Notre Dame is closing in on a truly elite recruiting class in the 2026 cycle, but how the Irish staff closes will determine just how good this class can be. It’s already guaranteed to be an outstanding, Top 10 class no matter how it finishes, but to ...

The decision date is coming for 2026 Florida defensive lineman Elijah Golden, and it‘s starting to look very good for Notre Dame to add him to its recruiting class. On Friday, Rivals John Garcia Jr. put in an expert prediction from the Irish to be the ...

SOUTH BEND — In addition to 16 scouts from a dozen NFL teams and five representatives from a trio of bowls (Cotton, Gator and Pop-Tarts), a pair of envoys from the Arkansas-based Broyles Award were at Notre Dame Stadium for Saturday night’s beer-soaked ...

Defensive Lineman Elijah Golden spoke with Irish Breakdown about his recent visit to Notre Dame Elijah Golden, the 6-4 260 pound prospect out of Sarasota (Fla.) Cardinal Mooney, was back in South Bend last week for another visit with the Irish — and by ...

The Irish won 70-7, the second-highest score ever in Notre Dame Stadium after a 73-0 beatdown of Haskell in 1932. It was the worst loss for the Orange since 1893. The Irish could not have asked for a better ending to regular-season play at home.

Alabama grad transfer DeVonta Smith is showing why Notre Dame brought him in as the latest in a string of experienced nickelback imports.

Al Golden kept the receipts. During his acceptance speech at Thursday night’s Broyles Award ceremony, where Golden was named the recipient of this year’s award honoring college football’s best assistant coach, the former Notre Dame defensive ...

In the embedded video, Al Golden gives his acceptance speech for the Broyles Award, naming him the nation's top assistant coach for the 2024 season. In the embedded video above (which starts at 6:38 mark of the full video), Al Golden gives his acceptance ...

Al Golden wasn't just the best defensive coordinator in college football last year, he was the best assistant coach in college football. Golden was recognized as the top assistant coach in college football back in February after winning the prestigious ...

Desmond Howard was not alone in fading Notre Dame down the stretch. I too picked against the Fighting Irish in every playoff game they played in this season. It just goes to show how incredible of a run it was Marcus Freeman and his staff to even get to ...