Sam Werner joins us to discuss adjustments to the All-BK-at-ND team following the 2019 campaign and then we tier up the best players of the last decade of Irish football.

Jessica Smetana of Sports Illustrated stops by to talk Tommy Rees's promotion, Phil Jurkovec's transfer, the Camping World victory and our favorite bowls of the 2019-20 postseason.

Pete Sampson's article on the Rees promotion we quote from in this episode.

This is last year's Christmas Song Draft, which has been described as everything between "a holiday classic" and "rage-inducing." If you've got some holiday travel this weekend, this is some clean seasonal listening.

Here's the link to the Spotify playlist of our selections.

Original release date: December 20, 2018.

Jessica Smetana of Sports Illustrated and Andrew Smith & Alex Herrmann of Notre Dame Our Blogger join to discuss bowl games, the college football playoff, White Claw vs. Truly, Christmas music and much more.

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NOTE: We unfortunately recorded this prior to the news of Chip Long's departure from Notre Dame's offensive coordinator position. We're sad about that, too.

Brian Fremeau (Football Outsiders, creator of FEI) and Michael Bryan (18 Stripes) join to break down what the numbers show about Notre Dame's 2019 season, how the Irish currently fit into the college football world and what you should expect from Iowa State in the bowl game.

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Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed to Christmas Giving so far but the fundraising drives rolls on. Our USC Insider Nick Tresnowski stops by to donate his Clay Helton Retention Misery to the cause. Along with a special guest, we also discuss USC's future, Notre Dame's place in the college football world and much more.

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To launch the fourth annual Rakes Report Christmas Giving, we hand out a bunch of awards for the 2019 Notre Dame football season, from MVP to favorite play. There's also a special PSA from NotreDameOurBlogger.com.

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Christmas Giving merch is available here.

Jessica Smetana of Sports Illustrated stops by to try and make sense of this weird Notre Dame season. Tune in this Saturday to the NBC Sports Network to see Jess as part of the alternate broadcast of the Boston College/Notre Dame game.

Jess Smetana (Sports Illustrated) and Andrew & Alex (Notre Dame Our Blogger) help empty out a listener mailbag. What Big Ten team would make the best annual opponent? How many more playoff appearances for Brian Kelly at Notre Dame and also why is everyone so obsessed about the playoff? Dream uniforms, best and worst games, Michigan scenarios and more.

A NOTE ON NY6 BOWLS: We did a poor job of explaining this but due to tie-ins Notre Dame only has three possible destinations should they qualify for a NY6 bowl: a) The playoff b) The Orange Bowl vs. an ACC team c) The Cotton Bowl vs. a Group of 5 team.

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Nicole Auerbach (The Athletic, Big Ten Network) stops by to talk about the current state of affairs in Ann Arbor and what should worry Notre Dame fans Saturday night before the conversation turns to a breakdown of the potential playoff field. Then (33:23) the Report's Senior Penn State correspondent breaks down Michigan's performance in Happy Valley and what Irish fans should expect.

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