The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open a bottle of podcast magic afer an eventful weekend of Notre Dame Football. In this episode: HELLO! Jumping right into the debate about this year's version of THE SHIRT and the opinions were as strong as the Gildan Heavyweight Cotton that you love. We try to jump into talk about the Blue-Gold game but Jude comes in hot taking out surface level targets. Peacocking is a real thing. The spring game was a delight and Mike Denbrock deserves a lot of credit for that. Digging Gi'Bran Payne. Get the Heisman ready for CJ Carr. Steve Angelli is the silent assassin. A little bit of drooling over the linebackers. Jim Tressel is great. Making fun of kickers. We're not making the spring game something that it wasn't. Kitchen update. Make it the basketball uniform. The new football command station. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 are back together again to talk about Notre Dame football and much more - just as it should be - in a quality dining establishment. In this episode: Hello! Joshua makes a bid to become the next General Secretary of the U.S.S.R. Notre Dame had an open scrimmage and the boys have a little something to say about it all. The CJ Carr hype train is running off of whatever the hell Doc Brown put in it. There's some concern about the offensive line and we make some recent comparisons - like maybe we've seen this before. Ready for Jaylen Sneed to take off. What do you do with a fast running back? Excited to see the best defensive player in the country play safety for the Irish for another year - which has never happened before. What college football program is Applebee's? What about Italian Applebees? What about Dumb Jock Applebees? What about Sext Tractor Applebees? There is HEAVY Applebees talk. What Notre Dame coach is like what restaurant? (Not an Applebees in sight). And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 Jude didn't mulch their yards so THEY were available to talk about Notre Dame Football on this day of days -- whereas Brendan is all mulched out (and not in the path of totality for the solar eclipse). In this episode: HELLO! Small talk and its relationship with the weather. Fall love letter. The amount of Notre Dame Football news out there is light - like very light. Borat's divorce. Are you going to the Blue-Gold spring game? Notre Dame baseball... rough year bruh. Pete Bevaqua and the weight of history. Trying to tip-toe around Notre Dame's schedule. The Super League nonsense. The NCAA Women's Basketball championship. Will Yeatman is the real Italian here. We're going to Applebees the crap out of this podcast soon. The real problem is the asteroid... And so much more weaved in and out of the show. 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 gather for an Easter chat about Notre Dame Football while Jude is out traveling the Flat Earth. In this episode: Easter candy and breaking down what holiday has the best candy. Gearing up for the NFL Draft while trashing the Chicago Bears is always a fun time. Jim Harbaugh's grand plan. Bo Jackson forever. Clarence Lewis hits the transfer portal. The thin cornerback room for the spring. Spring nonsense. Riley Leonard and a conversation about quarterbacks. Fullbacks for life. The 2007 college football season remains undefeated. Celebrity offspring recruiting. Flexing about the Green Bay Packers. Hyping up Audric Estime. I need Marcus Freeman to lie to us. Uptempo offense? Don't make me laugh. Why won't you let me have fun and hate on the things I want to sports hate about? There is no seasoning in 30A. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 used an Irish car bomb or two to blow open the doors of the podcast machine to speak directly to the people about the college football playoff and Notre Dame Football's place in it moving forward. In this episode: HELLO! Greatest St. Patrick's Day movies of all time. Other Notre Dame sports were in action this weekend, so let's talk about it. REVIEWS! Brendan and Joshua have different views about the college football playoff and Notre Dame's place in it. Notre Dame is making a lot of money (which is good). Scheduling arguments. Tires and the best/worst place to get them. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 arrives to the podcast machine with a sober mind and body on St. Patrick's Day to continue the great tradition of THE GREAT NAMING OF NAMES for Notre Dame Football. This is a tradition that only continues because Brendan loves it so very much, and if you don't like it, you can let him know. I'm just an innocent voice. 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 found an abandoned mine and grabbed a couple of microphones to talk about the beginning of Notre Dame Football's first spring practice (sort of). In this episode: HELLO! Fish tales grabbing a deal when you can get it. Joshua defends Tik Tok. Dad rock is making a comeback in a place that it never existed. Ill-equipped to raise teens. REVIEWS! The greatness of The Princess Bride. Dropping Jimmy Clausen bombs on CJ Carr. Going balls deep. Notre Dame's starting offensive line - like is this really going to be the starting five? How valuable are centers in the NFL Draft? Notre Dame's wide receiver room is just built differently this year. Like... there are options available that we normally don't see in South Bend. Revisiting 2024 QB recruiting rankings. Italian kings. Ulysses S Grant and the best US presidents ever. Villains on Notre Dame's football team. You can't force a nickname (most of the time). And much more weaved in and out of the show. 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

