Ladies and gentlemen, start your Notre Dame playoff scenarios. — Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) September 30, 2018 This is not a conversation I thought we would be having a couple of weeks ago, but Notre Dame is officially in the race after creaming Stanford Saturday 38-17. Before the game, at least one 18S writer asked the [...]
The talk about Notre Dame going into the 2018 season at least partially revolved around whether the defense might be as talented as the 2012 unit that propelled the Irish to a 12-0 regular season. Through three games, we don't have a clear answer on that question, but the season as a whole sure seems [...]
I swear, I could never hear the sentence "Shea Patterson is the difference" again and it would be too soon. For five months, that was the talk. Michigan finally has a real quarterback. Michigan's offense is gonna be unleashed. Well, there are still 11 games to go, but Michigan's offense looked pretty much like they [...]
Notre Dame hockey will play for a national championship tomorrow night thanks to yet another heart-stopping victory in what's become a spring full of them last night. The Irish's Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 5.2 seconds to go to give ND a 4-3 win over Michigan. That sends ND on to the finals [...]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the off-season...The annual gut-punch comes early. This time the damage wasn't done by a player's off-field mistake, but by a coach's increased paycheck. Mike Elko, defensive coordinator and almost indisputably the best thing to come out of the 2017 season for Notre Dame, decided [...]
There are so many questions about Notre Dame football as 2017 ends and 2018 begins. But for today, at least, you can answer them all with "Doesn't Matter, 10 Wins". Because Miles Boykin made a ludicrous, insane, wild play to score the winning TD and the Irish held on to win, 21-17, delivering a 10-win [...]
All week, ND players and coaches basically apologized for what happened in Miami 2 weeks ago. They swore up and down that this week of preparation went better leading up to a game the Irish had to win to make a New Year's 6 bowl. It seems pretty clear they were just trying to convince [...]
Some quick hits after Notre Dame narrowly kept alive hopes of reaching a New Year's 6 bowl game with a 24-17...I guess technically it's called a win against Navy... - I knew we were in for a long afternoon when ND came out and passed 3 consecutive times. I know Brian Kelly and OC Chip [...]
A few scattered thoughts after ND no-showed in a big game for approximately the millionth time in the last 23 years (and yes, I posted it with 8 minutes left, because who cares): - Josh Adams and Brandon Wimbush were probably not healthy all week. - The #FireKelly brigade is going to be back, telling [...]
This is what the 2017 ND football team hath wrought: The Irish just tied the school record for offense in a game, and the vast majority of ND's fan base is annoyed with the result of what was a 48-37 win over Wake Forest. Unfortunately, it probably won't matter to many on the outside that [...]
Remember a few weeks ago, when I asked after the MSU game about ending a game without any complaints? Wow. Notre Dame crushed/creamed/obliterated/smothered/walloped (I could keep up with those for a while) USC Saturday night, 49-14. The Irish never allowed any semblance of doubt to creep in, right from the Trojans' first play from scrimmage, [...]
Well, as we suspected most of the week, Notre Dame didn't send Brandon Wimbush out at QB this week with his foot injury that we somehow didn't know about until Tuesday. Instead, the Irish convened the (Ian) Book Club. And the results were pretty much in line with what we figured we'd see from the [...]
Last year was a good year that turned into a great one late for Notre Dame hockey, as they caught fire in the postseason and reached the Frozen Four in dramatic fashion before running into the Denver freight train in the semifinals. That was their last year in Hockey East, as the Irish officially began [...]
When you schedule lower-tier foes like Miami (OH), you hope to put the game away early and get extended garbage time. Lots of playing time for younger players, and lots of opportunity to work on stuff you consider weak spots. Notre Dame did exactly that Saturday, crushing the first half and cruising to a 52-17 [...]
How often do you leave a Notre Dame game essentially without a complaint? My last time would have to be the 2015 season opener against Texas. Until tonight. A 38-18 road win over Michigan State will do that. Pretty much every concern ND fans had about this team was, if not solved, at least addressed. [...]
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