Inside the Garage

With KJ having transferred to Georgia Tech, the Yellow Jackets' head coach Geoff Collins joins KJ & Kyle to about their shared connection with Matt Balis – the current Notre Dame strength coach who Collins coached alongside at Mississippi State, growing up in Atlanta and playing college ball at Western Carolina, his extensive coaching career that led him to his dream job at G

Safety Tony Jefferson becomes the first of Kyle's new Ravens teammates to swing by ITG, and on this week's pod the eight-year NFL veteran talks to the guys about the six(!) different schools he committed to before finally winding up at Oklahoma, Brian Polian pulling for him to choose Notre Dame, going undrafted but then finding himself starting in a Cardinals secondary alongside Al

Pro Bowl running back and Indiana University alum Jordan Howard joins the pod this week and talks UCLA and USC's decision to join Indiana in the Big Ten Conference in 2024, what it was like playing for University of Alabama Birmingham when they abruptly cancelled the entire program in 2014, making the jump from his stint at Indiana to the NFL after being drafted by the Chicago Bear

On this week's episode, Buffalo Bills star safety Jordan Poyer joins the guys to discuss playing for a Bills squad with real Super Bowl aspirations, the chemistry in his safety group alongside fellow All-Pro Micah Hyde, last postseason's OT thriller against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, getting drafted by the Florida Marlins and his decision to quit baseball to focus

ITG returns this week with a new format as the guys enter the new phases of their football careers. Safety Kyle Hamilton is now living in Baltimore after being drafted by the Ravens with the 14th pick of the NFL Draft, and he relays the valuable lessons he's learned from discussions with head coach John Harbaugh and playing against superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson in practice. M

Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees came through the garage to discuss his unique four-year career at quarterback in South Bend splitting time with Everett Golson, how the QB position is played and scouted has changed since his playing days with the emergence of quarterbacks like Russell Wilson and Kyler Murray, and how he and the rest of the Notre Dame staff handle situati

It's a special week on Inside the Garage, with Marcus Freeman joining the guys at the table to detail his path from a standout linebacker at Ohio State to Notre Dame's newest head coach, the conversations he had with Mike Vrabel, Jim Tressel, and other coaches that helped him prepare for the coveted job, and what it is about Notre Dame – as a football team and as a university

Former Notre Dame captain current San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey joins the guys on ITG to discuss his career in South Bend, the bond he shared with fellow Notre Dame offensive line standout Quenton Nelson, their private conversations in 2016 after the Irish's disappointing 4-8 season, his transition to the NFL after being drafted 9th by the 49ers, and the 2019

Notre Dame's all-time leader in sacks and 2x Super Bowl winner Justin Tuck joins the podcast (sans Kyle) to talk about how his time at Notre Dame and in the NFL with the New York Giants prepared him for his current job at Goldman Sachs, his accidental recruitment that landed him in South Bend, how Jerome Bettis indirectly influenced that decision to commit to ND, and the ways he wa

2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Luke Kuechly joins the guys on ITG to discuss his memories of playing Notre Dame while he was at Boston College – after the Irish had passed on him as a recruit, the 2015 Super Bowl run alongside MVP Cam Newton that put their Carolina Panthers squad up against the legendary Peyton Manning and Denver Broncos, his story of being on the field fo