Matt Boomer

Ladies and gentlemen, an important football milestone has been reached this week: with NFL Preseason action beginning on August 1, there is only one more football-less Thursday in 2024 (August 29). That means it’s time to focus our trio of random Notre Dame Fighting Irish football anecdotes on the next level. People forget...

Doing what I can to make these go together

With fall camp ongoing and two-deeps being finalized at every position on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish roster, I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at some Notre Dame players who stepped at various times outside their original spots on the field. People forget...

Northern Illinois wasn’t on the field in West Lafayette, but the Notre Dame Fighting Irish nonetheless clearly saw Saturday as an opportunity for revenge. Their wrath was poured out on the hapless Purdue Boilermakers to the tune of 66-7, a ruthlessly efficient blowout and the most lopsided score in the rivalry’s long history. See below for an exclusive look inside the Irish locker room after the game:

A win is a win, but a win can be concerning

Cheeseburger reflections

Saturday’s game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Stanford Cardinal went how every installment of the series not played during the Obama presidency should go, with the Irish scoring a dominant 49-7 victory. Although the Irish actually fell a spot in the AP Top 25 over the weekend, they nonetheless looked like a much more complete team in this game than we had seen for most of the season. They now take some great vibes into a pair of possibly-tough road games on the east coast. Most everyone looked good in this game, but who stood out?

Your Notre Dame Fighting Irish love overcoming slow starts, and yesterday’s game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets was no exception. After a three-and-out, a Riley Leonard interception, and a Tech touchdown, the Irish got into gear and unleashed three quarters of dominant football in Atlanta. While the Irish offense was smooth and efficient for much of this this game it was the defense that set the tone and established Notre Dame’s dominance, and we’re going to highlight three ways they did that here.

No circumstances could make me happier as I return to this space after a long paternity hiatus than these - the Notre Dame Fighting Irish just got a bigger win than any in my lifetime, and I get to talk about how it happened.

Although I called it before the game and believed in it all week since the Sugar Bowl, I sit here now still in disbelief that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish emerged victorious over the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl. I genuinely don’t think I’ve ever seen Notre Dame win this game on this stage, and I don’t just mean a CFP semifinal. I mean a game with those stakes where the Irish got punched in the gut multiple times and had to respond - and did. There was no challenge too big, no blow too powerful for the Irish to shake off. Let’s get into three ways they made this happen.