The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast
The home of FFSN's Notre Dame Fighting Irish podcast feed. A feed for the Notre Dame fan, by the Notre Dame fan.
Episodes
November 5, 2025 • 161 mins
Joshua and Brendan open the pod machine without Jude (on special assignment) to bring you a Notre Dame football show worthy of your ears. In this episode:
Hello!
A big shipwreck in a big lake.
Notre Dame takes down Boston College in a terrible game to watch.
ACC officials are going to ACC official.
You have to count ALL the yards.
What exactly did we just witness?
The College Football Playoff Rankings were rel...
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November 1, 2025 • 10 mins
So... somehow the ejections were ejected and we don't know why.
So here ya go.
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October 30, 2025 • 175 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the pod machine to help everyone with this Notre Dame Football crusade.
The Irish are traveling east to take on Boston College in the Holy War, Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl, Lifetime Revenge, or whatever you want to call it. The boys cover the entire scope of the college football world along with previewing the BC game. The new Top 20 is released, and game picks are selected.
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October 22, 2025 • 146 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan fought through the joys and perils of fatherhood to sit down to talk about Notre Dame Football.
We're low on show notes this week, but mostly we fight about...
Notre Dame's victory over USC.
How good was it?
What about CJ Carr?
The ability of Christian Gray.
Math and the stupidity of math and for the love of all that's holy... math.
The future of the Battle for the Jeweled Shillela...
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October 15, 2025 • 181 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back to give you the best (delayed) Notre Dame football pod around. In this episode:
Hello!
College football things.
Notre Dame slayed the NC State Wolfpack.
So... what's USC like this year?
Let's talk about a rivalry.
REVIEWS!
The Earned 5-Star Top 20.
Weekly game picks.
And much more weaved in and out of the show.
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October 8, 2025 • 159 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are fashionably back together to bring you all the heat concerning the Notre Dame Football program. In this episode...
HELLO!
Baseball is ruining my life (but also not).
Flags might be the work of satan and all of his dominions - and they must be stopped.
Let's talk about Notre Dame's win over Boise State.
Even when he's not great, CJ Carr is pretty good which is outstanding.
We fall HAR...
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October 1, 2025 • 139 mins
Joshua and Brendan have little time for show notes so here's a quick rundown:
Hello.
Notre Dame beat the crap out of Arkansas.
College Football Playoff picture.
Previewing Notre Dame's game against Boise State.
OFD Top 20.
Weekly game picks.
We did the thing.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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September 24, 2025 • 18 mins
There has been some reporting about Netflix and some side moves that were trying to be made with USC to stream the Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh.
So, we need to talk about Notre Dame VS USC, media rights, the plays to keep this rivalry intact, but more importantly... how Southern Cal really wished it was Notre Dame.
Just real quick
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September 24, 2025 • 156 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are marked safe from pumpkin spice latte's to bring you the most professional Notre Dame Football show. In this episode:
Hello!
For whom the bell tolls.
Notre Dame blasts Purdue with offense.
We fight about CJ Carr.
A big conversation about the defense.
Depth chart changes.
Looking for a Great House.
REVIEWS!
Brendan breaks down Arkansas and what we should be worried about and w...
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September 17, 2025 • 144 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the fold to talk about the Notre Dame football program — which is currently 0-2 and ranked #24 in the nation. In this episode:
HELLO!
The Berenstein Bears age gap opens up old Jetsons wounds.
Notre Dame’s 41-40 loss to Texas A&M was a brutal game to watch.
The defensive issues are pretty clear, so why aren’t they being fixed?
Why is the Leprecat so prominent?
We’re not going ...
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September 10, 2025 • 161 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in GAME WEEK mode as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the Texas A&M Aggies in a top 25 showdown in South Bend.
In this episode:
HELLO!
Dishwasher VS Microwave.
This is a college football podcast.
Notre Dame rises in the polls.
Another AP voter blunder.
We yell about South Florida and Jude provides analogies that aren't so great.
Brendan breaks down the Texas A&M Aggies.
...
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September 3, 2025 • 137 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are here after Notre Dame’s week one loss to the Miami Hurricanes to talk the game and walk the walk. In this episode:
Hello!
Tigers VS Mets is a disaster.
Getting right into the action.
Dylan shows up for the cheese.
CJ Carr was great and we’re all happy that nothing from Sunday night made us question the winner of the Notre Dame quarterback competition.
The offensive line problems is v...
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August 27, 2025 • 144 mins
Joshua and Brendan are setting the table for the beginning of the Notre Dame Football season as the Irish are set to travel to South Florida to take on the Miami Hurricanes. In this episode:
HELLO!
The GMC Sports Report with Benny Russo.
Jude is conferencing.
What do you know about Big Cheese?
Week ZERO already happened and there’s a debate about how much it actually delivered.
Notre Dame releases its first seas...
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August 20, 2025 • 118 mins
Notre Dame finally announced who QB1 will be for the 2025 season, so Joshua, Brendan, and Jude took a quick moment out of their dad chores to have a nice little chat about it all.
In this episode:
HELLO!
Benny “Ballgame” Russo and the GMC Sports Report.
Baseball is on.
Notre Dame announced that sophomore CJ Carr will be the Irish starting quarterback moving forward.
How the boys feel about the decision.
Lets bre...
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August 11, 2025 • 176 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan finally had a chance to sit down and hammer out everyone’s favorite episode about Notre Dame Football… our prop bets for the 2025 season.
In this episode:
Three nails in a tire.
Making sure we say this is FALL CAMP per our contract with the Creator.
Let’s talk about CJ Carr vs Kenny Minchey, but let’s do it in a way that makes sense.
Jude’s love of Steve Angeli.
Getting into the prop bets....
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August 4, 2025 • 132 mins
Notre Dame Football’s fall camp is underway, and we suppose that means we should get back to work and put that laid back summer vibe behind us.
Sort of.
In this episode:
HELLO!
Cheergate in NW Ohio.
Brendan is dealing with a summer hangover of sorts.
The overreaction to the start of fall camp.
CJ Carr vs Kenny Minchey... we still kind of need pads and contact, but sure, let’s dive into all.
REVIEWS!
The Hei...
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July 19, 2025 • 115 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have FINALLY made it back to the pod machine after a summer hiatus (which won’t be the last one — sorry, not sorry) to talk about anything and everything surrounding Notre Dame Football (before the media blitz happened in New York).
In this episode:
Hello!
Don’t cheat on your spouse ever — especially at a lame Coldplay concert.
The impact of the Charles Jagusah injury to the Irish offensive line...
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June 30, 2025 • 171 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are happily back together to breakdown the latest Notre Dame Football news as the most professional pros in all of the Notre Dame world. In this episode:
HELLO!
The breakfast hack that triggers all of the fast food emotions.
Notre Dame football recruiting is on an absolute heater right now, and we take this moment to kick the Kansas State Wildcats while they’re down.
Of course we were right a...
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June 20, 2025 • 151 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are ready for the summer heat wave — which is also another name for the current state of Notre Dame football recruiting. The boys are primed and ready for a good chat. In this episode:
HELLO!
An entirely different take on the Star Wars sequels.
Let’s talk about Notre Dame Football recruiting.
The Elite 11.
Marcus Freeman VS James Franklin is the gift that keeps giving.
Preseason rankings...
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June 13, 2025 • 159 mins
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have a lot of answering to do this week — but how much of it really concerns Notre Dame Football? We promise you that it’s a lot more than you might be thinking, and it’s done very professionally.
No other show notes are needed this week.
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Go Irish!
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