One Foot Down: For Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fans

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at it - and we brought best friend of the pod Greg Flammang (UHND & on Twitter @greg2126) along for the ride to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and more besides.. In this episode: Wives and their pod listening abilities. Happy birthday Kyle Hamilton! Sleeping on the couch. REVIEWS! Quarterback depth chart and projections based on nothing. Playing freshman wide receivers at Notre Dame under Brian Kelly. CROOTIN! The commitment of CB Jaden Mickey. We're banking on the commitment of LB Joshua Burnham. Any more transfers in? Trevor Laws was a god. Top 5 Irish Notre Dame players - like really Irish. The 2017 recruiting class. An update on the Brandon Hoyte situation. 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 back on the podcast machine to get super serious about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and spring football - kind of. In this episode... Debating the merits of March. Reviews! I am an adult. Our Top 3 Irish football players of all-time. An exciting NBC booth is defended. A little bit of recruiting talk about Amorion Walker and Steve Angeli. Jeff Quinn praise because he's been coaching the offensive line for quite a while now. What will we be allowed to see this spring - anything? Position battles on the offensive line. Is quarterback settled for the Irish in 2021? What kind of "battle" is it at wide receiver? Marcus Freeman's job. Looking at an experienced defensive line. Questions in the secondary. Clark Lea or Marcus Freeman as the next head coach and why it should be Mike Elston. Looking back at the 2018 recruiting class now that they are seniors. Top 5 kid shows / cartoons when we were kids. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back for all of your Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast listening needs. In this episode: It's a cult. Defensive Heismans should be a thing. Reviews! The sadness of losing Louis Nix. Listing our favorite Notre Dame football wins of the Brian Kelly era. Please keep in mind that these our some of our FAVORITE and not exactly a ranking of Notre Dame's BEST wins - although there are certainly some similarities. We have 15 in total, but of course we give a shout out to a few more because we can't shut up. The 2008 recruiting class and why it was the best Irish class of the Rivals era - even if it would only rank out to be a top 5 class by today's standards. Rank everything is bringing the bread. Somehow this tuns into a Real Housewives podcast and I demand payment from Andy. And plenty more inside 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 in their constitutionally distanced studios and ready to bring you a podcast ful of predictions about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program in the upcoming 2021 season. Why do this in February? Because we can - but also because there is plenty of things to look forward to - but mostly because we can. In this episode: Wandering around the state of North Carolina might be a thing. College football advanced stats... why do they hate fun? REVIEW! Predicting Notre Dame's storylines. It's a bit tricky, but we do our absolute best to crap all over a few teams. Notre Dame has a transfer walk-on LB. Jack Swarbrick and the EA Sports thing (one last time). Reliving a top 5 recruiting class - the wonder that was the 2006 cycle. Our top 5 cities in the states that we live. Pokeman GO! And a whole lot 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 cho

Joshua and Jude are joined by UHND's Greg Flamaang (@Greg2126) to run back through the previous pod's "would you rather?" questions about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (and more). Joshua and Greg have some different opinions than what Jude and Brendan laid out - so of course the f-bombs are locked and loaded. In this episode: REVIEWS ARE BACK! The best 5 wins of the Ty Willingham era. The great lengths we go to watch Notre Dame football. Kyle Hamilton's injury. Best running back VS best wide receiver. David Gordon lives in the heads of Notre Dame fans rent free. Greg Olson VS Aaron Lynch. What helps the program more, a Heisman or a playoff win? Onion Breath VS Cheeto fingers. Some scheduling scenarios. Frozen pizza for life. 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

Brendan and Jude are on a two man mission to deliver a Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast this week. Would you rather they NOT, and wait for Joshua, or are you craving good vibes for your ears? Don't answer that, because it probably doesn't matter. What matters is that you now have over 2 hours of fun as you continue to shovel out your driveway - which I suppose answers the question. In this episode: Brendan plots a trick. The Mike Elston and Brian Polian job title swap. Parker Boudreaux's career path. The ACC has some program pauses in basketball which affects the Irish. Jim Boeheim eats his boogers. Quick Ty Simpson reference with homage paid to the Clemson Tigers. Would you rather?... A well-played game between Brendan and Jude that will stimulate your mind and numb your loins. 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 (with Joshua in attendance). Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg

Joshua welcomes back the original Podfather, Irish Tightness (or just a guy named Wes) to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. In this episode - well... there's a lot going on here, and in our historically typical fashion, we jump around quite a bit. Here are some keywords: Brian Kelly. Ian Book. Ceiling construction. #RTDB Air Kelly. Many Charlie Weis references. Recruiting wide receivers. Some guy named Kyren Williams. Next man in on the coaching staff. Marcus Freeman. Jeff Quinn. Best good team VS worst great team. Bronzing BK's boots. That Clemson game. 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 warm and cozy inside their snow-surrounded homes and are ready to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team - and other stuff too. In this episode: Beachbody buds forever. Notre Dame's transfer situation. Making a hill to die on at The Observer. Crapping on Matt Campbell conversations because we can. The TBD schedule lies. The fresh opportunity on the Irish offensive line. Will 2021 be back to normal for Notre Dame games? Filling the holes in the secondary for the grace of Kyle Hamilton. So... EA Sports is bringing back NCAA Football (now known as College Football). How much CAN is Jack Coan? Some people got big mad about Notre Dame's NSD presser - and specifically with Brian Kelly. The 2005 recruiting class. The Top 5 movies with snow. 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

