Clemson Game Preview: The Challenge We Need
PROLOGUE Here are some interesting stats . . . […]
Advanced Stats Review: Pitt
The Irish defense dominated, special teams fueled an early lead and some late style points, and the Notre Dame offense righted the ship after a shaky start to demolish Pitt. For a second straight game Marcus Freeman's squad found some easy points outside the core phases of the game with 5 takeaways and special teams [...]
The Weekly Rambler: Khruangbin Arrives (For Me)
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame tight end Mitchell Evans is out for the rest of 2023 after tearing his ACL. Xavier Watts was named the Bronco Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week again. Benjamin Morrison a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist. Notre Dame debuted at [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: A Small Playoff Shakeup
Washington continues to look wobbly following the win over Oregon but haven't dropped one since with a couple close calls. The same can't be said for Oklahoma who got rock chalked over the weekend and will need to fight back into the playoff picture. By the way, the first College Football Playoff rankings come out [...]
18S Mid Major Top Ten: Survival Saturday
Sorry for the lack of Mid Major Content, the 18S family grew by one more last Monday. Do not worry, the little one already has gotten the talk from me that we love Notre Dame first, then mid major football second. Without further ado, let's dive into the new top ten. Also Considered: Georgia Southern, [...]
Pittsburgh Game Review: Simply Not a Problem
Notre Dame came out with a few mistakes offensively then put some adversity behind them to bury the Pitt Panthers on Saturday afternoon in South Bend. The win moves the Irish to 7-2 in Marcus Freeman's second season with the program while lowly Pittsburgh falls down to 2-6 with top 10 ranked Florida State headed [...]
Pittsburgh Game Preview: No Love Lost
After a 2-year break the historic rivalry game between Notre Dame and Pittsburgh is back on this weekend live from South Bend. Back in the 2020 meeting, quarterback Kenny Pickett was injured, Pitt gained 162 total yards, and the 42-point Irish win was the 2nd worst defeat of the Pat Narduzzi era. A lot has [...]
Advanced Stats Review: USC
Using counting stats, it's tempting to construct the narrative that Notre Dame's massive win over USC was fluky. A 5-0 turnover margin, a special teams touchdown, more total yards for the Trojans and just 255 total yards for the Irish? But as we dive into the numbers, it's clear that Marcus Freeman's team - the [...]
The Weekly Rambler: That’s Too Much Purple
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Michigan has suspended a staffer accused of breaking all sorts of rules surrounding illegally taping opponents in an attempt to learn their team signals. It keeps getting worse by the hour. Not surprisingly, the NCAA is ready to trial coach to player [...]
Yes, StalionGate is a Big Deal (and Serious Cheating)
A short look at some bad business […]
Five Wide Fullbacks: If You’re Looking for an OC
Five Wide Fullbacks returns as Notre Dame comes off a bye week and prepares to re-start the season this Saturday against Pittsburgh in South Bend. On this week's edition of 5WF we are tackling bowl projections, an OC search, the Heisman race, coaching hot seats, and the top position to grab in the portal that [...]
2025 TE James Flanigan Commits to Notre Dame
The Notre Dame football staff received some great news over the weekend when 2025 tight end James Flanigan verbally committed to the Fighting Irish. The 6'5"/220-pound out of Green Bay, WI is the seventh commit in Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2025 -- a class which currently ranks third in the country behind Georgia and [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: They Called a Fair Catch
We are downloading more data from week 8 after Ohio State choked out Penn State, Washington fell asleep, Florida State had a little scare, Alabama held off Tennessee, and Texas used some interesting officiating to slip by Houston. Not to be outdone, Iowa had one of the worst ways to lose that you'll see all [...]
22 Football Questions for Notre Dame’s Leadership in 2024 and Beyond
It was announced just under 5 months ago that Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick would be retiring at the end of the 2023-24 academic school year and on Friday night October 13th the university announced that president Rev. John Jenkins, C.S.C. would also be retiring at the same time. Notre Dame also announced that [...]
The Weekly Rambler: Humans Closing in on the 2-Hour Mark
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Xavier Watts has been named the Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week. Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick commented after a Senate hearing this week that collective bargaining with athletes, while maintaining they are not employees, could be a solution to the [...]
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