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Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast — 352 episodes
Putting a Bow on Notre Dame Spring Football Practice + TV Club: The Pitt Season 2
2026 Blue-Gold Game Review + NFL Draft
Takeaways from Notre Dame Football's Most Important Spring Practice + Loading Up for Hannah Hidalgo's Last Ride
What We've Learned About the 2026 Notre Dame Football Team So Far This Spring + Shrewsberry Era on Fumes
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 67 Vanderbilt 64
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 83 Ohio State 73
2026 March Madness Preview
Where is Jeremiyah Love Getting Drafted? + Movie Club: 2026 Oscar Preview
A Dream of Notre Dame Spring Practice 2026 + TV Club: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Notre Dame's New Defensive Assistants + A Review of the 2025 FBS Coaching Hires
A Diagnosis of What's Ailing Notre Dame Basketball
What's In and What's Out in 2026 for Notre Dame, College Football and Beyond
Marcus Freeman's Press Conference: The NFL's Interest, Transfer Portal Strategy and More
2026 Notre Dame Transfer Portal Update: January 14
2026 Notre Dame Transfer Portal Update: January 13
Playoff and Bowl Take-Pocalypse + Movie Club: Wake Up Dead Man
Marcus Freeman Stays, Southern Cal Goes + Notre Dame Football Roster Reset
Christmas Giving 2025 Extended: The Notre Dame Football Week That Was
Christmas Giving 2025: The Airing of Grievances
Christmas Giving 2025: What's Next for Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman
Christmas Giving 2025: Coal for the Committee
Christmas Giving 2025: Celebrating A Great Notre Dame Team
Christmas Giving 2025 Kickoff: Bah, Humbug (But It Is My Favorite Holiday)
A Cursed Primer on Notre Dame's Potential Playoff Paths
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 49 Stanford 20
Week 14 Thanksgiving Weekend College Football Games To Watch Mega Draft Edition
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 70 Syracuse 7
Week 13 College Football Games To Watch
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 37 Pittsburgh 15
Week 12 College Football Games To Watch
2025-26 Notre Dame Basketball Roster Crash Course
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 49 Navy 10
Week 11 College Football Games To Watch
Boston College Delayed Reaction + Coaching Carousel + Playoff Prognosticating
Week Nine College Football Games To Watch
Forecasting the Future of the USC Rivalry and Notre Dame's Playoff Chances
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 34 Southern Cal 24
Week Eight College Football Games To Watch
The 2025 Notre Dame-Southern Cal Preview
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 36 NC State 7 + 🚨James Franklin Fired🚨
Week Seven College Football Games To Watch
Boise State-Notre Dame Field Report + What Makes a Great College Football Game-Day Atmosphere?
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 28 Boise State 7
Week Six College Football Games To Watch
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 56 Arkansas 13
Week Five College Football Games To Watch
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 56 Purdue 30
Week Four College Football Games To Watch
Instant Reaction: Texas A&M 41 Notre Dame 40
Week Three College Football Games To Watch
Evaluating The Validity of Various Notre Dame Football Concerns Post-Bye Week
Looking Ahead to Notre Dame's Monster Game vs Texas A&M
Week Two College Football Games To Watch
Instant Reaction: Miami 27 Notre Dame 24
2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Excitement Draft
Week One College Football Games To Watch
2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: The Schedule
2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Freshman Orientation - Offense
2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Freshman Orientation - Defense
