Rakes Report: A Notre Dame Podcast

Now that the dust of the coaching search has settled, let's remember some plays. Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend here. Buy the Christmas Giving shirts here.

Jessica Smetana helps kick off this year's Christmas Giving with a discussion of championship weekend, Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State and other bowls we're excited to watch. Donate to the Center for the Homeless in South Bend here. Buy the Christmas Giving shirts here.

There's a new head coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Jessica Smetana is here to talk about it. Tis The Season merch.

An update on the latest with Jessica Smetana.

w/ Jessica Smetana. and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad. (this was slapped together on the road, audio quality not the best but times are what they are.)

Jessica Smetana joins to talk about Notre Dame's 45-14 win against the Cardinal, mourn the end of what turned into an incredibly fun Irish season and discuss the postseason.

Jessica Smetana joins to break down Notre Dame's dominant 55-0 Senior Day victory and talk about postseason positioning.

Ashton Pollard of On3.com joins to discuss Notre Dame's 28-3 win against the Cavaliers in Charlottesville.

Jamie Uyeyama of Irish Sports Daily stops in to break down what Tommy Rees and Marcus Freeman have been up to this season, as well as a discussion on how the 2021 Fighting Irish season fits into the grand arc of the program.

Jessica Smetana joins to review the last two Irish victories and prepare for the final third of the season. Tommy Rees, Kyren Williams, the light show, preseason rankings and much more.

Our USC Insider Nick Tresnowski joins to talk Jaxson Dart, Drake London, the Trojan headspace heading into this game and the latest on the search to replace Clay Helton.

Jessica Smetana joins to discuss the happenings around the country during Notre Dame's bye week (including the win against Purdue looking a little better after the result in Iowa City) and take a look at the second half of the season for the Irish.

Greg Flammang from UHND.com joins in a futile but fun attempt to break down Notre Dame's 32-29 win in Blacksburg.

Jessica Smetana and The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach join to discuss Notre Dame's loss to Cincinnati, why so many teams are disappointing this season, when chanting goes wrong, the future of Fighting Irish independence, battling ESPN's monopoly, NIL and much more.

Michael Bryan of 18 Stripes and Sam Werner join to assess where the Irish are as the first trimester of the season concludes. What should we expect going forward, and who should the quarterback be?

Jessica Smetana joins to recount her experience at Soldier Field for Notre Dame's 41-13 win over the Badgers.

A look at Saturday's upcoming clash between the Badgers and Irish with our Wisconsin Insider Andrew Bahl.

Jessica Smetana joins to talk about Notre Dame's 27-13 win over the Boilermakers and scenes from a fun, weird day in college football. Also a field report from Senior Drum Correspondent Paul Rigney.

The Irish are 2-0 and Clay Helton has already been fired so our USC Insider Nick Tresnowski stops by to talk what he expects from the Trojans the rest of the season and potential options for their next head coach.

Jessica Smetana joins for a recap of Notre Dame's 41-38 overtime victory in Tallahassee, including how new faces Jack Coan and Marcus Freeman performed. (This was recorded prior to Brian Kelly's Monday afternoon press conference.)