The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

In this OFF THE RAILS episode, Josh talks about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football recruiting effort - and specifically during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. Is there a local base to lean on? Thoughts on Will Shipley and running back recruiting in general Is this going to get better? Why does recruiting seem so bleak right now? Brian Kelly's definition of "process" VS a recruit's defini...

The OFD Podcast spread the fun about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program all over on Sunday. Josh and Jude talked with Greg Flammang from UHND ( @greg2126 on Twitter) about some thoughts he had after Saturday Night's game watch between the Irish and the Florida State Seminoles. Greg lays out the crazy similarities between the 2005 and 1993 seasons Stats are involved Uwa has his mind blo...

The OFD Bookcast returns as we get deeper into Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches by Stephen Singular and Moose Krause. In this episode I discuss the next three chapters of the book which include: Frank Leahy becoming the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Frank's coaching style - a bit medieval Changing greatness for MORE greatness Moose's role in the Leahy regime Why Frank is THE MAN My bad...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan are soaking up the social distancing life with no shirts, pajama pants, a bottle of back pills and bourbon (as a group effort). Following the governmental guidelines for these times, we sat down to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: We pat ourselves on the back for an excellent game watch of the 09 battle against the Michigan State Spartans. Jude get...

The OFD Bookcast returns for another three chapters of Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches by Stephen Singular and Moose Krause. In this episode: The start of the 1992 football season Notre Dame's 17-17 tie with the Michigan Wolverines in '92 Venom for Lou Holtz Pep rally kids Holtz the speaker Moose Krause and the many titles he held - in one year Moose as a basketball player The early days of Moose's...

Josh welcomes Matt Brown to the show. Matt is the Associate Director-College Brands for SB Nation, as well as the author of the Extra Points newsletter. And yeah... he's the mastermind behind the "Notre Dame went 4-8" meme that has been around since that 2016 season. In this episode: Matt comes clean about the 4-8 meme The weirdness of the 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The uncertain...

Josh UWA, Jude, and Brendan kept their social distance to wrap up the last part of our Notre Dame Fighting Irish football hero series. In this episode: CROOTIN! The boys dive into the forever war that is college football recruiting and Notre Dame's options at WR after Deion Colzie's decommitment. Notre Dame and the Navy Midshipmen... is it really going to happen the way it's scheduled? Selling the...

The OFD BOOKCAST is up and running as we start with our first Notre Dame Fighting Irish book review, Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches by Moose Krause and Stephen Singular. This is a new thing for me on OFD, so hopefully you'll enjoy it. I'm not sure how many parts - exactly - that this series will be, but in each episode we will cover about 3-5 chapters. In this episode: Dick Rosenthal is basic, but...

Josh (uwa), Jude, and Brendan are ready for some real social distancing by talking about some of the greatest Notre Dame Fighting Irish football heroes of all-time. We all need an escape, and we're here to help. In this episode (without actual names to spoil it)... What kind of heroes are we talking about? 2002 was just incredible if you think about it Notre Dame's dominance over the United States...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan keep their social distance from one another through our favorite medium - PODCASTING! So... we're keeping it normal. In this episode: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish cancel the Blue-Gold game General COVID-19/coronavirus talk for life General COVID-19/coronavirus talk for athletics NFL Draft and Pro Days - a new way How Notre Dame and the rest of the college football world mi...

On this OFF THE RAILS episode, Josh talks about the recent news about the unhappiness of the USC Trojans and their life with the PAC-12. Should the Trojans join the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in football independence? Would this move benefit the Irish? Is this something the Trojans can actually pull off? How would this work? How does NBC fit into this? Will any of this actually happen? Send your th...

Josh and Brendan welcome Greg Flammang from UHND to the show as Jude was off somewhere making some other guy yell at him during Trivia Night. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had their first spring practice, and we're here to talk about it longer than the actual practice itself. In this episode: Hiring the Wendy's social media manager 5-STAR REVIEWS! Kevin Austin hype train #KASZN Figuring out the ru...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan jump into a phone booth and dial up another podcast for Notre Dame Fighting Irish glory - EXCELLENT (here ends the Bill & Ted references). In this episode: NON-football talk because Women's lacrosse is awesome. Irish hockey and basketball has some work to do. Pete Thamel's latest article about Brian Kelly and what it means. Talking hypotheticals and in doing so... well we j...

