Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open a tall glass of pod as we start to get near the end of the regular season for Notre Dame Football as they take down the Florida State Seminoles and get ready for the Virginia Cavaliers. In this episode: HELLO! Happy Holidays! Notre Dame beat the crap out of Florida State and we have some thoughts about that. The new college football playoff rankings are released. Did the committee get anything right? Projections VS reflection. What is Notre Dame's...

The boys bring you the new Earned 5-Star Top 20 Rankings, the game picks for Notre Dame VS Florida State, and many more from across the country. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Brendan open up the pod machine as we prepare for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to take on the Florida State Seminoles at night in South Bend. In this episode: HELLO! Notre Dame hockey is doing it RIGHT — like they are producing an ELITE product. Strolling through an industrial wasteland so “get used to it.” The College Football Playoff committee released the first rankings and we have some thoughts about all of that. We are dumbfounded by the respect the Penn State Nittany...

Finally... we have the Earned 5-Star Top 20 and the game picks for this week. You're welcome, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Jude were tasked to complete the podcast quest this week as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are basking in the glow of a blowout win over the Navy Midshipmen — while at home eating those cheeseburgers again. Also... we totally forgot to mention anything about Halloween — Happy Halloween. In this episode: HELLO! The restaurant that is determined to save America. Walking in an industrial wasteland. Notre Dame boatraced the United States Naval Academy — was it different than games...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back aboard the S.S. Earned 5-Star Podcast to hand you another megasode of fun. After Notre Dame's win over Georgia Tech, we have a big ranked matchup with... Navy. In this episode: Hello! The Immortal Universe Theory. We try to recap/review Notre Dame's win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, but get sidetracked here and there. We like Riley Leonard now as Riley Leonard the Duke quarterback. We marvel at the depth on the defensive side of the ball. The...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan open the pod machine after Notre Dame's blowout win over Stanford to get ready for this week's game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. There are no show notes this week, and you're just going to have to deal with it. Enjoy this fantastic show with great surprise and wonder. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to some "stuff" we were forced to kind of combine the Earned 5-Star Top 20 Ranking episode with our Game Picks episode. Please note the usage of "kind of" here. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Brendan open the door to the pod machine after Notre Dame comes off of a blood bye week for the ages. In this episode: HELLO! Happy anniversary. RIP Columbia Street West. Don't hate me for being big, beautiful, and Italian. This college football blood week was amazing. Breaking down everything that happened and how it affects the Fighting Irish. REVIEWS! The fieldturf has to go. Grass is God's gift. The 70 team super RUDY league with sprinkles of Jack Swarbrick has to be...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are falling back in love with fall and it's time to talk about Notre Dame's win over the Louisville Cardinals, and other things (of course). In this episode: HELLO! What is this song and why doesn't Joshua hear Ghostface Killah on it? Pop punk stuff. The decommitment of Deuce Knight and its impact on the Irish. Bon Jovi is an amzing human. REVIEWS! Joshua supports the troops. It's time to talk about the little r rivalry. Breaking down the win over...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan give their picks for Notre Dame VS Louisville and a handful of other college football games from across the country. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and Greg break down their top 20 ballots to give you the Top 20 Poll that you deserve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in their pod era to make a better conversation about Notre Dame football following a win over Miami, and a huge game looming against the Louisville Cardinals. In this episode: HELLO! Dessert pizza. The Detroit Tigers are amazing and grandpa is trying his best. REVIEWS! More Riley Leonard talk. Joshua tries his hardest to spotlight the Irish defense. There's a way to win here. The offense compared to the defense and appropriate comparisons. The...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan happily crack open a fresh 30-pack of Pod to talk about how Notre Dame's pounding of Purdue has us feeling a whole lot different about this weekend's game against the Miami Redhawks. In this episode: HELLO! Crazy how 3 month polling about ancient civilizations holds up. Pretty sure the Visigoth's are completely misunderstood. REVIEWS! Riley Leonard - what he is and what he isn't and why it matters and doesn't matter. Notre Dame's pounding of Purdue was damn...

Something fun happened after Notre Dame beat the Purdue Boilermakers, and it was more unlikely than the 66-7 win. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrated with the Shillelagh Trophy ON the field. What's up with that? In this Off the Rails episode, Joshua dives in to try and find an answer - but mostly he is just pleased. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be ready on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

It's been a weird week and things didn't go quite as planned - no worries though. Actually, after a disaster like the Notre Dame loss to NIU - maybe we need some type of weirdness and change as the Irish head a couple hours south to take on the Purdue Boilermakers. We got those picks and more from around the country. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and Greg break down their own Top 20 as we go into week 3 of the college football season, and the new E5 Top 20 Poll is released. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan ducked and weaved their way to the pod machine and summoned all of the demons of hell to talk about Notre Dame's loss to NIU, and the aftermath. In this episode: HELLO! The tragedy of unneeded sequels - movies, coaching, or otherwise. The many problems of Marcus Freeman. There's a time machine game we can play with Marcus Freeman, and not only could this have happened - it really could have happened. REVIEWS! Fans are not happy with Marcus Freeman or Riley...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open an ice cold bottle of pod to bring you their picks and predictions. Besides Notre Dame VS NIU, the guys breakdown the following games: Michigan VS Texas Georgia Tech VS Syracuse Iowa VS Iowa State NC State VS Tennessee Nebraska VS Colorado Arkansas VS Oklahoma State Pitt VS Cincinnati Kansas VS Illinois Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. GO IRISH! Learn more about your ad choices....

In an effort to give you more "bite size" content from the E5 Podcast, we are separating the Earned 5-Star Top 20 from the main show. Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and Greg break down their votes to give you OUR Top 20 in a world of faulty polls. Head over to One Foot Down for more. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan fire up the pod machine to talk about how right they were about Notre Dame Football - and how they were wrong about nothing (or something like that). In this episode: HELLO! Something is quite fishy in the Village of Hicksville. Taking out poles and moving decades of history. CALL THE FRIGGIN MAYOR! REVIEWS! Infamy for The Athletic on October 4, 2020. Jude is outraged about music. Iowa is a free ho. Diving right into everything from Notre Dame's 23-13 win...

On this Off The Rails episode on the Earned 5-Star Podcast, Joshua wants to talk a little bit about embracing our favorite Notre Dame Football subject... villainy. There are a lot of predictions rolling in about Notre Dame's game against the Texas A&M Aggies, and most of them are less than flattering. How should you deal with them? How worried should we be about Kyle Field? Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are ready to start the Notre Dame football season, and ready to end being gaslit over the season-opener against the Texas A&M Aggies. In this episode: HELLO! Corn sweat and living in a hell world. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets... more like Waking GianT. Northwestern's fantastic stadium. We welcome Greg Flammang from Irish Sport Daily to the show (follow Greg on Twitter @greg2126). REVIEWS! The Peanut Butter and Jelly conversation. Brendan is here to...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan opened up the Notre Dame Football pod machine and only the most magical of conversations came forth. In this episode: HELLO! Iron Eagle VS Top Gun. Greg hates the troops. Diving right into everyone's questions for the Q&A. Brendan is completely gaslit over conversations about the Texas A&M Aggies. Recasting Knute Rockne All-American. We talk about Duece Knight a bit. What happens when Charles Jagusah comes back? The Tango and Cash of Notre Dame...