Pete Bevacqua, athletic director for the University of Notre Dame, announces Pat Garrity as the new men's and women's basketball general manager, during a press conference at Notre Dame Stadium on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in South Bend. | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

From a new contract for Freeman to recruiting dominance and offensive line stability, Irish Breakdown reveals their top wishes for Notre Dame's 2026 season.

Notre Dame and USC are preparing to skip their rivalry game next season for just the second time in eight decades, Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger reported Monday.

For his final lecture of the semester, at students' prompting, he gave a logical articulation of whether or not Notre Dame got screwed

According to a report, Notre Dame is now in an uphill battle with two 2027 5-star prospects, but are in good shape with others.

The tone was set two days prior to the Fighting Irish's surprising loss, which had undone weeks of building up good will. The coach thanked fans for booing him.

Excluding the 2020 pandemic season and three seasons during World War II in the 1940s, the two schools have played every year since 1926.

Betsy Maher, executive director of Save the Dunes, said the organization has worked with Pergiel for years, and that he advanced many protections for the Indiana dunes and helped secure more than $33 million for the park.