On this OFF THE RAILS episode, Josh goes through the position groups to help set up spring football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The podcast and site as a whole will go much deeper in context over the next few weeks, but you can use this as a refresher on what the Irish have on hand for the spring and what we may see. Essentially, this might just be a big list of names with a little bit of c...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan are pretty jazzed up after a solid weekend of Notre Dame athletics. So jazzed up that we are ready to celebrate lent RIGHT AWAY. In this episode we mostly discuss: What should Notre Dame football give up for lent (and forever)? Jude offers a studious response. Josh lays down an emotional rant for clarity. Brendan gets technical with X's and O's. And there's plenty more weav...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan open up their Notre Dame Fighting Irish hearts, and drank a tall glass of bitterness. This is what happened on the show: Daelin Hayes sacks Mark Dantonio We read your reviews because we promised The Mike Mickens "hire" The new transfer rule proposed by both the Big 10 and ACC We add even more villains to our list (in greater detail) A solid hour and twenty minutes of some o...

Just a simple reminder that the polls are open to vote on the Notre Dame football teams that the guys put together in their 2 part snake draft episodes. You can follow this link to get there. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh, Jude, and Brendan present a very special OFD Podcast (aren't they all though?). We got together to draft the our very own Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team's of the Brian Kelly era. In this episode: We do spend a few minutes on pleasantries and campaigning for our current offenses Snake Draft Fill an 11 man roster for the defense Add a kicker and a punter Use the players any way that w...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan present a very special OFD Podcast (aren't they all though?). We got together to draft the our very own Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team's of the Brian Kelly era. In this episode: We do spend a few minutes on "news" and other pleasantries Snake Draft Fill an 11 man roster for the offense Use the players anyway that we like Each player is "the best version" of said pl...

Josh UWA, Jude, and Brendan are ready to celebrate the National Signing Day holiday season for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish - but it hits a little different this year. In this episode: 2021 Commit Justin Walters Super Bowl chat Asking listeners to create a podcast intro. Winner gets a Tommy shirt Preferred walk-on love The 2020 class... briefly The Ohio/Indiana recruiting challenge What position...

SB Nation's RJ Ochoa (Blogging the Boys) and Jenna Thomas (The Falcoholic) are joined by the legendary Joe Theisman on radio row at Super Bowl LIV. The former Notre Dame and Washington great talked about the upcoming game, BIG RINGS, his relationship with the game over the years, what he's up to, and much more (savory food talk included). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan are skipping into Super Bowl weekend and laying down fierce podcast tracks. In this episode: RIP Chirpie - we love you Chris Finke Landen Bartleson's rough night (alleged) and the effect on this recruiting class Final player recruiting rankings We really crank up the CROOTIN talk A shout out to Mike McGlinchey and Sheldon Day of the 49ers as they get ready to take on the Ch...

On this OFF THE RAILS episode of the OFD Podcast, Josh goes through the recently released ACC schedule for those bye weeks that we love so much. There's also some venting regarding Notre Dame's upcoming NFL Stadium tour. Please rate and review. Again... any review left on Apple Podcasts will be read for the world to hear at the end of every OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices....

Josh, Jude, and Brendan are fully recharged and rebooted and read to put 2019 to bed (mostly anyways). To do that, we need to review the 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season. In this episode: Josh reads off all of the #JoshIsWrong responses with minimal interjection Which player is the best babysitter? Best memories from 2019 Making an impact with little to no stats Stats that represent...

Josh, Jude, and Brendan sit down for a marathon of an episode about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It's long - but it is probably worth your time (we hope). In this episode: The promotion of Tommy Rees The Tommy Rees prophecy Josh and Jude arguing loudly The AP Poll Why Notre Dame is ranked where they are Injustice Josh and Jude aren't friends anymore Minnesota Headphones thrown across the desk Na...