2025 College Football Offseason Respect Index
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Release Date: 05/20/2025
Week Four College Football Games To Watch
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
A stacked noon slate kicks off what looks to be another fun Saturday that ends in Boulder and with some more potential Golden Bear magic. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Instant Reaction: Texas A&M 41 Notre Dame 40
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Sam Werner of the Three-Point Jesus podcast joins to file a report from the Irish's second loss of the 2025 season. Chris Ash, C.J. Carr, what the next ten games might look like and much more. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Week Three College Football Games To Watch
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Start your Saturday in the City of Brotherly Love and end it at the Golden Bowl in Berkeley. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Evaluating The Validity of Various Notre Dame Football Concerns Post-Bye Week
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Michael Bryan joins to judge the severity of concerns about the Fighting Irish after their opening loss with another big game ahead of them on Saturday night. We also take a look at lessons learned from the first two weeks of the college football season. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Looking Ahead to Notre Dame's Monster Game vs Texas A&M
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
returns to preview the Aggies' upcoming trip to South Bend. Topics include the improvement of Texas A&M's passing attack, optimism about a run game that started slowly and a whole lot of questions about Mike Elko's defense. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Week Two College Football Games To Watch
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
There isn't a lot of sizzle this weekend but if you dig there's plenty of steak. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Instant Reaction: Miami 27 Notre Dame 24
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the Fighting Irish losing their season opener to the Hurricanes. A real loopy one trying to work through this so apologies for that. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: Excitement Draft
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Jessica Smetana joins to close out the offseason with our annual discussion of things to be excited about for the upcoming Fighting Irish campaign. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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Week One College Football Games To Watch
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Recommending some of the most interesting games of the opening weekend, from an important G6 clash to Top Ten tilts. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
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2025 Notre Dame Football Season Preview: The Schedule
Rakes Report: A Notre Dame podcast
Alex Herrmann and Andrew Smith of Notre Dame, Our Blogger join to preview all 12 opponents on this fall's Fighting Irish schedule. A spicy start, the murky middle and some sad scenes. Sign up for the newsletter and/or browse the merch here:
info_outlineJessica Smetana and the Spreadsheets & Tailgates newsletter's Michael Bryan join to take a look at what preseason win totals might mean for a long list of college football teams. Topics include but are not limited to: Freedom from the Big Ten West, Cignetti Year Two in Bloomington, Clemson hype vs. reality, the cowardice of the USC Trojans, a big year for LSU, sad times in Palo Alto and Stillwater, interesting times in Miami, expectations for Deion, Narduzzi purgatory, the circus in Chapel Hill and potentially tough years for both Clark Lea and Steve Angeli.
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