A long Labor Day weekend stretched the first full week of games out and gave us plenty to talk about now that college football is officially back. Crazy how we are just days away from Notre Dame's third game and we are now finally getting a new-look to the 18S Top 20 Poll. And, we [...]
Notre Dame lined up against a FCS team on Saturday in South Bend and the results were predictable. After an initial tussle of back and forth play, the Irish exploded for a copious amount of points and spent most of the 2nd half emptying the bench against Tennessee State. I have a Sunday trip to [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame defensive tackle Gabriel Rubio will miss a couple weeks with a knee injury. The New Orleans Saints are trading kicker Wil Lutz to Denver and going with former Notre Dame and current undrafted rookie Blake Grupe as their new placekicker. [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks returns following the opening weekend of college football which saw our beloved Fighting Irish swat away the United States Naval Academy in Ireland. This week we are tackling injury reports in college football, how USC looked in their opener, new locations for an international Notre Dame game, the hypocrisy of football and [...]
The good vibes continue when Notre Dame plays Navy in Ireland. On Saturday evening in Dublin, the Fighting Irish cruised to an easy 42-3 victory over the Midshipmen in a game that was never in doubt. Notre Dame scored touchdowns on their first 5 offensive drives, never punted or turned the ball over, and immediately [...]
Why settle into a new football season at home against a tricky but familiar opponent when you can fly all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, earn less money, and make it more difficult on all the student-athletes? For the 96th time it's Notre Dame vs. Navy. Debt status = not repaid and we lace [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Joe Alt (1st-team) and Benjamin Morrison (2nd-team) have been named to the AP Pre-season All-American team. Michigan is self-imposing a 3-game suspension for head coach Jim Harbaugh. USC is set to hire Washington's Jennifer Cohen as the school's next athletic director. Carson [...]
Yes, we are back in the saddle again. For me, this officially kicks off the college football season as we approach the first week of games. In a way, this is like a mini-college football season preview. This usually comes up at some point in this pre-season article or in the early weeks of the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame has named Sam Hartman, Joe Alt, JD Bertrand, and Cam Hart as football captains for the 2023 season. The Irish open up the season ranked no. 13 in the pre-season AP Poll. Both tight end Kevin Bauman and defensive end [...]
I've done the math and on average just over 4 teams per season in college football start out in the AP pre-season Top 10 and do not finish inside the Top 10 over the last 5 seasons. I'm going to use these teams as my guide to figure out who will be the overrated teams [...]
The official depth chart should be coming out soon as the 2023 Notre Dame football season begins soon and the Irish make preparations for an overseas battle against Navy. Today, we will take a look at the expected depth chart as well as other areas of focus and intrigue throughout the roster. As usual, it's [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The 2023 pre-season Coaches Poll has been released led by Georgia, Michigan, and Alabama. The Fighting Irish start at no. 13 nationally. The Notre Dame and Miami football game scheduled for 2024 has been moved to 2026. The Irish now have 1 [...]
College football begins this month, let us rejoice. During the off-season as I was working on the top 50 college football games to watch for 2023 it made me ponder the biggest story lines in what will be an end to an era for the sport. Now, I present the top 30 storylines to watch [...]
Well, recent events certainly changed the dynamic of this article which began several weeks ago. For the sake of this thorough study I won't be including any new Power 5 programs, and I'm not sure anyone would even include the likes of Cincinnati, BYU, or Houston in this discussion anyway. You could simply list the [...]
A 'rivalry forged in history' says the press release from Under Armour. On Sunday morning, the Ireland Collection was released for Notre Dame and Navy's game later this month in the Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin. The release features alternate uniforms for both programs in addition to several t-shirts, hoodies, and polos commemorating the event. [...]
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