2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Depth Chart Power Rankings
2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Meet The Transfers
Notre Dame's Recruiting Boom, the Jagusah Injury and Schedule Tiers
Campus Vibe Check + Notre Dame Roster Updates + House Settlement
The Best Coaches in College Football + Irish in the WNBA
2025 College Football Offseason Respect Index
Frosh O Rewind: Carr vs. Minchey
Wildly Specific 2025 Notre Dame Football Predictions + TV Club: Reacher
Steve Angeli Transfer News + TV Club: The Pitt
Blue-Gold Review + 2025 Notre Dame Quarterback Derby, Vol. III + Transfer Headlines
2025 Notre Dame Quarterback Derby, Vol. II + Spring Practice Thoughts + TV Club: The White Lotus
2025 Notre Dame Quarterback Derby, Vol. I + Sweet Sixteen Preview
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 76 Michigan 55
2025 March Madness Mega Preview
Rakes Rewatch: 2015 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament
Hoops Swoon, Football Questions and Movie Club: Oscars Preview
Chris Ash Hire Kicks Off Football Offseason + Women's Basketball Check-In
Instant Reaction: Ohio State 34 Notre Dame 23
Ranking Our Favorite Wins of the 2024 Notre Dame Season (Thus Far)
Notre Dame vs. Penn State Orange Bowl Field Report
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 27 Penn State 24
Notre Dame vs. Penn State Orange Bowl Preview
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 23 Georgia 10
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 27 Indiana 3
Christmas Giving 2024: Good King Takes-ceslas
Christmas Giving 2024: Notre Dame's Playoff Journey
Christmas Giving 2024: College Football Playoffs Past, Present and Yet To Come
Christmas Giving 2024: Reviewing the Irish and Previewing the Hoosiers
Christmas Giving 2024 Kickoff: There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 49 USC 35
Army Review + Notre Dame/USC Preview Feast Week Palooza
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 35 Virginia 14
Preparing For Notre Dame Football's Closing Stretch + The Miles/Hidalgo Backcourt Arrives
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 52 Florida State 3
Movie Club: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 51 Navy 14
Olivia Miles
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 31 Georgia Tech 13
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 49 Stanford 7
The Notre Dame Football Post-Bye Week Assessment
Instant Reaction/Celebration/Appreciation: Chaos Bye Week
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 31 Louisville 24
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 28 Miami (OH) 3
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 66 Purdue 7
Northern Illinois Take-Pocalypse and Wellness Check
College Station Field Report and Next Steps for Notre Dame
Instant Reaction: Notre Dame 23 Texas A&M 13
2024 Notre Dame Football Excitement Draft
2024 Notre Dame Football Schedule Preview
Freshman Orientation: 2024 Defense
Freshman Orientation: 2024 Offense
2024 Notre Dame Football Depth Chart Power Rankings
2024 Notre Dame Football Camp Kickoff Spectacular
Know Your Opponent: USC
Know Your Opponent: Texas A&M
"Although it's only June, the vibes are pretty good"
Summer Kickoff Notre Dame Roster Reviews
Post-Blue-Gold Answers & Questions plus TV Club: Shogun
2024 Mega March Madness Preview
State of the Notre Dame Union with Pete Sampson
Notre Dame Football January Wellness Check and TV Club: Reacher
Notre Dame Oregon State Sun Bowl In Review
Christmas Giving 2023: Riley Leonard Checked Off Notre Dame's Wishlist
Christmas Giving 2023: Eric Hansen on Notre Dame's Early Offseason Drama
Christmas Giving 2023: Hannah Hidalgo and Jackie Young Appreciation Hour
Christmas Giving 2023: Taking A Portal To The Sun Bowl
Christmas Giving 2023 Kickoff
Instant Reaction: Stanford
A Post-Clemson Loss Bye Week Assessment
