One Foot Down: For Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fans

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to double up a pod (sort of) to talk about Notre Dame's victory over the Navy Midshipmen, and this weekend's matchup against the Boston College Eagles. In this episode: HELLO! MACtion is peaking right now and we're here for it. REVIEW! This is all very professional. We get one triple-option drive to explain what happened in Baltimore, and how we feel about it. Notre Dame is ranked #18 in the CFB Playoff Rankings. Why is Penn State being propped up by the committee? What is the path to a Top 10 finish for Notre Dame? There's a whole lot of nutty still left in the 2022 college football season. Brendan tells us why Boston College is hot trash. What's the status of Phil Jurkovec? It's going to be cold y'all. Weekly game picks. Chaos magic and the will to make games go the way we want them. Will the Irish cover a 20.5 point spread? And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back together to preview this week's fun between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Navy Midshipmen. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are back on the rise after last week’s dominating victory over the Clemson Tigers. The win took the Irish from being unranked in the College Football Playoff rankings to #20, and it also provided a path to a good season (double digit wins) when mediocrity was all that seemed possible.  The Irish look to continue to rise this week with its annual game against the Navy Midshipmen. Notre Dame is back on the road, where despite any other troubles this season, they have been an incredibly good team.  It’s another NOONER! Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcast will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Brendan are back to hold down the pod fort after Notre Dame's 35-14 win over the Clemson tigers while Jude is still out berserking life. In this episode: HELLO! Let's not waste any time (as some time gets wasted). The leadup for the day felt different. Joshua leads Brendan on a subconscious tour of campus without being asked. Full animation inside the press box... but it was silent animation. REVIEWS! Brian Mason is a prophet and a general of the highest class. Notre Dame was more physical, tougher, and whatever else you want to say. Audric Estime and Logan Diggs VS Will Shipley. How Notre Dame went on rampage. Benjamin Morrison is the real MVP. Major props to J.D. Bertrand. Dabo's big switch. The final few minutes. Postgame awesomeness (just the tip). The national view of this game. Awesome. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

Joshua and Brendan are without our beloved Jude for this week's podcast preview of Notre Dame VS Clemson, but he's up in the tower with Tommy Rees looking on with pride. In this episode: HELLO! The epic saga of Mac-N-Cheese. The power of Old Bay seasoning. The college football playoff rankings were released and we want to talk about it a little bit. The double disappointment of Notre Dame's season was highlighted in the rankings. Dabo Swinney and his Clemson Tigers are coming back to South Bend. Build Muffet a statue. The Will Shipley show. D.J. Uiagalelei isn't as bad as what people are making him out to be this season. Clemson's defense has all of its parts back for the first time this season. The weather is going to play a role in this game and Joshua can't stop talking about it. Big week in college football. So how does this game in South Bend shake out? Will the stadium be filled with Clemson fans? How about green jerseys? Confidence. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have happily gathered here today to talk about Notre Dame's 41-24 win over the Syracuse Orange. In this episode: HELLO! A red hot tip for Jude that Joshua is bullish about. Jude's very big day at the game. Pregaming the right way. Stoned neighbors and fantasy football rosters. Chanting at the urinal. REVIEW! We made a mistake. Brandon Joseph put his stamp on the game right away. The physical pounding the Irish handed out from the very start of the game was borderline erotic. Garrett Shrader's health never seemed great, and the Irish made him and the Orange pay. Audric Estime was dominant, and a changed man. Drew Pyne didn't have a great day, but at least we saw more from Deion Colzie. We are only more frustrated with the Stanford loss. How good is this Notre Dame football team - like really? A trip around the rest of the country which includes Michigan State's villainy, Tennessee's dominance, Oklahoma State's big mistake, and whatever else we saw. One of the worst AP

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have a lot of podding to do in one episode as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish had a weird game against UNLV, and now travel to the [insert whatever name you want] Dome to take on the Syracuse Orange. In this episode: HELLO! There are only certain things that you ride until it dies... and yes a toaster is one of them, and quarterbacks are not. Recapping the win over UNLV. Missed opportunities continue for the Irish. Should we really be excited about the Logan Diggs performance? Brandon Joseph's value. The almighty Mitchell Evans. Finding someone that isn't Michael Mayer. Everything is weird. Brendan breaks down Syracuse and tells us how they aren't very good - which made Jude push back with every ND example possible. The ACC's path. What can Notre Dame do against Syracuse? A realistic way to look at the Syracuse game can be a couple of wildly different things. Weekly picks... Tuck coming. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews l