Brendan is in the talk, but Joshua and Jude push on to give you the Notre Dame Football show that you need - even if you don't really want it. in this episode: HELLO! Our collegiate mono journeys. Movie quoting for movie quotes sake. Something smells really bad and it's coming from inside the house. We need to talk a bit more about this 14 team college football playoff proposal and its effect on conference realignment and Notre Dame's independence. What are we even doing here? Jack Swarbrick is savvy and ready to bounce. Talking about that schedule talk. The NFL Combine and Sam Hartman's flow. NFL Draft stock... well kind of. Revisiting the Drue Tranquill experience. Getting a better rate on car rentals. OFD Nobility. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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

It’s time to continue a full roster breakdown for Notre Dame Football, and we’re doing it the best way we know how... with a random question generator. Next up for the Fighting Irish is running back #24, Jadarian Price from Denison High School in Denison, Texas. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in business and if they weren't in charge of Notre Dame Football before... they sure as hell are now (for at least a couple of hours). In this episode: HELLO! Congrats to Pat and Katie. There's a new "MY WIIIFE" club member and we're going Hamms on it. Diving right into the Q&A from our listeners. Basically... a good portion of the show revolves around Notre Dame's schedule and how we feel about it. What does an ideal schedule look like? Why does this year's version look so bad? And many more versions of that subject. What's more important to Notre Dame fans... the Navy game or Independence? (If you were forced to give one up to keep the other). A cheeseburger (kind of) for every Notre Dame football opponent in 2024. How are the spring sports going? Brewster's millions and how to attack that particular challenge in 2024. And PLENTY more weaved in and out of the show. 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

It's obviously that time of year. The "Notre Dame Football is irrelevant" crowd saw the beacon lit by a balding loudmouth that should stick to ranting about 400 point NBA All-Star games. A couple of things to keep in mind... No argument made about Notre Dame being irrelevant actually makes sense if one has at least a 4th grade vocabulary. No argument made about Notre Dame's actual relevance will ever be acknowledged. Arguing about this is basically a decade long tradition created by Hallmark (AKA Rick Reilly whom I could not remember while recording). It's a national holiday. Enjoy. 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, Brendan, and Jude are back to offer their thoughts on a variety of things - some of which are actually about Notre Dame Football. In this episode: Hello! Is Bob Evans kind of a perfect place to eat with your kids? Joshua tries to persuade the boys to see things his way when it comes to the Notre Dame Football schedule in 2024. Will 11-1 get the Irish into the playoffs? Why things are the way they are. A review of the predictions and prop bets placed back in July. It's amazing how right and how wrong all three podcast hosts were in 2023. Ranking the worst 5 schools in the Green Meadows Conference. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be red on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notre Dame announced the thing we all knew was happening... the Irish will play Army inside Yankee Stadium in 2024 as part of its Shamrock Series. Joshua has some thoughts, but the full press release is up at One foot Down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Brendan, and Jude are back at it during the Notre Dame Football offseason, and boy do we have a lot to say. This episode is pretty chaotic. There's a lot going on around the college football world - but not necessarily with the Irish. As you might guess... we hop all over the place. In this episode: HELLO! Anniversary stuff. Diving right into the chaos of the 2002 season and golden-stained armpits. Joshua explains that he is NOT an alcoholic. Coaches you can back in a fight. The National Championship count. The Welsh. Stop being soft. Brendan and Joshua do a deep dive into past rosters for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings. Playing surfaces... BRING THE GRASS BACK. The UCLA head coaching situation. The value of Chip Kelly. A new era of college football started in 2020 and we have to separate it from the past. Ski resorts. The Michigan State Spartans and why they matter. Notre Dame's coaching staff situation. The Super Bowl. Vacationing in Florida (or anywhere really). The coldness of Lake Superior. We're back talking about Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball. Pierogis. Podlore. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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

