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The Irish Sports Daily staff brings you the instant reaction postgame show following Notre Dame's matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers in Notre Dame stadium. The Irish jumped out to a big three score lead before Purdue forced a fumble down 28-13 and inside the Notre Dame red zone. A lightning delay forced the teams off the field, but when play returned, Notre Dame's running backs took o...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily preview and make predictions on Notre Dame's upcoming matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers in Notre Dame stadium. The Irish are heavy favorites but are reeling from an 0-2 start with major questions on their defense. The offense under rookie quarterback CJ Carr played well against the top 10 Aggies, and running backs Jeremiyah Love and J...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama offer a final look of Notre Dame's loss to Texas A&M to drop them to 0-2 and their playoff hopes dwindling. The offense played well, but also had missed opportunities and critical errors in key moments. The defense was very much a mess, with some solid play by a few individuals. The boys talk about the issues and the potential fixes for both units.

Greg Flammang is back from South Bend and provides his next day thoughts on Notre Dame's devastating loss in the final seconds to Texas A&M. The Irish defense was leaking heavy oil in the passing game against the Aggies, surrendering 360 passing yards on just 17 completions and allowing 41 points. Notre Dame's offense was a bright spot, with Jeremiyah Love, Jadarian Price, and CJ Carr...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily preview and make predictions for the top 25 matchup between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Texas A&M Aggies in South Bend, IN. The Irish are coming off of a loss against Miami two weeks prior and a victory is needed to realistically maintain their hopes of a playoff berth in 2025. The Aggies look to secure a huge road win for 2nd year he...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily discuss the latest with Notre Dame football and their upcoming matchup with Texas A&M in Notre Dame stadium. They also touch on Marcus Freeman's press conference comments, creating opportunities for Jeremiyah Love, and the status of Marcel Reed and Trey Zuhn. 0:00- Intro 5:23- Notre Dame's Tackling 12:20- Notre Dame's Secondary...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama open up the Irish Sports Daily Mailbag with questions from their paid subscribers on the offensive line, types of coverages Notre Dame was using, WR blocking on the perimeter, the bye week, and more!

Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang of Irish Sports Daily offer their thoughts on Notre Dame's offense and defense after reviewing the game film and opine on whether they feel better or worse about each unit after watching the game back. 0:00-Intro 3:45-Notre Dame's Offense 7:18-Notre Dame's Offensive Line 9:30-Notre Dame's Game Plan 29:26- Notre Dame's Defense 47:48-Notre Dame Lin...

Greg Flammang of Irish Sports Daily provides commentary and analysis the morning after Notre Dame's 27-24 loss to Miami in Hard Rock Stadium. It was a game the Irish were never in control of and couldn't take advantage of the momentum they'd built at various points to take the lead. CJ Carr was impressive in his debut, but the Irish needed more from their veteran offensive skill talent...

The Irish Sports Daily staff provides instant reaction and postgame analysis to Notre Dame's season opening loss to the University of Miami in South Beach. Miami jumped out to a dominating 21-7 lead in the third quarter, then it was 24-14, before Notre Dame stormed back to tie the game at 24. Miami eventually converted a 48 yard field goal to take a 27-24 lead and then sealed the game with a s...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama preview Notre Dame's upcoming matchup against the Miami Hurricanes, make predictions, and talk key matchups. They also start the show by revealing their top 25 players on Notre Dame's roster. 0:00- Intro 4:01-Kyle Hamilton Signs Huge Extension 7:25- Top 25 Notre Dame Players 28:07-Weather Update 31:46-What Style Of Game 43:41-What Are We Monitoring For Notre...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama discuss the release of the Notre Dame's official Miami week depth chart, Marcus Freeman's press conference remarks, and talk the matchup against the Hurricanes in South Beach. 0:00- Intro 4:00- Will Pauling vs Jaden Greathouse 4:48- Notre Dame Offensive Line 13:38- Notre Dame Defensive Line 25:37-Notre Dame Secondary 29:04-Viewer Questions 42:58-Quarterback...

Greg is joined by Pete Sampson of the Athletic to discuss why Notre Dame is set to endure as a college football power, Notre Dame's roster overall, CJ Carr's leadership qualities and his tremendous upside, plus other topics related to the Notre Dame football team. Sampson recently wrote an article in the Athletic about Notre Dame's quest to reach a national championship with extensive...

Notre Dame has made their decision at quarterback and Greg and Jamie are back to discuss what that might mean, what the offense might look like, the historical context of first time starters as red-shirt freshmen, and more. Then they talk the team overall, what they are excited about, what they are worried about and other Notre Dame football related topics.

Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang of Irish Sports Daily open the show with a discussion on Notre Dame's quarterback situation with CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey. The reports have varied throughout fall camp, but the race has stayed tight throughout, and with Miami prep beginning this week, Marcus Freeman has to make his decision. The boys then discuss the other position battles, specifically on the...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama discuss more topics from Notre Dame football fall training camp with an emphasis at the beginning on the defensive line and how good they can be in the opening weeks of the season. Then they touch on the linebackers and how they can aid in the development of the front 4. And of course, more quarterback talk.

Greg Flammang is back with Jamie Uyeyama to discuss all the latest from Notre Dame camp as the Irish are a week out from breaking camp and prepping for Miami. The show discusses injury updates to Kedron Young and Kevin Bauman, who were lost for the season to knee injuries. The boys also touch on the release of the AP poll, then the discussion turns to quarterbacks, wide receivers, defensive backs,...

To start the show, Greg Flammang speaks on Notre Dame's offense getting the best of the defense in Notre Dame's red zone session during Wednesday's practice, interesting for both sides of the ball. He is then joined by John Brice of Football Scoop to discuss the personnel symposium, wide receivers, quarterbacks, and all the rest of Notre Dame football news. Link to John's article o...

Greg Flammang of Irish Sports Daily reacts to Notre Dame's latest fall practice media viewing, goes over what was reported on by Jamie Uyeyama and Matt Freeman who attended the practice, and then answers viewer questions from the chat along the way.

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily discuss all the latest news and notes from the opening days of fall camp and the various position battles taking place on the football team, most notably at quarterback. They also give their thoughts on the possibility of more two back sets for the offense, wide receivers, defensive backs, one on one's, and injury updates.

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily give instant reaction and analysis to Notre Dame's first practice of the 2025 season and Marcus Freeman's opening press conference. Jamie is in South Bend and was able to watch the entirety of the practice and report on everything he saw on the field. They talk quarterbacks, the secondary, offensive line configuration, running backs and...

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama discuss Notre Dame Football's top 5 storylines on the Notre Dame defense on the eve of fall camp starting for the 2025 season. Topics include:-leadership at linebacker-impact freshmen-the ceiling of the pass rush-the second safety-elite cornerback depth

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama gear up for the start of fall practice with a look at the top 5 storylines on offense for the Fighting Irish and offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock. There is a quarterback battle to navigate, an offensive line that has to adjust to injury and a new type of quarterback, and more transfer wide receivers.

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama take a deep dive into the 2025/2026 recruiting cycles for Notre Dame and what they are building for the future. The Irish and Marcus Freeman appear to be setting up for multiple runs in the college football playoff with big gains on defense, the defensive backfield, and tight end. Questions, however, remain at quarterback and wide receiver.

Greg Flammang and Jamie Uyeyama discuss Notre Dame landing a commitment from Nick Reddish to round out their 2026 defensive back class at five prospects, Marcus Freeman being named a top 5 head coach according to PFF college sports, and have a quick discussion about Notre Dame's 2025 opponents and whether Texas A&M is all that different from USC.