Joshua couldn't let the recruiting conversation from the latest OFD Podcast be the only thoughts shared this week - so we went to the master, 247's Tom Loy, to talk all things surrounding Notre Dame's recruiting effort in both the 2023 and 2024 class. In this episode: What impact is Notre Dame's 3-3 start having on the 2023 recruiting class for the Irish. Which committed recruits does Notre Dame have to worry about? The negative recruiting against Notre Dame. What's up with that NIL thing with Brady Quinn and Tom "Imma Block OFD on Twitter" Mendoza? C.J. Carr's drop in ranking and Tom's thoughts on his future. The recruitment of Brandon Davis-Swain remains odd (and up in the air). What's happening with Notre Dame's efforts to flip Jackson Arnold from the Oklahoma Sooners? Notre Dame's QB situation in the 2023 class revolves around one mistake... Dante Moore. You can follow all of Tom's work over on Irish Illustrated, as well as Twitter (@TomLoy247). Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are fresh and ready to pod, and moving on to preview Notre Dame's next big cover challenge against the UNLV Rebels. In this episode: HELLO! What is a "fall flavor" and grocery shopping in Hicksville. REVIEWS! Beans in a taco? How about beans on anything? Tommy Rees and Notre Dame's quarterback situation go hand-in-hand, but then so does the wide receiver room and the entire operation of the offense... let's holler about it for a while. Brendan is here to do what he does best (or Joshua will fire him) and he goes on to tell us all about how big of a trash heap UNLV football really is. Beau Morgan forever. This week's picks become HIGHLY debatable. Can the Irish cover 27 points against UNLV? Notre Dame should keep the blue jerseys in the closet and bring out, basically, anything. Jude's triumphant WNBA moment. Defending Marcus Freeman while still open to the possibility of a complete disaster - we'll find out one way or another. And plenty more weaved in and out of the sho

Brendan and Jude set forth on a podcast journey to figure out just what in the Middle Earth happened to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday in an embarrassing 16-14 loss to the Stanford Cardinal. In this episode: HELLO! This is a Syracuse podcast now. Basically - the absolute frustration of the game overall. Why did Notre Dame do the things they did with Audric Estime? Ridiculous penalties and mental errors. The targeting of Michael Mayer. The rise of Tobias Merriweather. Notre Dame's offense doesn't really exist in the first quarter. Notre Dame's stubborn refusal to understand that the tape is out. Tommy Rees and the tower that he lives in. This is the quarterback and receiver room that the Steward has created. Lack of playmakers on defense is a thing and it's a problem. Other college football games that day were wonderful and made Notre Dame's night look even worse. Y2J Two things can be true at the same time. Tennessee... mixed feelings and mixed drinks. The weird power dynamic betwe

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan chop down a forest, burn the wood, and crack open a nice bottle of podcast to preview the Notre Dame Fighting Irish versus the Stanford Cardinal. In this episode: HELLO! BYU fans might be the most annoying bunch of nerds to ever come around these parts. REVIEWS! What's a better broadcast booth than Jac Collinsworth and Jason Garrett other than a block of wood and a skillet? Taco vs Burrito. Parenting teens that date. Will Notre Dame put the blue's in the closet? Brendan breaks out the old, "this team is pure trash and Notre Dame is going to murder them" routine, and the boys are buying everything on the counter. Drew Pyne is the truth, and Joshua asks for forgiveness. The picks are in and there's more agreement about this fantastic college football weekend than one should expect. Will the Irish help the OVER be in the rearview mirror? And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podc

Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and our good friend Greg were so excited about Notre Dame's 28-20 win over the BYU Cougars in the Shamrock Series that a OFD Pod After Dark was needed. So... we gave. In this episode: This game went almost exactly how Brendan predicted. Michael Mayer is a legit Heosman candidate because we said so. Notre Dame's strange defensive lapses are stranger due to how good they play otherwise. HELLO Jayden Thomas. The three-headed monster of Audric Estime, Logan Diggs, and Chris Tyree. Why does Tommy Rees call the plays that he calls? Drew Pyne is damn good. What's possible for the Irish in 2022? And much more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back from the cheeseburger abyss to preview Notre Dame's Shamrock Series game versus the BYU Cougars in las Vegas. In this episode: HELLO! REVIEWS! Still getting over last week's quiet time and powerful takes. The college football season is turned upside down. Benjamin Morrison's rise as the starting cornerback. Joshua scolds the keyboard warriors for PLAY THE FRESHMAN takes. Brendan breaks down BYU from top to bottom. What is BYU's biggest strength vs Notre Dame's biggest weakness? Degenerate game picks for the top matchups across the country. How will Notre Dame beat BYU? What is the trajectory for this Irish team? Why does the narrative of the team create the perception of the team? And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open the pod of glory to talk about Notre Dame's win over the North Carolina Tar Heels. In this episode: HELLO! REVIEWS! Who's mic is what? Notre Dame beat UNC down. Drew Pyne rose to the occasion and proved himself as the Irish starting QB. Notre Dame's trio of running backs can do pretty much anything. Kevin Bauman's injury and the impact on the season. Physically abusing the Heels and the amazing nostalgia that came with it. Did Clarence Lewis lose his job to Benjamin Morrison? The J.D. Bertrand situation. We really lean on the snap count chart for a variety of reasons. Brandon Joseph's participation report. UNC was trash and we knew it. A spin around the country and pushing our need/want for a 2007 type of year (except for ND of course). Game picks! And much more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan head south for the evening in more ways than one to discuss Notre Dame's upcoming game against the North Carolina Tar Heels. In this episode: HELLO! Get the reviews in slackers. A shellfish complaint. Stop comparing Lou Holtz and Marcus Freeman boys. Welcome to UNC week. Brendan leaves a couple of acres of scorched earth about this 3-0 UNC team, and we're better off for it. Drake Maye is probably legit, but that isn't hard to believe because Duke Mayo is legit. Why does the media keep trying to make North Carolina a real thing? What should we expect from the Irish offense this week? Is the Notre Dame defensive line back to being formidable? Game picks for the week and the Clemson grossness. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan shuffle into a pod situation after Notre Dame's 24-17 win over the California Golden Bears. In this episode: HELLO! Reviews. Joshua jumps right in with a lot of criticism about Drew Pyne - and Jude steps right in to defend his boy (this is what we do). Is this the best we can expect from Notre Dame's offense? How will Tommy Rees operate moving forward? The transfer portal mishaps. The improved Irish offensive line. Should Notre Dame stick with the two running back rotation rather than the three running back rotation? A high pressure day for Notre Dame's defense. How the referees inserted themselves into this game - and sprinted off the field for their troubles. How Oski mesmerized 2/3 of this podcast, and we have no excuses for it. The Irish crowd showed up and did well for itself. The final few minutes of stress, and Marcus Freeman's relief. Already talking smack about the North Carolina Tar Heels, because LFG! And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RAT