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish just finished a very successful 2021 recruiting cycle, and Joshua brought our friend Tom Loy onto the show from 247's Irish Illustrated to provide a little insight. In this episode: Some recruiting rankings were hurt by no camps and/or season because of COVID. Ryan Barnes is verified. Devin Aupiu will be missed on the west coast. A running back theory that Tom doesn't think is crazy (but maybe won't co-sign). Missing out on Donovan Edwards is sad. The offensive line class is one of the best in the country - of course. The vast potential of Joe Alt. Will there be a position switch for Mitchell Evans in the future? Trusting Mike Elston and his process on the defensive line. Why isn't Prince Kollie - Butkus Award winner Prince Kollie - a 5-Star Tom? WHY TOM?! The wide receiver trio and how they add to what Notre Dame needs on the perimeter. Talking about a 4th WR that wasn't. Guys that Tom thought were some of the biggest misses (not including Will Shipley). Did the Ir

Joshua and Brendan did not eat creamy Italian for supper and therefore are able to podcast about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this casual conversation episode: 5-Star madness is 5-Star sadness. It's National Signing Day y'all. Boosters VS Donors... and then there's a sugar daddy. Nick Saban and his greatness. Jack Coan is going to start at QB for Notre Dame in 2021. Brian Kelly is my child and that's how I'm going to defend him. The definitive "Brian Kelly needs a statue" discussion. The bar is remarkably high, and your father is never going to like you. How long is Kelly going to coach at Notre Dame? BK in purgatory isn't the worst kind of purgatory. Reviewing the 2012 recruiting class - it was weird. Logan Diggs and his decision. Will the 2021 season be any different for fans? Phishing for Home Run Inn pizza ovens. A slight nod to the NFL Draft. 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.

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan trudged slowly towards the post office on a quiet winter night. The air was cold and piercing, and the moisture around their faces from masks added a wind chill to their lips that made speaking a painful exercise. The mail, however, needed to be collected and sorted out so the dreams and wishes of thousands of lunatic Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fans could come true - on a quiet winter night. And then it got loud... Welcome to the Q&A show to help really kickoff the offseason podcasting here at OFD. In this episode: Fantastic stock tips. REVIEWS! Time traveling to another season for joy and for just cause punishment. Here's Busta Ryhmes with the scenario. Marcus Freeman as a god. Adding some spice to the Notre Dame schedule. Tommy Rees isn't a cuck. Gas station weddings. Deciding a national champion only gets worse. Houston Griffith and things involving him. Most exciting freshman for Josh. Breakout VS Sleeper. Enough pizza talk to fill your belly for a week. Loo

After many months, we kickstart the OFD Bookcast to finally finish "Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches" by Stephen Singular and Moose Krause. Seeing as how there has been a giant stretch of time between the last Bookcast episode and this one, a couple of things to keep in mind: Maybe go back and listen to the 6 previous installments if this is new to you. My dog (Bo Bowower) made things a little difficult at times. It's been almost as lo since I did a solo recording, and there are a few pauses to get my ducks in a row. So now that we have that out of the way, here's some of the things discussed from Chapters 15 and 16: Moose was comically giddy to see practice after a loss. Joe Moore was talked about quite a bit - but not nearly enough. A brief clapback at Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth" and Singular's usage of it in this book. The end of Ara. The physical toll of coaching the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. How Ara just forced Johnny Ray to coach in South Bend. A Frank Leahy impression just for Brenda

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the pod studio and ready to rehash the 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season. In this episode: Sycophants welcome. The BIG candle. Looking back at our preseason prop bets and marveling at how awesome and terrible we can be at the same time. Praise for DeVonta Smith and his Heisman campaign with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Wide receiver swoon. A curious eye on Del Alexander. NFL Draft talk - or a little bit. PODCAST REVIEWS! Giving 4 minutes for each of Notre Dame's 12 games in 2020. The Texas A&M Aggies can go kick rocks. RECRUITING HISTORY: Looking back at the 1999 class. Some real love for Tyson Ford. A little bit of Irish basketball confusion. ALL HAIL THE NOTRE DAME HOCKEY TEAM! 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 and Brendan are in the booth to tag team the recap of a really busy week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: The perils of selling a home. The insurance company screwed me REVIEWS! Notre Dame went out and got the best defensive coordinator on the market in Marcus Freeman. Seriously. The coming staff shake-up for Notre Dame. Defensive roles and what they may look like in 2021 - maybe. Notre Dame landed Jack Coan as a transfer quarterback to help bridge the gap. Will Notre Dame add more to the roster before spring, and what positions might those be? Just some random roster talk. We are already predicting a 12-0 regular season, so WATCH OUT WORLD! What do Notre Dame fans deserve? A brief bit about the championship game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Ohio State Buckeyes. Appreciating college football and Notre Dame's place in it right now. And much, much more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the nex

