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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 very lightly edited one. (Some of the defensive PFF stats mentioned at the end are not accurate, they were still updating.) Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 is performing and how the other national title contenders are stacking up thus far.  Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 deal, a look ahead to BYU, a look back at an awesome Saturday (Kenny Minchey!) and a whole lot more. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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

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 coaching searches, rifts between Tar Heel power brokers, an inexperienced staff, a nightmare start to his first season, Mike Lombardi's presence, resignations and so much more. ESPN: How North Carolina football landed a coaching legend in Bill Belichick The Athletic: Bill Belichick pledged an NFL approach at North Carolina. Program insiders call it dysfunctional Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 RB1 and a whole lot on a very fun and funny day of college football. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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, questionable fourth down decisions, an extremely fun weekend of football and a whole lot more. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 everything in between.  Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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), some interesting matchups this weekend and losing faith in clocks. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 approval rating, generational talent, pros and cons of Miami, the Thorpe Award, nepotism, having a healthy tight end room and a whole lot more. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 weather tips learned from "Sunday Night Football," the 2010 Sun Bowl, covering so many Notre Dame alumnae in the WNBA and much more. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 middle to try and talk yourself into and then some teams that are projected to be not so good. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport

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 defense, the other top contenders in the sport, what the offense might look like and how C.J. Carr might handle working his way through the muck. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here: https://linktr.ee/rakesreport