While we strive for a thorough discussion of Notre Dame Football on the OFD Podcast, every once in a while I forget to inject a crazy thought here and there (I know - how is that even possible?). This is what the Off The Rails Show is built for. In this episode, I want to kick around a thought exercise that I kind of mentioned in this week's OFD Podcast. What if Notre Dame's football schedule this year would have had Marshall and Ohio State flipped around? Would wee think anything differently than we do right now? Would the results from the two games be different? Is there any glimmer of hope for the 2022 season? Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have some catching up to do with Notre Dame Football, and the podcast is always an absolutely delightful way to handle such matters. In this episode: HELLO! We were told that there is nothing you can do when the box is stacked. Looking back at the Marshall game. Was the Marshall game a sneaky trap game, and is that actually a positive moving forward? The offensive line was probably the biggest disappointment, but there was plenty of blame to go around at every position on offense. Really... a couple of good corners can shut Notre Dame down dead cold. Tommy Rees as an offensive coordinator is not the same as Tommy Rees the play designer. Maybe don't use 3 running backs. Harry Hiestand's handful of problems. Drew Pyne gets his shot, and Braden Lenzy is cool with that. The curse of Justin Tuck. Looking ahead to Cal. There may not be much offense as all this weekend. Justin Wilcox is still there, and that says something about the American spirit. How does Notre Dame get to

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan make a solid attempt of creating a podcast parliament for Notre Dame VS Marshall. In this episode: Hello! The act of succession and moving on from the bloody crown. REVIEWS! Brendan does his preview thing, and breaks down the Marshall Thundering Herd. What problems are still real for Notre Dame. The Tommy Rees blame factor. Valid criticism for Harry Hiestand because what are we doing here? A bull fighting problem. Which offensive players will shine in Saturday's game? Which defensive players will shine in Saturday's game? Picking some of the other great games across the college football universe. Can Notre Dame cover the 20.5 spread? A sneaky way to watch Peacock for cheap. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are here to pod out their feelings after Notre Dame's 21-10 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes to start the 2022 college football season. In this episode: HELLO! Proper "GO IRISH" etiquette out in the wild. REVIEWS! Diving right into the action (after dragging BK a wee bit). Was Notre Dame's initial drive unforgivable? Did Notre Dame really play to "not lose by much" or did the game just get away from them because of the matchups? The offensive line played like garbage, and got worked over. There were a ton of people calling for Tommy Rees's job, but what about Harry Hiestand? We are not here to condone any firing after one game you sickos. The expectations on the defensive line were not met, but the secondary exceeded expectations - WHAT WORLD IS THIS? How this game sets up the rest of the season. We absolutely had to throw in some college football playoff expansion talk - it ain't what you think. Positives going into week two. And plenty more weaved in and out of the sho

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan simultaneously look over at the podcast bell operator and yelled DING DING as it's Ohio State game week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: HELLO! McDonald's and pumpkin latte crisis management. Jayson Ademilola said the quiet part out loud and walks the path of a righteous man. The depth chart is out and we have more minor comments than questions. The NFL 53 man rosters are out and Jude has receipts. JULIAN LOVE IS A 6-STAR PLAYER. College football is back and we should all be celebrating just how awesome this upcoming 5 day extravaganza really is. COUNTRY ROADS BAYBEE! Brendan wants us to make him run through a brick wall for the Irish, and we finally get there. The ins and outs of the showdown in the Horseshoe. GAME PICKS! A Rocky Movie Universe debate springs out of nowhere, and you can vote on Twitter or on the website. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next O