It's been a few months since our last update back in the middle of the summer. Since then, the 2027 class has been wrapped up (unofficially, but it appears to be sewn up) and we're slowly turning our attention to the 2028 cycle. Entering Notre Dame's bye week we have a full assessment of the [...]
Week 7 provided carnage with half of the top 10 losing games, including our beloved and bewildering Fighting Irish. It was a tough week for a lot of programs with many looking to regroup as we inch closer to Halloween and the last month of the regular season. For their part, Notre Dame will be [...]
For all the talk of Leave No Doubt, for all the talk that things had changed, the first game of Notre Dame's two-game season was basically a replay of the 2025 Notre Dame team's first game of what ended up amounting to a two-game season. BYU defeated Notre Dame 28-24 in a game that, outside [...]
This one has been circled on the calendar all year. Now it's here and we have a pair of top 10 teams who meet on the field as unbeatens. The question many Irish fans are asking, and one we'll tackle in the preview today, is how good are the BYU Cougars? They opened with a [...]
I've been ragging on the regular season a lot on this website. We're still getting ourselves a nice treat for week 7 with a loaded lineup of great games across the country. We have a massive battle in the Big Ten to kick Saturday off while Notre Dame will get plenty of the spotlight for [...]
A bunch of thoughts about Notre Dame football after the first 6 games of the season… You can read the Q1 report HERE. Starting the season 6-0 is exactly where Notre Dame expected to be, now the real campaign begins. Deep in our hearts we know there are two major tests for this 2026 season. [...]
The Red River Rivalry delivered, and so did Alabama vs. Georgia. Nebraska let Indiana slip away, Kentucky keeps going for two, UCLA keeps winning, and Florida has thrown away all of its good will from a couple weeks ago. All of this and more from the action in week 6 of college football. Let's get [...]
Delayed gratification. Unit Strength. The Golden Standard. Leave No Doubt. And now, Clean Your Plate. Marcus Freeman has come up with a bunch of kinda corny catchphrases in his time at Notre Dame. Clean Your Plate, in case it hasn't been made clear yet, means take advantage of your opportunities when they come. If you [...]
No one wanted to pick up this game preview during the off-season, and with good reason! Fine, I'll do it. There are still whispers of aspirational peers. West Coast return games to Palo Alto to finish the regular season for "recruiting purposes" and definitely not hobnobbing with the academia of Leland Stanford Junior University. One [...]
We have quality games on tap this weekend, but not a whole lot of them. A bunch are on the periphery of could-be-decent matchups for week 6 but didn't make the cut for my weekly picks. I'm looking at Iowa State (+10.5) at BYU, USC (+1.5) at Penn State, and Boise State (-6.5) at Fresno [...]
The Tide enter the national conversation for the first time, Miami takes command in the ACC, Ohio State passes their road test, Florida drops a turd, Michigan loses again, Kentucky with an overtime winner, plus more action from week 5 in college football. 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Texas [...]
Notre Dame has an elite defense. North Carolina's best unit is its defense. So naturally, Saturday's game went into the shootout realm for a bit before the Irish calmed things down and finished off a 37-26 win that narrowly kept their daunting double-digit win streak alive at 15 games It was a game that looked [...]
Fresh off a 49-10 dismantling of Purdue, which was a nation-leading fourteenth straight double-digit win for Notre Dame, the third-ranked Irish head to Chapel Hill to face a North Carolina program that has spent the last two months generating far more headlines off the field than on it. Bill Belichick's second year was supposed to [...]
Last week was pretty awesome for college football. Loads of fun games and interesting results. Plus, we got the special treat of Michigan and USC both losing embarrassingly which should fill the hearts of Notre Dame fans across the globe. What's in store for week 5? 2026 Betting Record Against the Spread: 14-20 Straight Up: [...]
Indiana survives a scare, Texas remains #1 despite looking blah, Oklahoma and A&M hit the eject button, Florida has announced itself, a furious Badgers comeback, USC loses another big game, Michigan loses at the final whistle, and Louisville is foiled at home within the ACC. All this and more coming out of week 4 in [...]
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