Rakes (of Mallow) Report: A Notre Dame newsletter

Rakes Report #279: Cause there is always a wrong to your right, and there will always be a war somewhere to fight

Christmas Giving 2025 rolls on as we sort through the fallout from this weekend, appreciate a dang good team and take a look toward the future.

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Rakes Report #278: Christmas Giving 2025

It is the summer of the soul in December as we begin our annual drive for the Center for the Homeless in South Bend.

Dec 8 • 

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Rakes Report #277: The headlights quit somewhere around mile 400 but I drove on through the darksome night -- pedal down to the floor…

Notre Dame closed out the regular season with its tenth straight win, making a loud final statement as we await their postseason fate.

Dec 1 • 

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November 2025

Rakes Report #276: It's your business if you want some, take some -- get it together, baby (The Syracuse Review)

Notre Dame's Senior Day was over before it started in a statement romp against the Orange.

Nov 24 • 

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Rakes Report #275: Sooner or later love is gonna let ya, sooner or later love is gonna win (The Pittsburgh Review)

A dominant effort from the defense and another stellar performance from the nation's best tailback have the Irish on the precipice of the playoff.

Nov 17 • 

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Rakes Report #274: Love is a choice every morning, not some fuzzy feeling in the room (The Navy Review)

A clean performance against the Midshipmen keeps the Irish on pace for the playoff as they head into their biggest remaining test of the regular season.

Nov 10 • 

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Rakes Report #273: I cut a stout blackthorn for to banish ghosts and goblins (The Boston College Review)

Notre Dame scuffled a bit but avoided things getting too spooky during a Halloween weekend road trip.

Nov 4 • 

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October 2025

Rakes Report #272: I believe in a thing called Love (just listen to the rhythm of my heart) (The Southern Cal Review)

Notre Dame was rocking well after the sun went down against the Trojans in a huge win.

Oct 20 • 

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Rakes Report #271: Darling, it is no joke -- this is lycanthropy (The NC State Review)

The Irish took care of their side of the bargain with a comfortable win over the Wolfpack to set up a monster game against Southern Cal.

Oct 13 • 

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Rakes Report #270: After all, it was a great big world with lots of places to run to (The Boise State Review)

The flags were a flying but Notre Dame kept their composure to down the Broncos behind another quality effort from the defense and more big plays from…

Oct 6 • 

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September 2025

Rakes Report #269: The hog of the forsaken got no reason to cry, he got to chew the angels fallin' from on high (The Arkansas Review)

It's always a good sign when you play so well on the road the other team fires their coach after the game.

Sep 29 • 

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Rakes Report #268: Well love's a gamble and nothing's for free, now we paid a price for those sweet memories (The Purdue Review)

The offense levels up against Purdue but can't say the same for the defense just yet. Plus, a deep dive on the Bueckers-Citron Rookie of the Year race.

Sep 22 • 

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