FIP All-Time Irish Hero: Lou Holtz
(Photo: John Korduner/Icon Sportswire) SPECIAL EDITION As Notre Dame begins 2026 chasing its first national championship in 38 years, we remember the man who last took the Irish to the…
Who Stands in Notre Dame’s Way?
The Five Biggest Threats to the Irish's National Championship Dream - I've never seen preseason expectations for a Notre Dame football team quite like these...
Five Things That Caught My Eye at Notre Dame’s First Fall Practice
Marcus Freeman greets his players at the opening practice of fall camp, August 6, 2026. (Photo: Joe Weiser) Notre Dame opened fall camp Thursday, giving the media its first extended…
Beyond the Scoreboard: Ara Parseghian, Father Hesburgh, and the Soul of Notre Dame
(Photo: Joe Weiser) Long before diversity and inclusion became part of the national conversation, Notre Dame—and the remarkable partnership between Father Theodore Hesburgh and Ara Parseghian—was quietly helping shape one…
Leave No Doubt: Five Bold Predictions for Notre Dame’s 2026 Season
(Photo Credit: Chad Ryan) From the No. 1 playoff seed to a trip to Las Vegas, here are five bold predictions for what could be a special 2026 season. Every…
Leave No Doubt: How Marcus Freeman Changed the Notre Dame Conversation
(Photo: AJ Houk) Most every summer I have the opportunity to speak to the Notre Dame Club of Fort Wayne about the upcoming football season. I've done these presentations for…
The People Who Were There
The event itself matters, but the shared experience matters even more. (Photo Credit: a tailgating neighbor) Hello, my name is Phil and, besides covering Notre Dame football for the past…
The Most Famous Picture in College Football History Almost Never Happened
Every Notre Dame fan knows the picture. Some have it hanging in their office. Others have it on a T-shirt, a coffee mug, or framed on the wall of a…
Notre Dame’s Blue-Gold Game Has Long History—And a Way of Telling the Future
(Photo: Chad Ryan) When the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take the field Saturday for the 95th Blue-Gold Game, it will feel familiar in all the right ways—and different in one…
God, Country, Notre Dame—and Marcus Freeman
(Photo: Chad Ryan) Rockne and Leahy defined it.Ara expanded it.And Lou Holtz—laid to rest this week in Cedar Grove Cemetery—lived it in a way that earned him a statue, a…