Instant Reaction: Pittsburgh
Instant Reaction: USC
2023 Notre Dame vs. USC Preview
Instant Reaction: Louisville
Instant Reaction: Duke
Instant Reaction: Ohio State
Reviewing Raleigh and Notre Dame's Q1
(Fighting) Irish Eyes Smiling After Opening Win
2023 Notre Dame Football Excitement Draft
2023 Notre Dame Football Schedule Preview
Freshman Orientation: 2023 Offense
Freshman Orientation: 2023 Defense
2023 Notre Dame Depth Chart Power Rankings
2023 Notre Dame Football Camp Kickoff w/ Eric Hansen
College Football Personnel 101
Post-Spring Notre Dame Football Roster Assessment
Sign of the (New York) Times: A Lesson on College Sports and Labor
Dan Wetzel on the Swarbrick Interview, NIL and ND Independence
The Start of Spring Football & Micah Shrewsberry's Hire
2023 March Madness Preview + Coaching Search Update
Tommy To Tuscaloosa and the Search for a New OC
New Year, New Schedule, New Roster w/ Pete Sampson
Notre Dame Basketball 2023 Kickoff Mega Episode
A Very Blessed Bowl Season
Christmas Song Draft (Re-Release)
Christmas Giving 2022: Niele Ivey
Christmas Giving 2022: Reviewing Marcus Freeman's First Season w/ Eric Hansen
Christmas Giving 2022 Kickoff
USC Week 2022
Instant Reaction: Clemson
Rakes Rewatch: 2012 Pittsburgh
Instant Reaction: Syracuse
Card Sharks, Notre Dame Stats Edition
Notre Dame Offense Bye Week Evaluation
Instant Reaction: North Carolina
Marcus Freeman's First Notre Dame Win
Week One In Review w/ Carter Karels
2022 Notre Dame Football Excitement Draft
2022 Notre Dame Football Schedule Preview
Freshman Orientation: 2022 Defense
Freshman Orientation: 2022 Offense
Movie Club: Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist - Parts 1 & 2
2022 Notre Dame Depth Chart Power Rankings
2022 Camp Kickoff Conversation
The Philosophy of Fandom
Notre Dame Independence Watch 2022
Blake Wesley & The NBA Draft
Dispatch From Omaha
Carr Commitment and the State of Notre Dame Recruiting
USC Check-In: Freeman vs. Riley Begins
NFL Draft 2022 + NIL Moral Panic
2022 Blue-Gold Game Review
A Dream of Spring 2022
Dan Wetzel on the Freeman Hire and Playoff Expansion
Marcus Freeman's First Staff w/ Pete Sampson
Ode to Blake Wesley + Jerome Bettis Back to School
Inside the Freeman Media Rollout & Modern Notre Dame Mythmaking
The Fiesta Bowl and Beyond
Christmas Giving: How Marcus Freeman Became Head Coach
Christmas Giving: Brian Kelly's Notre Dame Legacy
Christmas Giving: The View from Campus
Christmas Giving: Favorite Plays of the 2021 Notre Dame Season
Christmas Giving 2021 Kickoff
Instant Reaction: Head Coach Marcus Freeman
Notre Dame Coach Watch 2021: December 1st
Brian Kelly to LSU Emergency Pod
Instant Reaction: Stanford
Instant Reaction: Georgia Tech
Instant Reaction: Virginia
Scheme for Dummies and Big Picture Thoughts
Notre Dame at 7-1
2021 USC vs Notre Dame Preview
Instant Reaction: Bye Week
Instant Reaction: Virginia Tech
Cincinnati Review + College Football Industrial Complex
4-0 Notre Dame Advanced Stats Review
Instant Reaction: Wisconsin
On (to) Wisconsin
Instant Reaction: Purdue
Notre Dame at 2-0/Trojan Coaching Search
Instant Reaction: Florida State
2021 Notre Dame Season Preview Finale: Excitement Draft
2021 Notre Dame Schedule Preview
Freshman Orientation: 2021 Offense
Freshman Orientation: 2021 Defense
2021 Notre Dame Season Preview: The Wide Receivers
2021 Notre Dame Season Preview: The Offensive Line
2021 Notre Dame Season Preview: The Front Seven
2021 Notre Dame Season Preview: The Secondary
Checking In: 2021 USC
Instant Reaction: 12-Team Playoff Proposal
Offseason Vibe Check w/ Eric Hansen
Instant Reaction: 2021 Blue-Gold Game
Busting Myths and Ranking Coaches
Mike Brey Returns
Movie Club: Operation Varsity Blues
The Offseason Thus Far w/ Pete Sampson
Recruiting 101 w/ Carter Karels and Jamie Uyeyama
43 Wins in 43 Minutes
Instant Reaction: Alabama
Instant Reaction: ACC Championship Game
