A conversation about Fighting Irish football and basketball. An audio supplement to the Rakes Report newsletter, available at https://rakesreport.substack.com/. Hosted by Chris Wilson.
Latest episodes
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1 h 00
What Happened on the Notre Dame Bye Week and Other Conversations 🍔
Jessica Smetana joins to recap another bloody Saturday in college football, with nearly half of the AP poll's top 16 teams going down. Plus: A lot of lingering thoughts on Irish/Co…
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1 h 20
What Cost Notre Dame at BYU and How They Could Recover To Close Out The Season
Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama joins to talk through what went awry for the Fighting Irish in Provo and what might be done to fix it. Topics include scrutiny of Mike Denbrock a…
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52 min
Instant Reaction: BYU 28 Notre Dame 24
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish's 16-game winning streak coming to an end in Provo following poor performances from pretty much everybody involved. Cheery and v…
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30 min
2026 Notre Dame Football Midseason Review
NBC Sports' Nicole Auerbach joins to explain why the Fighting Irish were her preseason championship pick, how she feels about that choice six games in, how Marcus Freeman's program…
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1 h 13
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 58 Stanford 7
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish rolling to an easy win over the Cardinal. Running back rotation, wide receiver discourse, Boubacar Traore, Andrew Luck's whole d…
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55 min
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 37 North Carolina 26
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the soggy Fighting Irish win in Chapel Hill. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport
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1 h 21
Notes on a Scandal: Bill Belichick's North Carolina
Jessica Smetana joins for a deep dive into how Bill Belichick arrived as North Carolina's football coach and what's gone down there since he arrived in Chapel Hill. The dueling coa…
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53 min
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 49 Purdue 10
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish dominating their first true road game of the season. The incredible defense, C.J. Carr's performance, what does it mean to be RB…
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1 h 08
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 27 Michigan State 10
Jessica Smetana joins to recap the Fighting Irish's soggy win over Sparty. A dominant defensive performance, continued rushing offense concerns, The Micah Gilbert Game, questionabl…
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57 min
Remembering Some Notre Dame-Michigan State Games + Bonus Rice Thoughts
Sam Werner joins for some leftover thoughts on the Rice victory before turning to a look at the history of Notre Dame-Sparty contests, from the epic to the very very dumb and every…
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51 min
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 52 Rice 0
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish cruising to an easy win in their home opener and all the fun stuff that happened around college football this weekend. Sign up f…
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1 h 09
Putting a Lam-Bow on 1-0 + The Future of Shamrock Series Games + Week 2 Preview
Jessica Smetana joins to finish emptying the notebook on Notre Dame's win over Wisconsin. Then an attempt to establish some Shamrock Series rules (with some ideas for future games)…
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39 min
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 41 Wisconsin 13, Vol. 2
Sam Werner joins to discuss the Fighting Irish's season opening win in Green Bay, from the pregame scene through the dominant second half. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse…
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1 h 00
2026 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Excitement Draft
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss all the things we're excited to see during the 2026 Fighting Irish season. Topics include: Previous draft curses, Charlie Partridge, C.J. Carr's ap…
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41 min
Final Prep Before Notre Dame Heads to Lambeau Field
NBC Sports' Carolina Pineda joins to discuss hype for the opener in Green Bay, what she's learned being around Marcus Freeman's program, questions the Irish need to answer, cold we…
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1 h 07
2026 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: The Schedule
Alex Herrmann and Andrew Smith of Notre Dame, Our Blogger join to preview all 12 opponents on this fall's Fighting Irish schedule. There's a pretty clear on-paper top tier, a middl…
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51 min
2026 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Freshman Orientation - Special Teams + Potential Highs & Lows
Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama joins to discuss the giant freshman specialists for the Fighting Irish and the concept of generational punters. Also: Limited concerns about the…
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40 min
2026 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Freshman Orientation - Defense
Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama joins to discuss every freshman on the Fighting Irish defense. Included: An incredible defensive end prospect, a pair of intriguing linebackers,…
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1 h 01
2026 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Freshman Orientation - Offense
Irish Sports Daily's Jamie Uyeyama joins to discuss every freshman on the Fighting Irish offense. Included: Great duos at tight end and running back, a massive (in many senses) off…
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1 h 02
2026 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Depth Chart Power Rankings
The Spreadsheet and Tailgate newsletter's Michael Bryan and Irish Sports Daily's Greg Flammang join to rank the top units on this year's Fighting Irish roster. Some decent players…