Pod of Gold - CFP first-round preview vs. Indiana

It's here. Game week. College Football Playoff game week for No. 7 seed Notre Dame (11-1) vs. No. 10 Indiana (11-1) at what promises to be an electric (if not a bit chilled) Notre Dame Stadium on Friday. What might the scene be like? The weather? The tickets? The everything? We start our Pod discu…

Post-College Football Playoff selection show - Notre Dame has an opponent

The 12-team College Football Playoff field is set. Notre Dame gets a No. 7 seed and a home game against No. 10 Indiana. Did the selection committee get it right? How could the format be tweaked, even now, to better improve the process/product? What about the weather? Tickets? Hotels? We discuss ev…

USC Preview; Army Review; How does Notre Dame close this out?

We start this week's episode dissecting where Notre Dame stands in the College Football Rankings (before the fourth release of the poll) and ponder the possible first- and second-round matchups that might await.  It's then time to set the stage for Saturday's matinee in Los Angeles, arguably the g…

Pod of Gold: Army preview, Virginia review (kind of), CFP views

We go Army heavy in this week's Pod as No. 6 Notre Dame (9-1) hosts No. 17 Army (9-0) at Yankee Stadium as part of the Shamrock Series game. We talk with Ken Kraetzer of the West Point Football Report on what makes the Black Knights so dangerous this season - it's more than just quarterback Bryson …

Special guest Brandon Wimbush (Virginia preview)

NDI's Tom Noie and Mike Berardino and WNDU's Jackson Neill preview this week's game against Virginia, review the win over Florida State, talk College Football Playoff rankings, take a trip down Memory Lane with our Pod of Old segment, answer the question of the week and spend some time with former …

Florida State Preview/College Football Playoff rankings review

NDI columnist Tom Noie, beat writer Mike Berardino and WNDU sports coordinator open this episode by recapping what the first College Football Playoffs rankings show means to Notre Dame and its chances of possibly even hosting a first-round playoff game. We (somewhat reluctantly) preview this weeke…

Pod of Gold (Navy Preview)

In this episode, South Bend Tribune columnist Tom Noie, beat writer Mike Berardino and WNDU sports coordinator Jackson Neill preview Saturday's matchup with No. 24 Navy and the problems the Midshipmen present as an undefeated and ranked opponent. They also recap the Georgia Tech game, including th…

Pod of Gold (Georgia Tech Preview)

NDI columnist Tom Noie and beat writer Mike Berardino and WNDU sports coordinator Jackson Neill open the show by previewing Saturday's neutral-site game against Georgia Tech, and what it means in terms of a possible path back toward a College Football Playoff berth. We also bury the lead by discuss…

Pod of Gold (A conversation with Marc Spindler/Notre Dame vs Stanford)

In this special edition of Pod of Gold, NDI columnist Tom Noie and Irish beat writer Mike Berardino and WNDU sports coordinator Jackson Neill stray from the usual pod script. The three preview Stanford (a little bit) and touch on the Notre Dame football news of the week (injuries, depth chart, Geo…

Pod of Gold (Notre Dame vs. Louisville)

NDI's Tom Noie and Mike Berardino and WNDU's Jackson Neill preview a critical/key (big) home game against Louisville for Notre Dame, which has won two straight. They recap the less-than-appealing home win over Miami (Ohio) and recap the latest depth chart changes, injury news and roster movement. …