Instant Reaction: Pre-title game off week
10-0 Christmas Giving Kickoff Spectacular
Instant Reaction: Syracuse
Instant Reaction: North Carolina
Notre Dame 47 Clemson 40 (2OT)
Instant Reaction: Clemson
Instant Reaction: Georgia Tech
Instant Reaction: Pittsburgh
Well, It's Pitt Week
Instant Reaction: Louisville
3-0 Mailbag
Instant Reaction: South Florida
Instant Reaction: Duke
Final Season Preview - Things To Get Excited For Edition
Previewing the 2020 Notre Dame Offense
Previewing the 2020 Notre Dame Defense
Freshman Orientation: 2020 Defense + Transfers
Freshman Orientation: 2020 Offense
ND vs. COVID
South Bend Tribune's Carter Karels
Brianna Turner
The 2011 South Florida UFO Incident
Rakes Rewatch: 2010 Utah
Rakes Rewatch: 2015 USC
Irish in the 2020 NFL Draft w/ Jess Smetana
Muffet McGraw's Retirement w/ ESPN's Holly Rowe
Rakes Rewatch: 2012 Oklahoma
Rakes Rewatch: 2014 Michigan
Rakes Rewatch: 2009 Washington
Rakes Rewatch: 2007 UCLA
Rakes Rewatch: 2005 Stanford
Mini Report: Peak Offseason Hypothetical
Offseason Assessment 2020
All-BK-at-ND Post-2019 Update/Tiers
Reesus Walks/Bowl Review
RE-RELEASE: Christmas Song Draft
Christmas Giving Mailbag
Christmas Giving Advanced Stats Chat
Christmas Giving Trojan Travails
Christmas Giving 2019 Kickoff Awards Show
A Very Curious 8-2 w/ Jess Smetana
October Mailbag
Michigan Preview w/ Nicole Auerbach
Midterm Grades w/ Jamie Uyeyama
USC Preview 2019
Virginia Review w/Jess Smetana
UGA to UVA
1-0 w/ Michael Bryan
Freshman Orientation: 2019 Offense
Freshman Orientation: 2019 Defense
Hopes, Fears and One Last 2018 Appreciation w/ Jess Smetana
Previewing The Entire Notre Dame Schedule
The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach + News
Notes From Camp with Carter Karels
South Bend Tribune's Tyler James
Bill Connelly's 2019 Notre Dame Preview
ESPN's Adam Amin
Spring Practice Review
Women's NCAA Tournament Preview
Massive College Admissions Fraud Rundown
All-BK-at-ND Team Post-2018 Update
2019 Signing Day with Carter Karels
Offseason Kickoff
Cotton Bowl Recap
Christmas Song Draft
Clemson Preview
12-0 Christmas Giving Spectacular
11-0/USC Preview
Syracuse Preview
8-0
Navy Preview, Kinda
Bye Week, Part Two
Bye Week, Part One
5-0 Stats Chat
First Quarter Grades
The Athletic's Pete Sampson
Freshman Orientation: 2018 Defense
Freshman Orientation: 2018 Offense
Letters From Camp
South Bend Tribune's Tyler James
The What Ifs of the Brian Kelly Era
Bill Connelly's 2018 Notre Dame Preview
Spring Practice and Women's Final Four with Laken Litman
Shea Serrano on the Women's Final Four
Signing Day Round Up
TJ and the Miracles, Part 2? Irish hoops talk
Elkpocalypse Now
Season in review ramblings
Football Outsiders' Brian Fremeau
SBT's Mike Vorel breaks down 7-1
Notre Dame 49 USC 14
The USC preview
Bye week football roundtable
Bye week basketball roundtable
First trimester grades
Indy Star's Laken Litman, Sparty History
Hopes and fears after two games
2017 Freshmen Orientation: Offense
2017 Freshmen Orientation: Defense
Indy Star's Laken Litman talks camp
South Bend Tribune's Mike Vorel
SBNation's Bill Connelly on his Irish preview
2017 Blue-Gold Review feat. Jamie Uyeyama
Irish Wake: 2016-17 Basketball Recap
NCAA Tournament Preview: Princeton and beyond (hopefully)
Spring practice, Swarbrick, ACC Tourney, Bonzie getting robbed
Post-Signing Day Roster Rundown
Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn
Indianapolis Star's Laken Litman
New year, new coaches
1-3 Discussion/Syracuse Preview
Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel
USA TODAY's Nicole Auerbach
Reviewing The First Two Games/Sparty Lookahead
The Texas Preview
CSN Chicago's J.J. Stankevitz
Bleacher Report's Adam Kramer
Freshman Orientation Part 2: Defense
Freshman Orientation Part 1: Offense
NBA Draft Preview: Demetrius Jackson Watch
The All-BK-at-ND Team
Bill Connelly on his ND preview
Spring Football Wrap