This week Jim Harbaugh officially announced his return to Michigan after pursuing the Minnesota Vikings head coaching job in the NFL. On today's episode, the guys break down how coaches going after other jobs only to return to their team can lead to an awkward locker room, how the same situations are perceived when players seek new opportunities, stories from their recruiting years where coaches made some wild promises, and why Matt Balis is the bedrock of Notre Dame football culture. Moving on to the NFL, they give their predictions for the upcoming Bengals-Rams Super Bowl matchup and the hot water Jonathan Allen found himself in on social media. They round out the podcast by shouting out some of their favorite female athletes.

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NCAA.com released their way-too-early 2022 college football rankings and had Notre Dame slotted at #5. On today's episode, the guys analyze Notre Dame's place on the list, Texas A&M's unreal recruiting class, the hype surrounding USC and their rivalry with ND, the energy they expect from Clemson next season, and how Notre Dame's schedule compares to SEC schools. And with the Olympics and Pro Bowl going down, they discuss the toughest Olympic sports, the events they think they could compete in with enough training, and rule changes they'd implement to fix the Pro Bowl (and the league itself).

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Second ITG drop of the week! The guys discuss how Tom Brady must feel leaving the sport he's played for half his life, what's surprising and what isn't surprising about Brian Flores suing the NFL, why Harbaugh would want to leave Michigan for the NFL after this past season, Caleb Williams' transfer to USC and what it reflects about the state of college football, and the fastest way a new coach can lose a locker room.

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On today's episode, the guys share their thoughts on the NFL Championship Round matchups, their favorite memories of debatably-retired Tom Brady, where Gronk would rank in the all-time TE rankings if he retires with Tom, the dynamics between the Gronkowski / Watt / Bosa brothers, Tyrann Mathieu's hatred of the transfer portal, and the stress levels of the NFL Combine vs. performing surgery.

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On this Thursday's episode the ITG crew welcomes Cam back into the garage to discuss his bounce back from surgery, the workouts Kyle's been going through to prep for the NFL Draft, whether speed and other natural abilities can ever really be learned or improved on, Myles Garrett's unreal 40-time, and the different philosophies programs around the country have about lifting and strength training. This week's Outside the Garage question: after the anticlimactic end to the otherwise unbelievable Bills-Chiefs game, should the NFL finally change their overtime rules? The guys weigh the fairness of the professional vs college OT systems and have the most spirited debate about coin tosses you'll ever hear.

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This past week KJ decided to enter the transfer portal and look for new opportunities outside of South Bend. With Cam racking up his first DNP (Did Not Podcast), KJ talks to Kyle and Conor about what went into his decision, how he plans to leave ND with his degree, and why, while he's leaving Notre Dame, ITG isn't going anywhere. The three of them go on to discuss Conor's solo experience in ND's workouts, the wild finishes in this weekend's 49ers-Packers + Bengals-Titans games, what the 2019 Notre Dame-Michigan game taught them about playing through the cold, and the car ride to Michigan that birthed the podcast.

ALSO: ITG is now 2x a week – check back on Thursday for another episode!

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Inside the Garage is BACK. With Kyle training in the sunny Los Angeles hillside for the upcoming NFL Draft, the remaining garagemates quiz him on the California lifestyle and if dodging the seasonal depression that comes with South Bend's winter months has made him soft. Together they discuss Notre Dame's Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma State, Marcus Freeman's task of instilling his own culture on the fly, Kyle's close call with State Farm Stadium security, the fan and media reaction to the players skipping out on bowl games, and KJ's rough performances on Arizona's golf courses.

Outside the Garage questions this week:

1) If you could live outside the US for one year, where would you go?

2) What does the future of the ITG Podcast look like?

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The guys wrap up 2021 with an episode dedicated entirely to questions sent in from ITG fans on social media. They debate how dogs would wear pants, their chosen fighters in an animal brawl, their ideal vacation spot, Hulk vs Thanos in a fight, which superhero they relate to the most, the HBCU they would've attended, the one weapon to wield in a zombie apocalypse, what element they would represent in Avatar: The Last Airbender, how big of a family they'd want to raise, at what age they'd give their kid an iPad, their biggest pet peeves, the most ridiculous facts they know, and how their siblings and parents have influenced their lives. (recorded 12/7/21)

Happy holidays!

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In Kyle's last in-person recording, the guys take a momentary break from their busy finals week to chat about the first practices under head coach Marcus Freeman, the viral video of Brian Kelly dancing, and Bryce Young winning the Heisman Trophy. With Kyle declaring for the NFL Draft, he breaks down his feelings surrounding Notre Dame, the public's reactions to both he and Kyren Williams opting out of the Fiesta Bowl, and addresses the idea of what players "owe" to their fans, schools, and teammates. And to wrap up... the question that's been lurking since the first episode of Inside the Garage is finally answered: are we alone in the universe?

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Notre Dame finished the year at #5 and are set to take on Oklahoma State – for the first time in school history – in the Playstation Fiesta Bowl. The ITG co-hosts give their thoughts on the bowl matchup, watching Saturday's games with their Playoff hopes out of their hands, which teams in the Top 10 they feel are overrated, and who they'll think will win each of the major bowls.

After, an interview with Notre Dame defensive end Isaiah Foskey [recorded on 11/29]. They break down their first impressions of Isaiah, the Irish's rout of Stanford, what they thought of the campus, and adjusting to the different weather and time zones. Finally, they talk about people's biases against Notre Dame, Isaiah's "welcome to college" moment and workout with Aaron Donald, Lincoln Riley's future at USC, and how they've grown as people during their time in South Bend.

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