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MAR 20

Notre Dame Football spring prep could use more hot dogs

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are a group of hungry bears, and are waking up from some winter hibernation for gas station hot dogs and the start of Notre Dame Football's spring practice season. In this episode: HELLO! Fast food wars. These are the hot dogs of our lives. The World Baseball Classic. The spring injury report is long but whatever. The Marcus Freeman press conference was good. Let's talk about Notre Dame's winter prep. Why is everyone outside of Notre Dame glossing over Irish defense? Lou Holtz. REVIEWS! And plenty more weaved in and out of the show, Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2h 21m
FEB 2

Let's run it back (and forward) with Notre Dame Football

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have returned from their sacred quests to once again open the pod portal to ritualize Notre Dame Football. In this episode: Hello! A bit of a fever dream. Puke for a day or snot for a week? REVIEWS! Notre Dame just loaded up the roster with a bunch of guys, so let's talk about it. A different kind of spring on tap. Filling up a coaching position. Notre Dame's 2026 prospects and how bias will affect everything. Notre Dame's winter sports are making us sick. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2h 26m
12/30/2025

Notre Dame Football And The Stranger Things From This Month

After a bit of a break; Joshua, Jude, and Brendan rip open the pod portal to break down all of the strange stuff surrounding the Notre Dame Football program over the past month. In this episode: HELLO! Happy Honda Days! Big snow talk and drag sledding. Marcus Freeman is coming back to coach Notre Dame Football in 2026, but the wording could have been different. The end of the Jeweled Shillelagh Rivalry between the Irish and USC is filled with tons of BS coming out of the mouth of a known liar and underachieving coward, Lincoln Riley. The portal is coming... Joshua makes a plea for a certain type of quarterback to arrive from the portal. What's next? REVIEWS! We've been claiming 22 National Titles for a while now... Notre Dame should follow suit. Jude's comprehensive list of goods. Stranger Things is sucking the life out of the final season. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2h 58m
12/23/2025

Our Traditional Christmas Eve present to you is Notre Dame’s Hawaii Bowl victory (*Game Sound)

Merry Christmas! We know there is a lot going on this week with family time and watching USC grow the biggest yellow belly we've ever seen - but we also can’t forget one of our greatest traditions. Christmas Eve marks the 16th anniversary of Notre Dame’s 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was it a tremendously fun game to watch, it also finally ended Notre Dame’s bowl losing streak that stretched back to their last win in January of 1994. We (Josh, Jude, and Brendan) sat down to watch a one-hour cut-up of the game, and this is the podcast... us commenting all the way through. In fact, there are two versions of this podcast. One has the game sound with it to follow along, and one version has no game sound. The one with no game sound is available so that you can watch a video of the same version of the game while listening to us riff all over it. That YouTube link⁠⁠ IS RIGHT HERE⁠⁠. We hope you enjoy whatever version you choose (why not both?) and from everyone over at One Foot Down, have a bright and loving holiday season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 27m
12/23/2025

Our Traditional Christmas Eve present to you is Notre Dame's Hawaii Bowl victory (*NO Game Sound)

Merry Christmas! We know there is a lot going on this week with family time and watching USC grow the biggest yellow belly we've ever seen - but we also can’t forget one of our greatest traditions. Christmas Eve marks the 16th anniversary of Notre Dame’s 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was it a tremendously fun game to watch, it also finally ended Notre Dame’s bowl losing streak that stretched back to their last win in January of 1994. We (Josh, Jude, and Brendan) sat down to watch a one-hour cut-up of the game, and this is the podcast... us commenting all the way through. In fact, there are two versions of this podcast. One has the game sound with it to follow along, and one version has no game sound. The one with no game sound is available so that you can watch a video of the same version of the game while listening to us riff all over it. That YouTube link⁠ IS RIGHT HERE⁠. We hope you enjoy whatever version you choose (why not both?) and from everyone over at One Foot Down, have a bright and loving holiday season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 27m
12/10/2025

Notre Dame's playoff snub was ABSOLUTE CINEMA for the SEC and ESPN

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan opened up the pod bunker to send a special statement out about Notre Dame Football. We will have to dispense with the show notes this week. This was a massive conversation between friends about : The college football playoff snub by the committee, the SEC, and ESPN that looked more like the storyline from the WWE. Pete Bevacqua went scorched earth and we have different feelings about it. The decision to skip the Pop Tarts Bowl and why Notre Dame did the right thing here. The future of the CFP and Notre Dame. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2h 34m
12/03/2025

Notre Dame and the CFB Playoff Conspiracy

Joshua and Jude celebrate Brendan's birthday by opening the pod portal without him, because the Notre Dame Football universe doesn't stop. In this episode: HELLO! Jude looks like his dad (who is not a fan of cussing). We have to talk about the Stanford game. Jeremiyah Love's Heiesman campaign is over because Stanford is full of dirty players. The college football playoff rankings. The multiple scenarios of how Notre Dame makes the playoff. The multiple scenarios of how Notre Dame doesn't make the playoff. Who should you be rooting for? This whole thing is just one giant ball of BS. REVIEWS! Notre Dame Football Recruiting. The lore of National Signing Day. And MUCH more weaved inand out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3h 8m
11/27/2025

Notre Dame is locked in on ALL of the playoff stuff

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan unlock the safe to the pod machine to bring you the best Notre Dame football show. In this episode: Hello! Wrestling n stuff. The Notre Dame belt to ass exhibition against Syracuse was delightful. The latest college football playoff rankings were released and we have a lot of takes. The Jeremiyah Love Heisman campaign. REVIEWS! Previewing Notre Dame's matchup against Stanford. The weekly game picks. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 24

LiveFastDiarrhea

‪The Earned 5-Star Podcast is the only Notre Dame content that is considered canon. All other ND pods are either fan fiction or focus on alternate timelines where ND didn’t win the 1993 National Championship. Don’t waste your time anywhere other than right here on the Earned 5-Star Podcast. Thank you guys for all the great times and hundreds of hours of entertainment.
Five Stars like a Sirius XM interview

Mar 11

vamosirish

BK tore down an apartment complex to get a better view of the Dome before leaving South Bend. Thoughts? Boss move? Selfish? Shows his colors? I need 15 minutes on this minimum. I’m not even writing this review in Spanish!
Print the T-Shirts

Mar 7

gbank5

2026: Win One for the Lisper. RIP Lou
Would you rather?

Feb 3

Garebear G2

Great show. Now that my daughter is old enough for the language, I put you on when we drive to and from her activities. You show that bonding over ND is about camaraderie and not just yelling at the tv. And an insight into why her old man gets such wild emotional swings during the fall. One theoretical question for you all to discuss, For the 2026 CFP, would you rather ND get a bye or have ND host a first round game against USC? And if hosting then what should the weather be on a continuum from pleasant to blizzard white out conditions? I vote for hosting and cold and windy.