A Notre Dame Football Blog
I don't know about the rest of you Loyal Readers and Listeners, but I'm happy to see 2016 go and Shane certainly shares those sentiments as well. Between the crappy Notre Dame football we witnessed, far too many pop culture icons kicking the bucket (especially within the last week, good God), and professional lives being summed up as "could have gone better", we will not miss this year at all. Hopefully your 2016 was far better and hopefully you are ready to end it with the last podcast we ...
And no, Shane and I aren't just talking about Notre Dame. The first week of bowl games have been...well, not great for the most part. We found ourselves tuning out more than tuning in to most of the games this week. However, there were a couple of gems which we made sure to highlight on this week's show. The original plan this episode was to have a large discussion topic around the skipping of bowl games by NFL-bound players, namely Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffery. As we are want to ...
We have arrived at that time of year in which the first major wave of head coaching changes have fallen into place. There is a lot to cover and Shane and I spend the majority of this episode recapping the major moves around college football. Before we get to the usual linkage, don't forget that there are still a couple of charitable things happening around the Notre Dame family this holiday season. You have the Rakes-led effort for the South Bend Center for the Homeless as well as ...
Yes, a Notre Dame-free episode might sound a little crazy to publish in this space, but let's be honest with each other. We need a break from talking about terrible ND Football things and you need a break from hearing it. Shane and I took this task so seriously that we did our damnedest to not even utter the words "Notre Dame" all episode. ...
There's really no better way to describe the feeling that Shane and I have on this week's Roundup than the title of "we don't know." From insane rankings to trying to preview a Notre Dame game that will feature two Jekyll and Hyde teams, we certainly try our best, but end up circling around to the same conclusion. So why listen to this show if we've already spoiled the conclusion? Because it's all about the journey...and jokes. The Roundup We talked about these on the recap, but had no ...
Oct. 5, 2013; The Notre Dame Marching Band performs at halftime of the Shamrock Series game against Arizona State at ATT Staidum. Photo by Matt Cashore
I don't know about y'all, but I had one hell of a week. I must say that I really need a bit more levity in my life and recording this episode with Shane and Eddie was just what the doctor ordered. We talk about those other Tuesday night results--you know, the college football playoff rankings--and take a hard turn into as many of the fun and hilarious stories that we could find in the world of college football. But what to do about a bad Notre Dame football team playing a not very exciting ...
Facebook reminded me that, two years ago on this very day, I announced that the Friday Roundup would debut as an audio medium on the DFW airwaves. Quite a lot has changed since then. The show went from the radio to a podcast. From solo babbling to having guest pickers and then a permanent co-host. From staying clean to cursing like sailors. It seems fitting, to me at least, that this episode ended up being a complete episode of randomness. This college football/Notre Dame podcast ended up ...
This week, I feel that I have channeled my inner Clark Griswold. If something could go wrong, it has. This podcast is no exception. Not only have Shane and I seen or normal recording schedule go haywire, but I was in rare form in terms of podcasting screwups. Thankfully, this medium allows for edits to make the product sound much less clusterfucky; however, I felt like every loyal listener to the show deserved some insight into just how off the rails I went during recording in the form of a ...
With the bye week upon us, Shane and I decided to mix things up a little bit. Jack Jorgensen, college football editor of FanSided.com, dropped by to chat. We take a look at the current landscape of college football to this point and get an outsider's opinion on Brian Kelly during this disastrous season. And yes, Eddie and I are still picking games, but we took it easy on ourselves with just a slate of five. Hopefully, we don't destroy our records too much. No links, just the pod this time. ...
No, Shane and I did not drunkcast this episode. Eddie did. After a nice, even-keeled look through the latest in college football headlines, Eddie came in with loads of fire. Fueled by alcohol and rage, this week's picks can only be described as a thing that was recorded on Thursday night. But that's just the tail end of an hour-plus podcast which, of course, includes a look at Notre Dame taking on a Stanford team that isn't as good as you might remember them being. Hey, that kind of sounds ...