Now we're getting into the thick of conference schedules. We've messed around on the edges a little bit and this weekend some proper bangers are headed our way to start separating teams and developing some early playoff rankings. Normally, Alabama and Georgia would carry the weekend but we have a huge Big Ten matchup (still [...]

There was a lot of offense out there in week 4 of the college football season. That included Notre Dame slicing its way through Purdue's defense, that was pretty fun. For now, we don't need to talk about the other side of the ball for the Irish. It was a quiet week nationally with not [...]

Notre Dame teetered on pass defense, dealt with a lightning delay reaching nearly 2 hours, and finally picked up its first win of the season thanks to a nearly flawless performance from the offense.  If only the Irish could play Purdue every week, this whole college football fandom thing would be pretty fun. It was [...]

Looking back at last year, it seems funny. Notre Dame was coming off a loss to Northern Illinois and everyone was in the dumps. Purdue had shutout Indiana State in their opener and were coming off a week 2 bye week. Only 53 weeks ago, Vegas had the Irish as just 9.5 point favorites while [...]

This is the wedding weekend. Notre Dame finally has an afternoon kickoff as a heavy favorite, the national lineup is quite weak, and you're free to go do other things with your life. If you must. However, if you're a true Sicko there's always something fun to find amongst the cupcakes and bye weeks. Actually, [...]

It was a dark week for Notre Dame who opens the season 0-2 and quickly tumbles out of the 18 Stripes Top 20. Spoiler alert! The great thing about college football is watching the misery of other teams as well, though. There's always plenty of that to go around. Heck, we already have two power [...]

The chips were on the table for Notre Dame to finish off a close and frustrating comeback win to reset their season. It wouldn't have been pretty but a victory would've been big in keeping the playoff hopes alive for the Irish. Now, after Texas A&M executes a game-winning touchdown drive the panic button is [...]

After a slow week 2 at the top of the rankings the season is moving along with what should be some better matchups this weekend. Showcased by a big ranked vs. ranked matchup in the SEC we also get to see the early 2025 season darlings USF travel to Miami and a few other games [...]

A season opening loss directly into a bye week--is it torture for Notre Dame fans or an opportunity to regroup and reset the season for the next 11+games? We'll try our best to keep a level head. Hopefully everyone spent the weekend grilling cheeseburgers and laughing at other teams who lost. In the first regular [...]

In the end, Week 2 was a little more fun than expected with chaos outside of the top of the rankings. The top teams nary had a struggle with our top 8 teams in action winning by a combined 384-29. That was almost as easy as Notre Dame's bye week. Elsewhere, across the country fans [...]

I haven't done the research but it feels like in recent years Week 3 and especially Week 2 are really dreadful for college football entertainment as some programs continue to pull back from out of conference matchups. This weekend is really only for the true college fans, I wouldn't blame someone for being more in [...]

My pre-season poll was so bad that the top 3 teams, and 4 out of the top 5, all lost in week 1. Phew! And, it could've been worse but the no. 4 team played the no. 1 team. How could these teams do this to me? Anyway, a big reshuffle is in order at [...]

The nightmares continue playing Miami on the road. Notre Dame opened up the 2025 season with high hopes as the road favorite but now fly back to South Bend after suffering a close but very frustrating loss to the Hurricanes. Some bright spots were able to shine through and credit to the team for fighting [...]

The month of August ends on Sunday with the Fighting Irish closing out the first weekend* of the college football season in primetime on ABC against the Miami Hurricanes. Only 192 days ago, Notre Dame lost the National Championship Game to Ohio State and now we get to start a new campaign in Marcus Freeman's [...]