On the season finale of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach recap Notre Dame's Gator Bowl win over South Carolina and reflect on the 2022 Irish football season. They look at the play of quarterback Tyler Buchner, discuss the likelihood of ND landing Sam Hartman as a transfer QB & ask the qu…

Well we weren't planning to do a show but Drew Pyne announced he's entering the transfer portal. So time for an emergency podcast edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays. We're giving our thoughts on the Irish quarterback situation almost in real time! Thank you to Notre Dame Federal Credit Union for being the title spon…

On the November 26th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo chats with Notre Dame President Emeritus, Fr. Edward 'Monk Malloy, C.S.C., in our Focus on Faith interview. Monk discusses the influence his parents had on his faith, his love for basketball, his passion for teaching, his time as Pre…

On the November 26th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach breakdown Notre Dame's matchup with arch rival USC in a top 15 showdown to close out the regular season in Los Angeles. What will it take for Notre Dame to overcome USC quarterback Caleb Williams and high powered Troj…

On the November 19th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo sits down with Notre Dame 6-year offensive lineman Josh Lugg for our Focus on Faith interview. Lugg will participate in his THIRD Senior Day at Notre Dame. He reflects on all he's experienced at Notre Dame, how he's been able to giv…

On the November 19th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach breakdown Notre Dame's matchup with Boston College, look at Senior Day and home finale and discuss where the program stands after 10 games under Marcus Freeman. Our Focus on Faith interview is with 6-year Irish offens…

On the November 12th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach breakdown the state of the Irish program following the win over Clemson and how the Irish must avoid a letdown against Navy. Plus, they give their grades position by position. They wrap up their show with game predict…

On the October November 5th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo sits down with Notre Dame football team chaplain, Fr. Nate Wills C.S.C. Fr. Nate is an annually guest on Irish Sports Saturdays and gives us a 'state of the Irish' perspective from the chaplain perspective. We discuss Marcus F…

On the November 5th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach breakdown Notre Dame's showdown with #4 and undefeated Clemson at Notre Dame Stadium. Can the Irish play well at home? Will the momentum from the Syracuse game continue this week, including with turnovers? Can the Iris…

On the October 29th, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo sits down with former Notre Dame leprechaun Mike Brown for our Focus on Faith interview. Mike was the first black leprechaun at Notre Dame in 1999 and has now written a children's book about his experience called, The Leprechaun's Game Day at Notre Dame. He's also a g…

On the October 29th, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach preview Notre Dame's showdown at #16 Syracuse. They discuss what the Irish have at stake in the next 2 weeks with Clemson looming next week, can Drew Pyne be the 'good' Drew Pyne today, the atmosphere that The Dome at Syracuse can bring and the battle …

On the October 22nd, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo sits down with Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey for a 15 minute conversation reflect on Brey's 23 years at Notre Dame. Brey explains how he has changed as a head coach and how college basketball and college athletics have changed with the introduction of NI…

On the October 22nd, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach discuss what in the world is happening with the Irish football team. They breakdown the state of the programming coming out of the stunning loss to Stanford and preview today's matchup with UNLV. What's up with the offense? What to make of Marcus Freem…

On the October 15th, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo interviews the former longtime voice of Notre Dame women's basketball Bob Nagle who recently retired from WHME TV-46. Bob shares stories of his time not only covering the Notre Dame women's team but also men's basketball, hockey and baseball. Plus a ton of stories fro…

On the October 15th, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach breakdown Notre Dame's matchup with Stanford. Is this still a rivalry game? Is it a trap game with the Irish favored by 16? We also discuss the play of quarterback Drew Pyne and discuss whether he should have been the starting quarterback from the begi…

On the October 8th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo chats with the former chaplain of the Notre Dame football team, Fr. Paul Doyle, C.S.C. Father Doyle grew up a Notre Dame fan in a small town in Virginia. His family would drive up to the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains to be able to tu…

On the October 8th, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach breakdown Notre Dame's matchup with #16 BYU in Las Vegas in the Shamrock Series game. The guys look at where the 2-2 Irish stand coming off the bye and examine the fact that Notre Dame fans are highly optimistic for a win over the Cougars. They look at …

On the October 1st, 2022 edition of Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach examine where Notre Dame's stands at its bye week with a 2-2 record. We break down the rest of the year's schedule and give our thoughts on how we think the Irish will do the rest of the season. Plus, we give our grades position by position. It wasn't p…

On the September 24th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo chats with former Irish quarterback Brandon Wimbush in our Focus on Faith interview. Wimbush discusses his time at Notre Dame and how difficult it was to be replaced as the starting quarterback in 2018 when the Irish were off to a 3…

On the September 24th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach preview Notre Dame's matchup at 3-0 North Carolina. UNC has a prolific offense and a very bad defense. Can the Irish score enough in this one to keep up with Carolina? We discuss the Tommy Rees viral video, motivatin…

On the September 17th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach break down where the Notre Dame program stands at 0-2 heading into the matchup with Cal. Who is to blame and can the Irish get things fixed to earn win #1 under Marcus Freeman? And how does now having Drew Pyne at qu…

On the September 10th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo chats with Notre Dame graduate wide receiver Matt Salerno about his incredible journey to be a scholarship player for the Irish. Salerno grew up a huge ND football fan and was coming to Notre Dame as a student. Then he decided to wa…

On the September 10th, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach preview Notre Dame's home opener against Marshall and Marcus Freeman's 1st game as head coach at Notre Dame Stadium. Of course, a bulk of the time is spent reviewing where the team stands after a 21-10 loss at #2 Ohi…

On the September 3rd, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo chats with South Bend native Reilly Jeffers, a staff member at Ohio State as the Buckeyes get set to face Notre Dame in a top 5 matchup to open the season. Reilly grew up a diehard Notre Dame fan. His dad, after all, was Jeff Jeffers…

On the September 3rd, 2022 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and John Brach discuss Notre Dame's top 5 showdown with Ohio State to open the new season. It's the start of the Marcus Freeman era as head coach and Tyler Buchner era as quarterback. The challenge is massive against a Heisman conte…