Well into the third quarter, I had the epitaph for this Boston College game written in my head. "This could be the beginning of the Kelly Death March"...you know the drill. Instead, this one turned and became one of the stranger blowouts in ND history, 49-20. The Irish went over 500 yards rushing, setting a [...]
I frankly don't want to hear about 'good effort' from anyone regarding Notre Dame's 20-19 loss to Georgia today. Here are some reasons I don't want to hear about it: Brandon Wimbush should be better I don't want to pile on the quarterback, because there's so much more to any team than that, and he [...]
If you are inclined to look at 2017 Notre Dame football as Year One of a reboot - and certainly Brian Kelly has done nothing to indicate it isn't - then consider the first checkpoint passed. Notre Dame easily dispatched Temple 49-16 Saturday in a game that was not free of nits to pick; but [...]
Our Notre Dame hockey coverage has been lacking at 18S this season. This is in part due to the non-stop entertainment (good and bad) coming from the football and men's basketball teams, and mostly because infant sons and prep sports reporting schedules make it hard to make time to watch ND hockey. But we couldn't [...]
When a major outlet covering Notre Dame trumpets an exclusive interview with athletic director Jack Swarbrick, especially when the topic is the football program, there's an expectation that you'll learn something new. Not really the case with today's article that featured Swarbrick renewing his commitment to head coach Brian Kelly, albeit without saying much he hasn't said [...]
WatchND highlights: Up early against [OPPONENT] after a fast start, Notre Dame couldn't keep it up and played a poor second half against the [OPPONENT NICKNAME], resulting in a disheartening loss that sent their record to [INSERT RECORD HERE]... Oh, never mind. That was my draft that I have lined up from pretty much every [...]
Not a lot is going right for Notre Dame this season, but clearly this program owns Army. The Irish ran the ball at will against the Black Knights, averaging over six yards per carry. No one player ran for 100 yards, but Tarean Folston had a big game, with 13 carries for 84 yards and [...]
WatchND highlights: My first instant reaction in the last three games and I get to write about another one of these. Fine. There is no excuse for kicking the field goal to go down 1 against Navy with seven minutes to go when you know they have no interest in scoring again. There isn't. It [...]
How to lose a football game in which your opponent repeatedly gives you chances to win it: - Pass the ball more than you run it, even when the conditions dictate you shouldn't. (ND had 26 official pass attempts and 38 rush attempts, but at least 5 of those 'rushes' were sacks and a few [...]
WatchND highlights: Not everything is fixed for Notre Dame football. Far from it. But at least they won a football game. The Irish beat Syracuse 50-33 Saturday, but early on it looked like the score would be much higher. The Irish led 23-13 less than five minutes into the game thanks to some big plays [...]
WatchND highlights: Would you like to know how many current Duke upperclassmen were ranked in the top 600 by the 247Sports composite rankings coming out of high school? One. Trevon Lee was ranked #431 coming out of high school. Trevon Lee has played 24 snaps for Duke, and none of them came today. Less than [...]
WatchND highlights: Michigan State had 501 yards of offense today against Notre Dame. That's the most MSU has gained against ND in 60 years. @chrissolari The 501 total offensive yards are the most by Michigan State vs Notre Dame since Oct. 20, 1956 when it had 521. #MSUvsND — B Tripi (@btripi) September 18, 2016 [...]
A very wise man once said, "You can either run from your past, or learn from it." Alright, fine. It was Rafiki in The Lion King. But it still applies to Notre Dame, and the Irish performed far better in week two than in week one, downing Nevada 39-10. It remains to be seen whether [...]
I'm going to try to make sense of this game, but it's hard to find new words. Last season I wrote instant reactions over at our old site, and twice I found myself trying to figure out what to say after an absolute heartbreaker of a loss. Today we got another one. Say what you [...]
Oh, the 'trap game'. The bane of many a college football fan's existence, the 'trap game' can doom a team's season if not adequately anticipated. For those not 'in the know' (i.e. not complete college football nerds), the trap game is a game whose placement on the schedule makes it more difficult than you'd expect. [...]
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