OFD BOOKCAST: The Era of Ara begins at Notre Dame and Holtz changes things

The OFD Bookcast makes its triumphant return after weeks of “I’ll get to that in a minute.” We are trucking through the book Notre Dame’s Greatest Coaches by Stephen Singular and Moose Krause - or at least I’m trying to at this point. We arrive at Chapters 10 and 11. In this episode:

• Moose changes careers with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• The hiring of Ara Parseghian away from the Northwestern Wildcats
• Lou Holtz makes some massive changes after the 33-16 loss to the Stanford Cardinal
• We start talking about Colonel Jack Stephens - our very own David Spade character

And there’s a ton of stuff all throughout the show. I was going to cover 3 chapters, but there was a lot to unpack with these two.

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LEGEND

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Muffet McGraw made Notre Dame Women’s basketball a national powerhouse and won 2 national titles with the Irish. All proceeds to OFD from this shirt will be donated to Hannah’s House.

Gold print on a super-comfortable heather navy tee. Premium, lightweight blended crewneck (60% cotton/40% polyester). Durable, yet ultra-soft. Unisex sizing with a snug fit. Designed by Evan Russell.

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Notre Dame: 1993 National Champions

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Notre Dame ACTUALLY lays claim to 21 national championships. 1993 was the last one — celebrate it!

Navy and gold print on a super-comfortable gray tee.Premium, lightweight tri-blend crewneck (50% polyester, 25% combed ring-spun cotton, 25% rayon). Durable, yet ultra-soft. Unisex sizing with a snug fit. Men should size up; women should size down.

Designed by Nick Torres.

Screened in the USA.

• $28 at Breaking T