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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans may not being playing football right now, but we still have a lot to talk about. The big news is Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton may be playing a little offense this year. If you are a regular listener to the podcast you know Greg has been asking for this for more than a year, and now it may come true. We talk about the pros and cons. Greg even tal...

Spring is here for both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans. Each fan base is full of hope and optimism for the upcoming season and no one wants to jinx anything. Putting football aside to start things off, we talk about the biggest jinx on the podcast lately, and that is Greg and Michael's progress as fit dads. Kids, getting old is rough. When we get to football, we start with Notre...

We are back with another sporadic offseason podcast. There is no real Notre Dame Fighting Irish or USC Trojan football news, but Greg had found himself in a controversy around Brian Kelly and freshman wide receivers getting playing time. Things like the definition of significant, if Greg "really" knows football, blocked me on twitter and subjective are thrown around freely. Once the trolls are fed...

It's still the offseason for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans, so Michael and Greg have to talk about their personal fitness goals and current regiments. Nothing like two dads talking about staying in shape. When the conversation gets to football, Michael talks about the state of the USC football program and how the Trojans are trending in the right direction in many areas like re...

There were no USC Trojan or Notre Dame Fighting Irish football games to talk about this week, so we used our time wisely and started things off by discussing Moana. Yes, the 2016 Disney movie. Once cartoon talk is over Michael takes a moment to describe how he feels about Tom Brady and his return to the Super Bowl. When we finally get to college football there's only one place to start, and that i...

The recruiting episode is finally here. We go over the USC Trojans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2021 recruiting classes. Despite his usual aversion to recruit talk, Greg gave Michael homework and had him watch everyone's recruiting videos tp properly prepare for the episode. We start with USC who landed the top recruit in the nation Korey Foreman. We talk about what we are looking for on the tape...

It's another all Notre Dame Fighting Irish episode. With the Rose Bowl loss to Alabama still fresh, we have a lot to talk about.  We start with Greg's general outlook toward the program, and how it's changed since we started the podcast. Once we get into the actually game, we hit all the major points, like when was it over, did Notre Dame have a chance, were the Fighting Irish aggressive enough, b...

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoffs. While the game is still fresh, Greg is joined by fellow Notre Dame fan Tim Norkus to talk about the loss to Alabama, mistakes by the coaching staff, the talent gap, and where the program goes from here. They aren't too sad, because this is not a new thing, unfortunately. Email your listener questions...

In honor of the upcoming College Football Playoff, we preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. For the unaware, Alabama is a very good football team, and beating them would be a difficult task for any team not just Notre Dame. Greg kicks things off with his ideas for what the offense should be doing, and where they can try to be aggressive. As for the defense,...

The regular season is over for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans, but the postseason awards are upon us, as was Christmas. We start with what Christmas is like with kids and some light potty training talk. Then we rattle of some of the post season awards and honors for Notre Dame players like Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Kyle Hamilton and Ian Book to name a few. We also touch on 2020's...

It was a rough weekend for the podcast, both the USC Trojans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost their conference championship games. We start with Notre Dame, who was beat handily in their rematch with the Clemson Tigers. The Fighting Irish had some early miscues that they never recovered from. Notre Dame went from bad to worse and never even really came close. That's OK because the Irish will...

Championship week is upon us. Both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans will be playing in conference championship games this weekend. We start with Notre Dame who has a rematch with the Clemson Tigers. Greg disagrees with the national narrative, and asks why can't the Fighting Irish beat Clemson again? Notre Dame has the confidence from already beating Clemson earlier in the season,...

It was rivalry week for the USC Trojans, but not the rivalry this podcast was built around, it was a game against cross town rivals, the UCLA Bruins. The Trojans needed more 4th quarter heroics from Kedon Slovis to pull out this victory, but as Michael has been saying all season, "you can't go 6-0 without going 5-0". Many USC fans are upset with the coaching staff and the administration even thoug...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans both remain undefeated. Notre ended their regular season with a win over Syracuse. While the Trojans beat Washington State on a rare Sunday night game. The game started slowly for the Fighting Irish, but about halfway through Notre Dame started to run away with it. More important than the Fighting Irish win was Greg's viral tweet about Jim Harbaugh...

It was another big victory for the Notre Dame Fighting this weekend, and no game at all for the USC Trojans. The Fighting Irish defeated the North Carolina Tarheels handily. The defense made much hyped quarterback Sam Howell look pedestrian. Since this is our podcast, Greg goes in depth on the Kyle Hamilton targeting ejection. He also, takes this opportunity to call out the national pundits who th...

Only one of our teams this weekend, the USC Trojans defeated the Utah Utes in a very cold road game in Salt Lake City. The Trojans looked better than the previous weeks, but there still is room for improvement. We chat about what are USC fans expecting from this team, the performance of quarterback Kedon Slovis, the Trojan defense, and if this is a positive trend. We also briefly talk about anothe...

We had dueling games this weekend. Both the USC Trojans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish kicked off at 12:30 on Saturday. We start with Notre Dame and their game against Boston College. The Fighting Irish cruised to victory against the Eagles, but all anyone could talk about is ex-Notre Dame backup quarterback and current Boston College starting quarterback Phil Jurkovec.  All season long Fightin...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the number one ranked Clemson Tigers this weekend. This is the biggest win in more than twenty years for the Fighting Irish. We go through the entire rollercoaster of the game and all of the up and down emotions throughout the contest. This was a classic game that was played on the razor's edge and will define many if the player's Notre Dame careers. There were s...

It's a very special midweek podcast. Notre Dame has a big ACC clash with Clemson and USC kicks off their COVID shortened season against ASU so we had to do something special. We start with the Fighting Irish and if they have any chance against one of the best teams in the country, the Clemson Tigers. Greg feels confident in the Notre Dame offensive line, but isn't sure about the rest of skill play...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish continue their winning ways with a big victory over the Pitt Panthers. There is a lot to unpack from this victory. Greg and Michael had different opinions on how exciting the game was. Greg compares current Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book to the guy he replaced, which then leads into a long analogy on who Ian Book is in a person's dating history (Greg nails it). We al...

This episode is brought to you from deep in the heart of quarantine. Michael is COVID positive and Greg is negative on Notre Dame's Passing offense.  The Fighting Irish may have defeated the Louisville Cardinals 12-7, but the stellar defensive effort couldn't cover up for the offense's woes. Before we get to the game, we breakdown Michael's COVID diagnosis and recovery. As for the game there isn't...

After a brief hiatus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were back in action this weekend with a big victory over the Florida State Seminoles. Greg is happier than most Notre Dame fans after the victory, and based off the shoddy YouTube rip of the game Michael watched he agrees whole heartedly. The rust from the COVID layoff was definitely there, but the Fighting Irish did a lot of things right. The run...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans have not played football in weeks (much longer for the Trojans), but that's not going to stop us from podcasting. The Trojans' Pac-12 schedule is out and the internet is upset about the 9am kickoff to start the season on November 7th. Michael on the other hand is more worried about the Trojans' first opponent the Arizona State Sun Devils. Also, sch...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish really showed up this weekend and shutout the USF Bulls 52-0. USF was never in this game, and may have accomplished the worst special teams performance in modern football. Notre Dame listened to Gregg and added some variety to their passing game, which proved successful. Kyren Williams and the rest of the Fighting Irish running backs all looked strong. The broadcast t...

Its official, we were finally able to watch a real football game, with fans and everything. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish kicked off the season with a win against the Duke Blue Devils. In victory there were still many questions about quarterback Ian Book and his wide receivers. How much of this can be chalked up to the pandemic is up for debate. We discuss how the experienced offensive line starte...