Notre Dame opted to stay home for bowl season after missing out on the College Football Playoff, and has remained in plenty of headlines across the sport despite not playing.
There's no doubt that Notre Dame's 2025 CFP snub is going to sting for a long time for the Notre Dame extended family. In life, time heals all wounds. In football, wins heal all wounds.
Over the years, Notre Dame football has had quite a few transfer portal success stories. Like every program, however, there are also going to be some misses along the way, and head coach Marcus Freeman’s squad has also had their fair share.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish is one of the best programs in college football history. According to College Football Reference, the Fighting Irish have a 916-327-33 all-time record and 13 national championships.
There was a time not all that long ago that the future of Notre Dame at quarterback could be stated in two words. Deuce Knight. Knight was of course a five-star recruit from Mississippi, and announced his commitment to the Fighting Irish the week of the Ohio State game back in 2023.
Notre Dame football was dealt a difficult blow this week when it was announced that defensive end Joshua Burnham was entering the transfer portal. Head
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The name Deuce Knight is going to live in infamy with Notre Dame football fandom for a long, long time. Once committed to the Fighting Irish for over a year, the 6-4, 217-pound signal caller eventually opted to decommit last October.
Notre Dame nation has had a long, rough last few weeks. From the disappointment of the CFP snub, to the national moral outrage after declining the ever-so-prestigious Pop Tart Bowl, losing the USC rivalry, to nonstop clickbait about Marcus Freeman and the NFL, it's been a lot.
Once the 2025 college football season ended abruptly for Notre Dame, fans from all over the country waited patiently for an update on the future of head coach Marcus Freeman.
Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman indicated he will return to Notre Dame for the 2026 season, per his social media. Per SI.com’s Pat Forde, Freeman informed two interested NFL franchises that he’s returning to Notre Dame.
The exclusion of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from the 2025-26 College Football Playoff has intensified discussions about the long-term plans of head coach Marcus Freeman.
The first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff is in the books, and the viewership numbers have been released for each game. The College Football Playoff averaged 9.9 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, TNT, TBS, and truTV, according to ESPN and Nielsen.
If the Notre Dame Fighting Irish is still really a Catholic football team, it would seem that neither the university nor its priests have warned the program or fanbase about the deadly sin of pride.
USC and Notre Dame will pause an illustrious college football rivalry for the immediate future. The two programs confirmed Monday that USC and Notre Dame will not play each other in 2026.
In a move that feels a bit like trading a vintage muscle car for a sensible sedan, Notre Dame has officially announced a home-and-home series with BYU for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
The announcement of the 2025 College Football Playoff bracket on December 7 triggered immediate backlash across the sport. Notre Dame, finishing the regular season with a strong record and positioned in the top tier of national rankings, found itself excluded from the 12-team field.