kind of. In this episode: We dip a toe into the conversation surround...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at it - as we all seem to be around this time each year. It's the offseason, so of course there's an article or podcast or radio bit or television broadcast that trips over itself to question Notre Dame's Independence. In doing so, it usually triggers a response from fans of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and we step in to help with that conversation. In this epi...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan were able to find their way to a computer on a lovely Memorial Day night to bring you a utility Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast. You asked the questions - and we delivered the answers. In this episode: Why do people hate the Brian Kelly coaching tree / BK touch? Who matters more in 2020 - Kyren Williams or Chris Tyree? What's the next Notre Dame themed movie? Who does N...

We are moving forward with Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches by Steven Singular and Moose Krause - even if that means in a different way. After some bad takes, I finally decided to just read chapters 12 and 14. Within those chapters, we get a reveal about Ara and his particular coaching style. There was a tremendous amount of intensity that Parseghian put out, but it was controlled and used for singul...

Joshua welcomes OFD Senior Basketball Editor Pat Sullivan to the show to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball program. We never seem to talk enough about the program on the podcast, so we are trying to rectify that with a dynamic hour of hardcourt chat. In this episode: The 2019-2020 season. Mike Brey on the edge of a cliff. The end of the season. The ACC. The legend of John Mutton...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at, and this time... we have way more questions than answers about a Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season. In this episode: Cheerleaders be breaking rules. Bob Davie stuff - and yeah - we talk about the hot dog incident again. A shout out to Carter Karels because Joshua found his Judas. What the Notre Dame football season might look like because of the coron...

Joshua and Brendan welcome the South Bend Tribune's Carter Karels to the show to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football recruiting effort for the 2021 cycle. In this episode: The Will Shipley incident and what the Clemson Tigers are doing The official visit bust What is Notre Dame doing with their running back recruiting? The importance of cornerback Philip Riley Linebacker is a positio...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan got together on a cozy Monday night to talk about a handful of "what if?" scenarios for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. It's only fair to share that we could not cover ALL of the crazy moments and games throughout the last 30 years, so if we didn't get to yours - please share in the FanPost section on One Foot Down. In this episode: We cover the commitment...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are here to have a chat. As fans of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish we know that it's a lifestyle choice - and one that involves many different parts. In this episode (and it's a long one): The French A wonderful chat with Kathleen Keifer about her art and her life VISIT HER SITE FOR INSPIRATION Our Notre Dame space Wearing the Irish Tailgates Gameday stuff Tricky pollsters...

The OFD Bookcast makes its triumphant return after weeks of "I'll get to that in a minute." We are trucking through the book Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches by Stephen Singular and Moose Krause - or at least I'm trying to at this point. We arrive at Chapters 10 and 11. In this episode: Moose changes careers The hiring of Ara Parseghian Lou Holtz makes some massive changes after the 33-16 loss to the...

Lord Joshua, Earl Brendan, and farmer Jude are back - and this time it's professional. We all just witnessed the 2020 NFL Draft, which was a pretty good weekend for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: This is a The Last Kingdom podcast now Our buddy Rodger ESPN's coverage Why the virtual draft was way better than every version before it Which Irish player has the better situation; Cole...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan come together to kick off Uniform Week here at OFD (and SB Nation) and go through all the ins and outs of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football uniform. In this episode: We definitely talk about "The Shirt" which is supposed to be the crowd's uniform Our favorite style of uniforms Helmets Pants Favorite jersey numbers Green jersey information Jude brings FACTS about the hi...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the studio, and ready to defend some titles. It's all about championships on SB Nation this week, and more specifically about the best teams to never win a championship. Fortunately for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, there are 21 championships on the mantle - even if Notre Dame only officially recognizes 11. In this episode: The 1953 season makes us go crazy T...

The OFD Bookcast gets stuck on one chapter this time around, and that chapter deals with more stories about Frank Leahy and his last 6 years with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: Moose and Frank go to war Moose almost gets court-martialed Moose at home and Moose on the recruiting trail "Crying Frank" Robert Neff is a son of a bitch Ziggy Czarobski Fluffduff How Leon Hart came to Not...