When SEC Love Story Meets Notre Dame Cold Shoulder After Miami’s thrilling Fiesta Bowl upset, ESPN’s SportsCenter zeroed in on Notre Dame’s absence from the College Football Playoff debate, apparently still holding a grudge from 1993. Anchor Nicole Briscoe questioned why the Fighting Irish get special treatment—or lack thereof—while Alabama repeatedly squeaks into the playoff…

DB Exodus & Coaching Shake-Up Rocks South Bend Defensive back Cree Thomas, a promising four-star recruit, has entered the transfer portal and landed at Colorado after seeing limited action in three games at Notre Dame. He leaves with four years of eligibility and hopes to blossom under Deion Sanders’s tutelage. Meanwhile, Notre Dame reshuffles its…

Still Waiting: Irish Search the Portal for Missing Pieces Notre Dame’s start to the transfer portal has been as thrilling as watching a horse breeze through the Derby and fizzle at the Belmont. Fans hoped for instant reinforcements after skipping the Pop-Tarts Bowl, but instead only saw players leave and none arrive. As other programs…

Indiana Heist: Marsh Slips Through Irish Fingers Notre Dame targeted Michigan State wideout Nick Marsh to fill the Malachi Fields void, courting him as the crown jewel of its transfer portal class. Despite campus visits and high hopes, Marsh pledged instead to Curt Cignetti’s surging Indiana Hoosiers—a program fresh off a 25-2 run and a…

Imagining Notre Dame’s Epic Oregon Showdown After a whirlwind 2024 tour that spanned Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl, Notre Dame is eyeing its next marquee matchup: a home-and-home series with Oregon. Both teams defied cross-country travel excuses during the playoffs, with Marcus Freeman’s Irish and Dan Lanning’s Ducks…

Veteran Irish Lineman Joshua Burnham Dashes Via Portal Notre Dame announced that Joshua Burnham, a seasoned defensive lineman who started at least one game each season over the past three years, has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Burnham played in all 12 games this season, starting four, and recorded 16 tackles, three sacks, and four…

Off to Cornhusker Country: Minchey’s Next Chapter Backup quarterback Kenny Minchey, after a tight preseason duel with CJ Carr, officially lost the starting job at Notre Dame and entered the transfer portal. Insider reports now peg him as Nebraska’s new signal-caller under Matt Rhule, thanks to a “No Contact” tag that points straight to Lincoln.…

Northwestern Beckons: Minchey’s Unexpected Landing Spot Kenny Minchey, the QB runner-up in Notre Dame’s summer duel, looks destined for the transfer portal after CJ Carr grabbed the Irish’s starting job and vaulted toward Heisman contention. Rumors swirl of SEC and ACC suitors, but one unlikely contender has sprinted ahead: Northwestern. The Wildcats, fresh off a…

Deuce Knight’s Transfer Tale Takes an Unexpected Detour Deuce Knight, once the five-star quarterback gem set to spark Notre Dame’s next golden era, has bounced from Mississippi to Auburn and back into the transfer portal after just one season. Originally committed to the Irish in 2023, Knight switched allegiances to Auburn in 2024, then logged…