About Andy Roberts

A lifelong subway alum, Andy specializes in instant reactions to Notre Dame games.

Nothing to Do but Wait: Stanford Instant Reaction

Today was far less about Notre Dame/Stanford than a bunch of other games with playoff implications for Notre Dame. Almost every single one went badly except for the Irish's game, an easy win that sent ND into whatever postseason it ends up in on a 10-game win streak, each of which with a 99.4% or [...]

By |2025-11-30T02:30:52-05:00November 30th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|3 Comments

One More Guaranteed: Syracuse Instant Reaction

I thought about writing up a draft of this post earlier this morning, assuming it would just be a matter of filling in some details. But then my kid wanted to watch the Knuckles series, so that went by the wayside. The Knuckles series had far more drama than Saturday's game, as Notre Dame utterly [...]

By |2025-11-22T19:36:26-05:00November 22nd, 2025|18S Reads, Football|2 Comments

Silenced the Nard Dog: Pittsburgh Instant Reaction

Find yourself a partner who cares as much about you as Pat Narduzzi cares about tweaking Notre Dame. A few days after inexplicably saying his team's matchup against the Irish didn't matter if they won the conference title (which they're not presently in position to do, worth noting), Narduzzi rode two of several ridiculous penalty [...]

By |2025-11-15T16:43:11-05:00November 15th, 2025|18S Reads|3 Comments

Never Again: Boston College Instant Reaction

There were so many terrible things about Notre Dame's 25-10 victory over Boston College Saturday that I'm not sure which one I hated the most. Let's take them in chronological order: Kicking This is an absolute traveshamockery. A presumably fed-up Marcus Freeman benched Noah Burnette after he doinked another PAT and went for 2 after [...]

By |2025-11-01T20:03:44-04:00November 1st, 2025|18S Reads|12 Comments

See Ya Sometime: USC Instant Reaction

It was important Notre Dame won tonight's game for a lot of reasons, but a statement of intent for the program was in order. Play USC, beat USC, and beat USC playing the kind of football they refuse to play. Notre Dame eventually stopped screwing around and beat the Trojans into submission Saturday, 34-24, leaving [...]

By |2025-10-18T23:51:56-04:00October 18th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|10 Comments

Rating the Potential Trap Games for Notre Dame in 2025

Every year I remember to do so, I like to examine the Notre Dame football schedule for signs of those always-dangerous spots on the schedule known as the Trap Games, in honor of the great Admiral Ackbar (RIP), who to this day I wish would've been the Ole Miss mascot. I rate those trap games [...]

By |2025-09-07T11:13:32-04:00September 8th, 2025|18S Reads, Football|1 Comment

Habemus Quarterback: C.J. Carr is the Guy in Week 1

The 48 hours between Notre Dame capping its fall camp with its annual jersey scrimmage - won by the defense - and the announcement of the Week 1 starting quarterback were filled with speculation, concern and arguments. Irish fans got their answer this afternoon when the social media team released a simple post: Our starting [...]

By |2025-08-19T14:41:36-04:00August 19th, 2025|18S Reads|17 Comments

The Big Ten Has Provided Several New Reasons Notre Dame Should Never Join Their Club

If you read this site regularly, you've already seen GoldenIsThyFame pretty much nail the annoyed feeling us Irish fans have about the imminent prospect of USC ducking out of the teams' century-long rivalry because playing the likes of Minnesota and Maryland* is already just too darn hard. This presumed move is just the latest negative [...]

By |2025-06-02T09:57:43-04:00June 2nd, 2025|18S Reads|3 Comments

Why You Should Be Excited Steve Angeli Went into the Transfer Portal

Marcus Freeman was practically beating the Notre Dame fan base over the head with the take that he wanted the three-man 2025 quarterback race down to two before the Irish reconvene for fall camp this August. It must have been mentioned a half-dozen times during the Blue-Gold spring game. Freeman said conversations would be had [...]

By |2025-04-18T17:44:16-04:00April 18th, 2025|18S Reads|5 Comments
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