Joshua jumps in an escape pod from the Earned 5-Star mothership to have a quiet chat about Notre Dame Football and the transfer portal. In this episode:

• The new normal.
• The wide receiver situation.
• The futility of breaking news and people doing their worst Pete Thamel impersonation.
• Explanations that most people won't like.
• A different way to look at the portal.
• Terrible comments are terrible comments.

And plenty of other quick (and not so quick) thoughts mixed in throughout the show. It was only supposed to be 20 minutes...

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Brendan and Jude hotwire the pod machine to talk about the end of the Notre Dame Football season. There are no show notes today, but even without Joshua you still get over 2 hours of fantastic podding. You're just going to have to listen carefully this time around.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan stiff-armed another cozy fall evening with their families to talk about Notre Dame's recent win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and to preview the final regular season game for the Irish - the Stanford Cardinal. In this episode:

• HELLO!
• Joshua is late to a funeral.
• Let's talk about the Michigan Wolverines for a while because we should never ease up on hammering them for being a bunch of cheaters.
• True villain things and a certain level of respect.
• Federal prison or what?
• Notre Dame blew out Wake Forest and we're here to talk about like five plays of the game.
• The misuse of Audric Estime has become a national problem.
• Audric Estime and a decision that he has to make very soon.
• Joshua and Brendan get into a fight after Jude lights a match.
• Does Stanford stink? Of course they do, and Brendan is here to talk about it.
• Going out to the farm is dumb.
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20 has a lot of teams tied.
• The weekly game picks gets ambushed by a special guest whose name sounds like Tregg Tehran.
• The future of Blake Fisher and "Tregg" pretends to be a gypsy.
• Other things.

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to preview Senior Day for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as they take on ACC foe, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In this episode:

• Hello.
• We appreciate hearing back from you.
• Candy war victory.
• Let's talk about hipsters.
• Attractive actresses.
• The pac12 Network and the joy of Periscope.
• Stop shaving your facial hair unless you really want to break your covenant with god.
• Uniform talk... SOCK TALK.
• The dream is alive for Joshua's Iowa Hawkeyes.
• Previewing the Demon Deacons and Brendan does the thing.
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20.
• Mobster movies.
• The terribleness of the Penn State Nittany Lions.
• The Michigan Wolverines are a bunch of cheaters and the people in charge are nothing but fanboys.
• The weekly game picks.
• Excited for new people to Notre Dame Stadium.
• Defending Hamm's and beer built to drink for 18 hours.
• Did the Irish ever play the Coast Guard?

Plus much more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are here to recap the bye week we just had for Notre Dame Football. This was supposed to be a massive Q&A episode, but Joshua absolutely dropped the ball - so sorry about that. In this episode:

• HELLO!
• Just a tip if you live in the Fort Wayne area - or ever have a date night with the wife in any normal American city.
• Thanksgiving pregaming.
• The Oxford comma.
• The Michigan Wolverines snuggle right up to their villain role and Jude is here for it.
• The dream is still alive for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
• James Franklin is trash and the Penn State Nittany Lions continue to be a fraud.
• Joshua's sons hate him.
• REVIEWS!
• Should Gerad Parker be on his way out?
• Is Chansi Stuckey the inverse of Autry Denson?
• The Steve Angeli VS Sam Hartman debate makes another appearance.
• Father Jenkins is the president of Notre Dame... and some people may need to know that.
• Thinking about Notre Dame's future bowl opponents.
• Peace out Jimbo.
• Notre Dame's 2024 schedule is trash and we need to talk about it.
• Brendan's full defense of the Florida State Seminoles.
• Adult content.
• Pete Bevacqua's vision at Notre Dame.
• Cold weather games at Notre Dame and a sellout question.
• Who's excited for the last two Notre Dame football games of the regular season?
• Rivalry trophies.
• A little Notre Dame men's and women's hoops talk.
• The Irish sweep Ohio State in hockey.
• Candy Chat.

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua and Brendan team up to pod about Notre Dame's loss to the Clemson Tigers and the overall aftermath of that harsh reality. Jude lucks out by being off for the week. In this episode:

• HELLO!
• Ohio gets on the level of Michigan and New York.
• REVIEWS!
• Fighting the weight of expectations.
• How bad is it really?
• Kentucky geography.
• The disappointment of the Sam Hartman experience.
• Things that happened in the loss to Clemson.
• Things that didn't happen in the loss to Clemson.
• Offensive woes.
• Less field goals and more field balls.
• Weekly game picks and Joshua's slide.
• There are some pretty funky lines this week.
• Greg Flammang jumps on the pod to give his Top 20, but before he does, the guys blast him with a multitude of questions and hot takes.
• Should Steve Angeli be starting over Sam Hartman for the rest of the season?
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20 doesn't have Jude's ballot or the Michigan Wolverines anywhere.