It's time to start a full roster breakdown for Notre Dame Football, and we're doing it the best way we know how... with a random question generator. First up for the Fighting Irish is defensive lineman #99 Rylie Mills from Lake Bluff, 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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan break out their robes from the Tower of High Sorcery to breakdown Notre Dame football's roster going into spring football. In this episode: HELLO! The Red Bull gambit. The alleged protocol of a 50/50 drawing. Cranberry sauce and its allegiances. REVIEWS! Getting a week's worth in one shot. Y'all ready for some Dungeons and Dragons? Brendan sets the table. The boys go through the entire spring roster to figure out who is what. Bard twitter is going to have our ass. The barbarians of the Great White North. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 are finally back together as one to open this Notre Dame football pod machine like it was a nuclear ICBM. In this episode: HELLO! Moving on from Iowa football to Iowa Women's basketball... and we have an argument surrounding Caitlin Clark. The wives are developing groupthink without communicating. The saga of Hicksville High School competition cheer continues. Jude has an issue with hats being worn backwards and Joshua defends the rites and rituals of a man in his mid-forties (pictures are discussed that may or may not be known). Buzzing about some possible Notre Dame football uniform combinations. Joshua is beside himself (still) about the 2024 schedule and trashes Independent status. Let's draft the 12 team college football playoff and figure out how this ends. Why are we doing this again? Hot junk. We did the thing. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 Jude settle in during a winter storm to kickoff the real beginning of the Notre Dame Football offseason. In this episode: HELLO! Trying to pay for groceries. How a cowbell became a traveling trophy for the Vowles family. Nick Saban's retirement and the aftershocks. A power vacuum at the top of the college football mountain. This isn't 2014 anymore and the players are moving around like the coaches during these type of cycles. Tommy Rees things. Raising a religious kid. Joshua's thinking about CJ Procise and Mike Denbrock... and he's kind of loving it. Saying thanks and goodbye to a Notre Dame beat writer. New features coming to the pod feed? Notre Dame and the moves for EA Sports. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show (like a lot). 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 survived the test of the sun god and opened up the pod pyramid to talk about Notre Dame's 40-8 win over Oregon State in the Sun Bowl (and some other things). In this episode: HELLO! Joshua pulls out a deep cut musical selection. Conor Stalions the villain continues to villain out... and you gotta respect the hustle. Notre Dame's offensive performance was pretty impressive. Steve Angeli... did he do enough? Joshua wasn't as high on the ND offensive line performance as others, but it did the job. Jordan Faison is a beast and shame on Stuckey and Parker for hiding it for the first 5 weeks of the season. Didn't really need 3 running backs. The Irish defense was awesome and it gave more confidence for the next iteration in 2024. Don't be too worried about a MIKE getting lost in coverage. We watched the college football playoff semifinals and had a lot of things to say. Next year's schedule for a a number of teams. Will 2024 be an insanely interesting year? Saving ESPN. REVIEWS! And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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 made it through Christmas with tales of glory and a pod machine ready to go to help preview the Sun Bowl between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Oregon State Beavers. In this episode: HELLO! Was it a good Christmas if the weather was craptastic? Gifts for siblings? What kind of sorcery is that? Homefield remains in an elite tier of gift-giving. REVIEWS! What is your favorite bowl game and why is it the 2008 Hawaii Bowl? Still cringing from Notre Dame's Fiesta Bowl disaster against the Beavers. Has anything happened with the Notre Dame football program in the last two weeks that we need to talk about? The legend of Mike Denbrock with floors and ceilings. New blood to the program helps create better health. Do the Beavers have any players left? Get the 10th win and go home. Game picks for the remaining bowl games. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. 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