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan quickly compose themselves to talk about the 31-14 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff Rose Bowl. In this episode: Joshua messes up the score and we talk about it. We are live-watching the Ohio State - Clemson game and talk smack that we now regret just minutes later. Notre Dame's conservative offense. Brian Kelly's spicy post-game presser causes an eruption on the podcast that covers; recruiting, narratives, and math - and math always sucks. Notre Dame's wide receiver issues over the years (2017 is key in this conversation). Taking risks. Talking about transfer quarterbacks because this is where we are. We don't feel like buckets of death after this game. Some New Year's thank-you's. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show (like a whole lot more but I forgot to take notes). 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/adcho

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have returned from their Christmas slumber to dive into the great challenge for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish... the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl Game in Texas. In this episode: Wilford Brimley. A review kickstarts a real uniform debate because hell yes. A quick recap of "ranking the croots" to get Ronny P more street cred. Diving right into the Alabama offense. It's scary, but we managed to do it. The conference bubble problem for comparison's sake. Tommy Rees as a play caller. Brady Quinn VS Ian Book. Picking all the games with spite and emotion. Agreeing with Dabo's position that the Ohio State Buckeyes should be ranked #11. A shout out to the Clemson Tigers. The blame game went the wrong way in College Station. Dumb press conference questions. Alex Jones briefly makes an appearance. This has been a successful season - deal with it. Drunk ranting for fun. Ans plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podca

Merry Christmas! Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are taking a little bit of a breather this week, but we decided to RE-GIFT a fantastic episode for all of you to enjoy. Christmas Eve marks the 11th anniversary of Notre Dame's 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was it a tremendously fun game to watch, it also finally ended Notre Dame's bowl losing streak that stretched back to their last win in January of 1994. We sat down to watch a one hour cut-up of the game and this is the podcast... us commenting all the way through. In fact, there are two versions of this podcast. This one has the game sound with it to follow along, and the other version has no game sound - which can be found by searching the OFD Podcast. The one with no game sound is available so that you can watch a video of the same version of the game while listening to us riff all over it. That YouTube link IS RIGHT HERE. We hope you enjoy whatever version you choose (why no both?) and from everyone over at One Foot Down, have

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crawled out of their holes to sit down to discuss the 34-10 loss the Notre Dame Fighting Irish suffered at the hands of the Clemson Tigers in the AC Championship game. In this episode: There were some instant positives that disappeared very quickly. What was Notre Dame trying to do on offense? The impact of Trevor Lawrence on the field. How big of a loss was Jarrett Patterson for this game? Discussing what Clemson was doing on defense to dominate the Irish attack. Joshua talks some shit about James Skalski just because. Ian Book's crazy day and normal stats. Michael Mayer's hatred of first downs. What this game means to the 2020 season. What should Notre Dame do moving forward? The CFP Playoff scenario machine. Notre Dame fans being ridiculous. Other college football fans being ridiculous. Texas A&M fans having no ground to stand on. The ACC sucks - unless you're King Clemson. And a bunch more of stuff weaved in and out of the podcast. Tonight was more of a venting se

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in business to give you the purest Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast this side of purgatory. In this massive megasode: The reviews are in and people are ready to binge drink with us. We take some questions and try to give a few solid answers. Clark Lea is the new head coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores, and we can respect that. Still... we play a few thought exercises about a scenario here and there and if Lea will actually ever return to Notre Dame. Joshua describes a hasty (but not regrettable) purchase. Big day for Notre Dame football recruiting. The running back situation. Welcome to the home team Ronnie P! A press conference rant, because the process is played out. A bunch of other general thoughts about this recruiting class. Hello Clemson Tigers. Narratives and flipping narratives. I thought Dabo Swinney was a good coach? Paths to victory. Picking the championship games. Irish vs Clemson - who ya got? Picking game MVP's. This season has been great.

The early period for college football recruiting's National Signing Day starts in just one week. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a fantastic class right now, but they are still battling and fighting for even more prospects to sign. So, we just had to get Irish Illustrated's Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) back on the show to answer more recruiting questions. In this episode: The early period VS old school one day showdown. Donovan Edwards and the competition between the Irish, Michigan, and Georgia. How good is this (soon to be signed) offensive haul for Notre Dame? The 2 year cycle. The "academics" question and speaking a foreign language. The shift in defensive line recruiting late in the cycle. How does Notre Dame flip a kid? The weird situation with the NCAA and official visits. Was this a big year for decommitments? Should Notre Dame go after a quarterback transfer for the 2020 cycle? Please RATE and Review! All review left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more