Looking Ahead to 2026

InKellyWeTrust · Jan 23, 2026

irish2104 said:
Want to beat IU then we can say they never would of been champs last year if we were in

I have a feeling we are going to have to beat IU next year in the playoffs

Old Man Mike · Jan 23, 2026

I have no desire to see ANY SEC even close to the title game. WHY WOULD WE?
Screw those ______. They RAN football for more than a decade; give them nothing.
For me, the perfect last two games would be over Ohio State and Indiana.
(and who the hell wants USC back in national contention? Jeez...)
Beating OSU and Indiana would say: yep, Midwest football is clearly the best, and we're the King of that
... and Indiana: you're good, but we're still the Boss in our state.

Huntr · Jan 23, 2026

I didn't want to scary bump Lenny's thread.

stlnd01 · Jan 23, 2026

Huntr said:
I didn't want to scary bump Lenny's thread.

Portal Season is through for us. I think it's OK now?

bcole2 · Jan 23, 2026

stlnd01 said:
Portal Season is through for us. I think it's OK now?

Who knows when Jagusah’s snowmobiling and bobsled winter getaway is though?

texbender · Jan 23, 2026

Dale said:
Now the sole title favorite on Fanduel.

Odds surging across books

Will be in LV this weekend, how shall I play this?

Dale · Jan 23, 2026

texbender said:
Will be in LV this weekend, how shall I play this?

Floating around +600 to +700 at most widely available phone app sportsbooks. Anything +900 or better is probably value the way it’s trending

greyhammer90 · Jan 23, 2026

Dale said:
Now the sole title favorite on Fanduel.

Odds surging across books

Kind of hate this lol

GATTACA! · Jan 24, 2026

greyhammer90 said:
Kind of hate this lol

Rudy89 · Jan 24, 2026

GoldenAura said:
Just for the heck of it, if ND actually did win it all next season, who would you want to see them beat in the Natty?

Breaking our title drought over Dante Moore led Oregon would be pretty funny considering his whole recruiting saga imo.

OSU. I’d like to also pound Bama in south bend to start the playoffs (if we don’t get a bye), and (I don’t know how the bowl rounds will be set up but in my perfect world) get our revenge in A&M in the Peach Bowl ( I love chik-fil-a so if I have to wear gear with an advertisement on it I want it to be something i actually consume) take out IU in the Rose Bowl (the Irish going to an actual Pasadena rose bowl would be great) before finally slaying the buckeye dragon to win it all. The ultimate revenge tour, we beat Miami in the regular season,we finally say fuck you to bama, we get our win back from last year against A&M, & we beat OSU finally. Then when the season is over Freeman says he loves Notre Dame too much to leave and plans to be here for at least another five years. All that fantasy booking aside let’s just not let down and play to our ultimate capabilities. On paper if we do that we shouldn’t lose a game.

Edit: also @te’o4heisman we haven’t lost a game since we had a wager last year, ND wins the natty I leave these boards for good, bro! Let’s make my exit the greatest party IE has ever seen for multiple reasons 😂

IAIrish · Jan 24, 2026

This is absolute bullshit. Want no part of him on Miami's roster when he should have been in the league 3 years ago...

Star Miami Linebacker Returning for his 8th Season of College Football

The Miami Hurricanes Linebacker position was one of the minor weakness last season from their National Championship game run. Highlighted by Wesley Bissainthe

www.si.com

Te'o4Heisman · Jan 24, 2026

Rudy89 said:
OSU. I’d like to also pound Bama in south bend to start the playoffs (if we don’t get a bye), and (I don’t know how the bowl rounds will be set up but in my perfect world) get our revenge in A&M in the Peach Bowl ( I love chik-fil-a so if I have to wear gear with an advertisement on it I want it to be something i actually consume) take out IU in the Rose Bowl (the Irish going to an actual Pasadena rose bowl would be great) before finally slaying the buckeye dragon to win it all. The ultimate revenge tour, we beat Miami in the regular season,we finally say fuck you to bama, we get our win back from last year against A&M, & we beat OSU finally. Then when the season is over Freeman says he loves Notre Dame too much to leave and plans to be here for at least another five years. All that fantasy booking aside let’s just not let down and play to our ultimate capabilities. On paper if we do that we shouldn’t lose a game.