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are well rested after Notre Dame's cheeseburger bye week (part 1) and the 58-7 stomping of Pat Narduzzi and the Pittsburgh Panthers. Next up for the Irish is Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers, and we're here to talk about it (among other things). In this episode:

• HELLO!
• Should Joshua join a cult?
• REVIEWS!
• We go in about the Michigan Wolverines and their CheatyMcCheatypants asses.
• Explaining why we didn't really review the win over Pitt.
• Marcus Freeman leaving starters in the game a wee bit too long?
• The race for the Doak Walker Award.
• More Michigan madness.
• Spooky season's Haunted Honeymoon is over.
• The Clemson Tigers... we better get a preview together for these guys.
• Brendan does the thing.
• The business that was given.
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20.
• Fighting for the Washington Huskies.
• Jude's rankings remain a marvel.
• The college football playoff rankings were released and we have a few thoughts.
• A hypothetical question involving Notre Dame and the rankings.
• BREAKING NEWS! The Big 10 coaches are big mad about the Michigan situation and are making moves.
• The weekly game picks.
• A fun line for Notre Dame.

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are done eating cheeseburgers and break out the pod machine as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome Pat Narduzzi and the Pittsburgh Panthers to South Bend for a little ACC roll in the hay. In this episode:

• HELLO!
• It's spooky season.
• The Michigan Wolverines are out here cheating (allegedly) and whether or not it's a big deal.
• REVIEWS!
• Would the college football playoff committee leave out an 11-1 SEC team if there are four undefeated teams from Power Five conferences?
• We're out here causing car crashes.
• Going over our preseason prop bet list... and it's a lot like you think it would be (some right and a some very much not right).
• Brendan breaks down Pitt and tells us if the Panthers actually stink.
• Minimal Phil Jurkovec talk is kind of hilarious if you think about it.
• Sam Hartman VS Pitt (don't look it up).
• Weekly game picks.
• Is the spread too big for Notre Dame VS Pitt?
• The podcast's biggest Oregon State fan.
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20 is dominated by Jude's ballot and a matter of principle.
• Greg takes us out.

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally (mostly) recovered after Notre Dame's 48-20 win over Southern Cal. The pod machine is up and running and they're here to party. In this episode (and in no particular order):

• HELLO!
• Napoleon and dealing with flippant Russia.
• The hours leading up to the game and the gift of Buffalo Trace.
• Joshua drives half-naked.
• REVIEWS!
• The postgame craziness, and the immortalization of Sam Hartman.
• Finding the visitor's tunnel.
• Meet me at the 50.
• The game was over when....
• Xavier Watts had an all-time banger.
• Al Golden is really good at his job.
• The destruction of Caleb Williams.
• The one play that had Joshua spitting napalm.
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20
• Weekly game picks for the bye week.
• Greg takes us out with his rankings.

And much much more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan bust out of the insane asylum and run directly to the first pod machine they can find to talk about Notre Dame's horrific performance against the Louisville Cardinals and to preview the Battle of the Jeweled Shillelagh against the USC Trojans... which is to say that the trio took a moment but they're here now. In this episode:

• HELLO!
• Fun facts to start your day.
• An amazing major league baseball conversation.
• Was the Louisville game more like Miami in 2017 or Michigan in 2019? Either way... it ain't good.
• Louisville was UP for this game.
• Notre Dame and the Worf Effect.
• Picking apart many moments from the game, but the 4th and 11 from their own 35 felt like an assault.
• A list of coaching criticisms. Marcus Freeman, Chansi Stuckey, Joe Rudolph, and Gerad Parker are all targets.
• The Earned 5-Star Top 20.
• Brendan previews USC and it's all very comforting.
• Jeweled Shillelagh rants.
• The weather is coming.
• Game picks.
• Greg Flammang drops in to give his rankings and analysis (and to roast Jude mercilessly).

Plus much more weaved in and out of the show.

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Joshua, Jude, and Brendan gleefully open up the pod machine to talk about Notre Dame's next road night game - this time against the Louisville Cardinals. In this episode:

• HELLO!
• REVIEWS!
• Our music taste should not be questioned because we are all over the place.
• Gameday stuff on campus and Joshua is going to raise hell and praise Dale next week.
• ACC refs are worthy of our rants.
• Brendan is convinced that Louisville and Jack Plummer are of a certain quality, and that quality is picked up every week by a couple of guys named Stew.
• The Podcast Top 20 and blatant Michigan bias.
• Game Picks for Notre Dame VS Louisville and a handful of other games around the country.
• The weirdest line we've seen this season (maybe - probably).

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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