The New Year is here, and the season is officially over for both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans. We start things off with Notre Dame and their bowl loss to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. We talk about how Marcus Freeman looked in his first game and how it sets the tone for the Fighting Irish going forward. That leads into a discussion about new hires for both Notre Dame and USC. We end things with some talk about the transfer portal for both team, and player movement in general.

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On this very Notre Dame Fighting Irish heavy episode of the podcast, we get everyone ready for the Fiesta Bowl. We start in the only place you can right now and talk about the new COVID surge and if it will cancel or delay the bowl game. Then we get into the game itself and Notre Dame’s opponent, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, The theme that runs through most of the conversation is how will the Fighting Irish adapt to not having starting running back Kyren Williams. After making predictions for the game we jump into some 2023 recruiting news. Notre Dame is expected to add a top fifty player in the coming weeks and as of Christmas Eve the USC Trojans now have three top twenty-five commits. This leads to a discussion on how many five star players are necessary to actually compete for a national title and how to lure them to campus. Hope everyone has a happy New Year and stays safe. Enjoy!

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Early signing day has come and gone for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans. We start by reviewing USC’s small but star studded class. The Trojans may only have seven players signed at the moment, but two of them are five star recruits. We then switch to the Fighting Irish where Greg is forced to pick the seven players he would keep from Notre Dame’s class. The is a also a quick tangent about the movie the program. We talk about the fun Notre Dame commitment videos. There is some light Marcus Freeman talk, then leads to a Kedon Slovis convo and ends with Kyle Hamilton NFL scenarios.

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We are back with another UHND crossover podcast. After a crazy week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans things settled down, and we have a free flowing conversation that occasionally touches on mature subjects. After some light housekeeping, we start by discussing players like Kyle Hamilton, Kyren Williams and Drake London declaring for the NFL, which then leads into our thoughts on players opting out of games. That transitions into recruiting talk and speculation around early signing day for the Trojans and the Irish. With no real football to talk about we bounce around to multiple subjects, and just have a fun time. Enjoy

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It was a wild week for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans. The only way to properly discuss what went down is to do it chronologically. We start at Lincoln Riley’s introductory press conference, work through Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame, the hiring of Marcus Freeman and end with bowl selections. This past week was so unbelievable that is was hard to document everything. Enjoy!

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It’s another crosspod with UHND. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish completed their regular season with a big win against Stanford and the USC Trojans made a big splash with their new coach. We get to the hiring of Lincoln Riley in the second half of the pod, so we start with the game against Stanford and who looked good for the Fighting Irish. Then we run down playoff scenarios for Notre Dame. Once the Fighting Irish talk is over, we get into USC’s new head football coach Lincoln Riley, and how the Trojans are instantly relevant. The greatest intersectional rivalry in all of college football just got a little more interesting.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! For the Notre Dame Fighting Irish there is a lot to be thankful for, but for the USC Trojans everything stinks. Greg forces the conversation right to the Trojans and their humiliating loss against local rival UCLA. The big question to ask is what is USC even playing for. The season in meaningless, there is nothing left on the line, so how can the players get excited for the games. We also talk a little about the coaching search and post season awards before we switch to Norte Dame.  The Fighting Irish played Georgia Tech at home and it was senior day. The seniors went out with a bang shutting out the Yellow Jackets. The game was so lopsided there is not much to talk about so we go straight to College Football Playoff rankings. Notre Dame is ranked 6th but the possible to move up is there. However, Greg is worried about a team from the Big 12 jumping the Irish. We also talk a little about a lack of post season recognition for Notre Dame players.  Enjoy!

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The USC Trojans may have not had a game this week like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but they still mad news. USC’s game against Cal was postponed until December because of COVID and their best prospect decommitted. It’s all hard times for the Trojans. It’s the complete opposite for Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish won again, and it was another example of what a competent program Brian Kelly has built at Notre Dame. The facts of the game against Virginia are not even important. The Fighting Irish should win out and we end doing college football playoff math.  

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A day later then usually but we are here and ready to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s victory over the Navy Midshipmen and the USC Trojans loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils. We start with Notre Dame who weathered the storm against Navy. The victory wasn’t always pretty, but in the end the Fighting Irish did what they had to do. It was a mixed bag for the Irish offense, but the defense played well.  Virginia is coming up this week. When we move on to the Trojans it’s more of the same. It was another loss where the team looked terrible. The quarterback timeshare is not working and the team continues to make mistake after mistake. Who knows what happens next.

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After a spooky Halloween we are back to preview the USC Trojans’ game against the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s match up against the Navy Midshipmen.  We start the episode talking about the sad state of affairs that is the USC Trojans. Their best player is out for the season, they probably can’t make it to the Pac-12 title game and there is a weird two quarterback system being implemented. On top of all this, USC’s 2022 recruiting class consists of just nine players; mostly DBs. Things are not great for the Trojans. Who knows what will happen in Tempe. Notre Dame may be coming into the game against Navy rolling, but Greg is nervous and thinks this might be a trap game.  Navy has only two wins so Michael is less than concerned for the Irish. We also discuss how fans hate the incumbent in position battles and that the fans need to get off Kyle Hamilton’s back, he’s hurt. We end things talking about playoff positioning and predictions.

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