Golden Homers

Between Football & Basketball Notre Dame has been on quite the run the last few weeks in landing players in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 classes and the guys break it all down for you. We also get into some of the transfer portal talk and how that affects the Notre Dame roster/depth chart in 2023. Lastly, new Notre Dame 2024 safety commit Kennedy Urlacher joins the show. Must listen for the recruiting nerds out there! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The Golden Homers are back at it after a crazy week with the spring game, recruiting news galore, transfer portal frenzy and the NFL draft tonight. Don’t miss this jam packed episode --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The guys walk you through their top 5 guys to monitor during Notre Dame’s Blue & Gold game on Saturday. Before that, they get through some news and notes starting with the first public commit for ND Men’s Hoops in the Shrewsberry era, Lorenzo Styles possible full-time position switch, and the huge recruiting weekend ahead --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

Nathan & Mason sit down and discuss each of their top five rankings of the remaining targets left on Notre Dame’s football board. Mix of needs and wants. This isn’t a ranking of the best players left on the board, but the most important targets in our minds. The guys also throw out some targets that just missed the cut in a loaded list of recruits. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

Many questioned if ND would put up the money & desirable package to land their top target in Men’s Hoops, and that’s exactly what they did bringing in Micah Shrewsberry as the new head basketball coach. We discuss the significance of that and why he is the perfect man for the job. Spring practice has begun for the football program & there are plenty of new bodies running around the field + a bunch of new numbers and number changes…Mason’s favorite target! ☘️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The guys breakdown the loss of Brandyn Hillman from the Notre Dame 2023 football class. ND Men’s Hoops has also seen 3 guys enter the transfer portal since the end of the season. However the football staff is now complete and the basketball is inching closer to filling their head coaching vacancy as well --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The guys welcome on Ryan Roberts of Irish Breakdown and RiseNDraft.com. Ryan does great work with draft content and puts a lot of time and effort into his analysis and opinions of not only Notre Dame players but all draft prospects. We sit down to discuss the 2023 ND prospects - how good they are, where they might end up, and the over-analyzing of the media when it comes to guys like Michael Mayer. At the end of the show we also touch on the potential of next year’s draft class. Thanks for tuning in! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

Joe Rudolph looks to be the new Notre Dame offensive line coach, which would round out the coaching staff for the 2023 season barring something unexpected. The guys touch on that and much more + answer your questions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

Crazy couple of weeks in South Bend as Tommy Rees left for Alabama and ND held an extensive OC search with some crazy moments that had the fanbase on the edge of their seats. Ultimately, a nationwide search again ended with an internal promotion. The Golden Homers share their thoughts on the hire and the opening press conference. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

Mason goes solo today in the wake of Tommy Rees accepting the offensive coordinator position at Alabama. He discusses his thoughts on the move, the potential impact on the offense and candidates for the open position as there is unsurprisingly a ton of interest in the vacant offensive coordinator position in South Bend. Lastly, Mason breaks down the commitment of 2024 corner Leonard Moore - someone he is very high on --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

23 years of Mike Brey and now ND Men’s Hoops is looking for a new coach. We discuss the future of the program, potential candidates and the current ripple effect in recruiting. The final rankings for the 2023 football class are out. We discuss the good, the bad and the confusing when it comes to final opinions by those in the recruiting industry. We wrap it up with some 2024 recruiting talk. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The Golden Homers talk ND Junior Day and the craziness that ensued after when the Irish received 8 new crystal ball predictions on 247sports. Nathan & Mason also recap a solid weekend from former ND football players in the NFL playoffs + the future of ND Men’s Hoops - specifically Mike Brey --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The guys talk about Sam Hartman officially choosing ND and the impact of landing nickel/safety Thomas Harper as well + much more on the portal. NFL season is also over and the playoffs is littered with former Irish football players + many more that had terrific seasons --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

Nathan and Mason breakdown Notre Dame’s 2023 class rankings and several interesting superlatives for the players signed to play in South Bend next season and beyond --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

NIL, Early National Signing Period and the Transfer Portal have taken over the College Football world and we are here to bring you the latest and walk you through the good, the bad, and the ugly around ND Football --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

ND finished the regular season 8-4 and now have a bowl game location and opponent: The Gator Bowl vs. South Carolina. Transfer Portal is officially open and it’s already getting crazy + signing day is just a few weeks away. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

It’s been an up and down season for the Irish, but it all came together on Saturday night in South Bend as ND handled Clemson to the tune of a 35-14 victory, making it the first of hopefully many top 5 victories in Marcus Freeman’s tenure at Notre Dame - something Brian Kelly only accomplished one time. We discuss all things Clemson weekend including recruiting impacts which are already taking shape + we dive into ND/Navy in Baltimore ☘️ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

We decided to take a break from the season talk and give our fans a recruiting segment. Nathan & Mason break down the 2023/2024 commits and targets as well as dive into Men’s Hoops recruiting. Lastly, we still bring you Irish in the NFL and our score predictions for this weekend’s game against Syracuse --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

ND is 3-3. What the heck is going on and can is be fixed? The rest of the season is about working toward the future and finding some positivity and an identity under Marcus Freeman. The Irish program is in more of a rebuild than anticipated, but it shouldn’t be “down” for long. All that and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support

The Irish are on a 3 game winning streak after a sluggish start to the season. Playoff hopes are gone, but the team is now playing to the standards we all expected at the beginning of the season. After a decisive victory over BYU in Las Vegas, ND looks to continue to build on that this week against Stanford back in South Bend. Nathan & Mason bring you over/unders, bold & game predictions and Irish in the NFL along with their analysis of the team’s play the past few weeks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goldenhomers/support