Joshua and Jude don’t have any sick children at the moment, so they were able to open up the pod machine to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the rest of the college football world. In this episode: HELLO! Podcast lore. Colonoscopy: A tale of vengeance. What the college football playoff committee did and what they are really saying. What should we think about the exclusion of the Florida State Seminoles from the playoffs? REVIEWS! To sit or not to sit in a bowl game. The...

Joshua and Jude don't have any sick children at the moment, so they were able to open up the pod machine to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the rest of the college football world. In this episode: HELLO! Podcast lore. Colonoscopy: A tale of vengeance. What the college football playoff committee did and what they are really saying. What should we think about the exclusion of the Florida State Seminoles from the playoffs? REVIEWS! To sit or not to sit in a bowl game. The...

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....

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. 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Joshua and Jude had to walk to the podcast machine without Brendan this week to discuss Notre Dame's 21-14 win over the Duke Blue Devils down inside Wallace Wade Stadium. In this episode: HELLO! Jude and the Roman Empire. We're fired up and start talking about the game right away. REVIEWS! Green jersey jinx or nah? Billy Joel hatred. Going through the Duke game. Howard Cross the game wrecker. Philip Riley... is he really that good? Joshua is fully convinced that the fix is in and...

Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and some of Greg wipe away the tears of sadness to ride this hot pod to a secret meeting room to discuss Notre Dame's loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes AND preview the upcoming game against the Duke Blue Devils. In this episode: HELLO! Our listeners are awesome and should spread the Earned 5-Star gospel. Joshua's ominous moment with Oak became the reality. SO... let's get into everything about the Ohio State game. The final minutes. Playing scared versus playing...

Joshua and Brendan dropped Jude off at the ER and took a journey to the pod wormhole to get everyone ready for Notre Dame VS Ohio State inside Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night. In this episode: HELLO! Thinking about the Roman Empire every single day. Vikings was an overrated show. More love should be given to the Mongols. REVIEWS! Defending here come the Irish to the death. This is a massive weekend for college football and Notre dame gets top billing. Brendan breaks down the...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan unlock the pod machine to discuss Notre Dame's 41-24 win over the Central Michigan Chippewas. In this episode: HELLO? Joshua was running late so notes to the beginning of the pod will remain a secret. Like... you're just going to have to listen to the podcast for yourself to find out how much mud Brendan and Jude drug his Ohioan ass through the mud. Notre Dame did not play perfectly on Saturday, but were still able to dispatch the Chips with ease. Audric Estime...

Happy college football Saturday y'all! I just wanted to use the pod machine to give you guys a boost while you do your Saturday morning chores (or whatever) and it brought me down a fun little path. Short and sweet... which former MAC football player do you wish you could swap out at Notre Dame during that same period? My own personal choice had me pounding away at some research (also known as Googling) and the results had me chuckling. My choice is GOOOOOOD. So have some fun with...

Joshua and Jude were not on vacation this week to enjoy quality time with a loving family - those two are ballers, grinders, and two guys that are definitely not enjoying family time on a lovely vacation. It's Central Michigan week for Notre Dame Football -which means MACtion is back in the house. In this episode: HELLO! Emptiness and the abyss of week 3. Brendan's Central Michigan preview? Going through the rest of the upcoming college football action for this weekend. And much more...

Joshua and Jude shake off the rain, wipe down the pod machine, and yell wildly into the lightning storm after Notre Dame's 45-24 victory over the NC State Wolfpack. In this episode: HELLO! The wedding night of Tim Tebow. A bad 9/11 joke spawns some vivid memories from 22 years ago. Throwing out the first pitch. REVIEWS! There's fear in your eyes as Joshua takes your glass of champagne. Pearl Jam and Deer Creek forever. Notre Dame's travel day in Raleigh. Managing a game delay. How...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan rip open another party-size bag of Notre Dame podcast to put the Tennessee State game behind us and to preview the upcoming road matchup in Raleigh, North Carolina, against the NC State Wolfpack. In this episode: HELLO! Two stories - one a tragedy and one a victory. Such is life. Instantly dialed into what happened in college football last week, and we start laying the ground for the rest of the show. REVIEWS! Wasting a legend. Michigan can burn in hell...

Joshua wipes the dust off of the old Off The Rails studio, because he has a point to make (and he's been drinking). College football is fixing itself to be an entirely different sport than what we knew it to be just a decade ago - let alone the sport we first fell in love with as kids and young adults. So much of what has been done, and what is being done currently, is the opposite of what's good for the sport, and therefore evil. But where does this evil come from? What is the origin? Who is...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back after a week zero one-nighter, and have the keys to the pod machine. In this episode: HELLO! The struggle is real for podcasters. REVIEWS! Group of 5 picks. The Irish are 1-0 after taking down Navy 42-3 in Ireland. The Tobias Merriweather thing isn't a real thing yet... yet. Sam Hartman's very normal day. Should Notre Dame have made this an even bigger blowout? The art of stat padding. Special announcements. The home opener against Tennessee...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan open up the pod machine for the first game preview of Notre Dame's 2023 college football season. In this episode: HELLO! Hell's front porch. Shilling for Homefield Apparel because they are AWESOME! REVIEWS! Can Joshua speak Irish? The Irish head to Ireland to play the Navy Midshipmen. Someone is still mad at the schedule. Brendan breaks down this Navy team and what we should expect in Dublin. An argument of importance. Jack Swarbrick's appearance on the Dan...

Joshua and Brendan have to carry a huge load without Jude on the active roster for the night, but the Notre Dame college football season is almost here, and we pod it out. In this episode: HELLO! Joshua is working out his feelings on the Hicksville uniform betrayal and why the 2001 XFL look might actually be vintage now. We crawl down a hole of "are we really that old?" and it takes a minute. REVIEWS! Yes, daddy. How to ruin a college football team with venture capital. Recruiting...