Edit: also @te’o4heisman we haven’t lost a game since we had a wager last year, ND wins the natty I leave these boards for good, bro! Let’s make my exit the greatest party IE has ever seen for multiple reasons 😂

Haha bet. Lets do it

LifelongFan · Jan 24, 2026

InKellyWeTrust said:
I have a feeling we are going to have to beat IU next year in the playoffs

Cignetti is the best coach in football and they return a lot of good players and lose a lot too. I would say that I watched a few TCU games and if Hoover looks as good as Rourke and Mendoza did, Shanahan and their QB coach are better than anyone thinks.

Penick44@ · Jan 24, 2026

LifelongFan said:
Cignetti is the best coach in football and they return a lot of good players and lose a lot too. I would say that I watched a few TCU games and if Hoover looks as good as Rourke and Mendoza did, Shanahan and their QB coach are better than anyone thinks.

Bring them on.

CoachB · Jan 25, 2026

For those giving grief about Notre Dame's schedule next year, have they taken a look at Texas Tech? Holy smokes!

Albeline Christian
Oregon St.
Houston
Sam Houston St.
Colorado
Arizona St (With Levitt and Dyson gone)
Cincinnati (With Sorsby gone)
Arizona
West Virginia
Oklahoma St.
Baylor
TCU (With Hoover gone)

Holy smokes! And people want to talk about the ND schedule, which has two top 10 teams and four fringe top 20 teams.

GATTACA! · Jan 25, 2026

That might be the worst schedule I’ve ever seen. Geez.

CoachB · Jan 25, 2026

GATTACA! said:
That might be the worst schedule I’ve ever seen. Geez.

I agree. That's crazy. You could play your C game and go unbeaten. Imagine the national outcry if that was ND's schedule.

Padomer9 · Jan 25, 2026

GATTACA! said:
That might be the worst schedule I’ve ever seen. Geez.

Penn State’s schedule is an absolute joke as well.

stlnd01 · Jan 25, 2026

Padomer9 said:
Penn State’s schedule is an absolute joke as well.

Agree it's pretty soft but Michigan and USC will probably both be substantially better than anyone Texas Tech plays.

Blazers46 · Jan 25, 2026

IAIrish said:
This is absolute bullshit. Want no part of him on Miami's roster when he should have been in the league 3 years ago...

Star Miami Linebacker Returning for his 8th Season of College Football

The Miami Hurricanes Linebacker position was one of the minor weakness last season from their National Championship game run. Highlighted by Wesley Bissainthe

www.si.com

He has glass Achilles. Odds are not on his favor.

NDWarrior · Jan 25, 2026

Ok, I think I just cried... Damn, I can't wait to see MF hoisted onto our DL's shoulders after beating some unlucky opponent's ass in the CFP NCG. 🍀🍀🍀

stlnd01 · Jan 25, 2026

NDWarrior said:
Ok, I think I just cried... Damn, I can't wait to see MF hoisted onto our DL's shoulders after beating some unlucky opponent's ass in the CFP NCG. 🍀🍀🍀

The last 20 seconds would have been sufficient.

irish4ever · Jan 26, 2026

GoldenAura said:
Just for the heck of it, if ND actually did win it all next season, who would you want to see them beat in the Natty?

Breaking our title drought over Dante Moore led Oregon would be pretty funny considering his whole recruiting saga imo.

POUNDING any of these (in order): Meatchicken, Indiana, Miami, U$C, Ohio State, ANY SEC team and FUCK ESPN, the CFP Committee and the Game Day ass-wipes! Go Irish.

irishff1014 · Jan 29, 2026

We are gonna find out how good Ash is working with new people.

And see how Freeman handles to huge hires at one time?

KPENN · Jan 29, 2026

irishff1014 said:
We are gonna find out how how good Ash is working with new people.

And see how Freeman handles to huge hires at one time?

He worked with a ton of new people last year. Lol. What are you even talking about.

Te'o4Heisman · Jan 29, 2026

irishff1014 said:
We are gonna find out how how good Ash is working with new people.

And see how Freeman handles to huge hires at one time?

Id say almost zero chance freeman hires ash last year if he was difficult to work with.

irish4ever · Jan 30, 2026

irishff1014 said:
We are gonna find out how good Ash is working with new people.

And see how Freeman handles to huge hires at one time?

I would suspect that Ash will have already been around couple of the "new" Def. position coaches in previous stints. I see this as a 'nothing burger'.

jerseyborn1971 · Jan 30, 2026

College coaches do nothing but work with new people. Most of them have new jobs every 3 years.

NDPhilly · Feb 16, 2026

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NDPhilly · Feb 17, 2026

Next year is going to put me in an asylum

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