Inside the Garage

The ITG crew discusses the now infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slap, whether they support the new overtime rules in the NFL, the Final Four of March Madness featuring Duke, North Carolina, Villanova, and Kansas, and later answer Outside the Garage questions.

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Jerome Bettis joins the guys inside the garage to share some of his favorite stories from his playing days at Notre Dame, the time Lou Holtz ripped him in front of the entire team, his NFL career, playing with Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, and other legends, and what his experience has been like finishing his degree at Notre Dame.

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Former Irish guard stops by the Garage to discuss his 5 years at Notre Dame and what has changed in the decade since he left. The guys and Golic discuss dealing with Notre Dame haters, the future of NIL and Golic's career in sports media.

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For the first time in a long while, Kyle is back in the garage! The reunited crew sits down to discuss their childhood celebrity crushes, updates from spring ball in South Bend, the generational arguments about football becoming "soft," the modern recruitment pipeline is stunting kids' growth and robbing them of the teenage experience, Deshaun Watson to the Browns and what his $230 million guaranteed contract could mean for the future of NFL dealmaking, and Notre Dame's March Madness tournament performance. [Podcast was recorded on Sunday before ND's game against Texas Tech.]

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Coming back from spring break, Cam, KJ, and Conor reunite with Kyle to discuss their vacations all across the continent, Kyle's reaction to his Combine performance and what the NFL's top prospects go through behind the scenes of the NFL Draft's biggest evaluation day, and Tom Brady's unexpected return from his brief retirement. They wrap the show fielding fan questions, choosing between extreme heat vs extreme cold and giving the pros and cons of the podcasting life.

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The ITG crew made a special trip out to LA this month to visit The Volume founder himself, Colin Cowherd. They sit down with Colin to discuss why Notre Dame is such a unique college football program, the culture shift in South Bend as Marcus Freeman takes over for Brian Kelly, and how Colin feels about the NIL deals that are shifting the college landscape. And as the conversation expands beyond football, they talk about Colin's years at ESPN making SportsNation, Kanye's jeen-yuhs doc series, and all sorts of advice on relationships and overcoming obstacles. They wrap up the interview with Colin and Kyle swapping their hottest takes – and one of them is *steaming* hot.

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The all-time winningest QB in Notre Dame history joins the show on today's episode, as current New Orleans Saints Ian Book takes the guys inside the Saints' unique quarterback room with Taysom Hill, Jamies Winston, and Trevor Siemian, the wild Week 16 that resulted in his first NFL start, his Pro Day and NFL Draft experience, his ascent from unheralded recruit to Notre Dame's all-time wins leader, and his favorite games from his Irish career.

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Former Notre Dame superstar and current Cincinnati Bengal Khalid Kareem joins the pod this week to give an inside look into the Bengals' breakout postseason, Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase's bond, and what former Cincy assistant and new Irish DC Al Golden is like in the locker room. They go on to discuss Khalid's unique NFL Combine experience in 2020, where he was on Draft night when he got the call that told him he'd be a Bengal, and some of the wild questions prospects get asked by teams in the months leading up to the Draft.

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The Irish announced the hiring of Cincinnati Bengals assistant coach Al Golden as the new defensive coordinator on Wednesday, and on today's episode Cam and Conor share their first impressions of the new DC, what he's telling the team as he takes the helm of the defense, and what his NFL credentials mean to his new locker room. The guys break down Marcus Freeman's overhauled coaching staff, the team's emotional reaction to Nick Lezynski's departure to Vanderbilt, and how Notre Dame staved off potential disaster with massive changes in the coaching ranks.

Plus, a major announcement: this weekend the rest of the crew will be reuniting with Kyle in LA for a sit-down interview with The Volume's founder himself, Colin Cowherd. Be sure to tune in on Monday for what should be the biggest episode yet!

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After a thrilling conclusion to the NFL season this past Sunday, the ITG crew discuss the biggest moments from Super Bowl LVI, OBJ's $200k cleats, social media's all-out war on Eli Apple (and how he should've covered Cooper Kupp on the game-deciding TD), Vernon Hargreaves running on the field to celebrate, Super Bowl champion Ben Skowronek, and the best halftime show in recent memory. After, they break down the best NFL Draft prospects they played this year and some names that are getting overlooked.

...And stay until the end to hear an off-the-rails hypothetical about fighting 100 miniature Aaron Donalds.

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