Today we officially say goodbye to Kyren Williams being in the running backs room following a terrific 2 years on the field. Like many other units, this group is also welcoming their own new coach as Deland McCullough makes the short trip north from Indiana to work with the Fighting Irish. He'll have plenty of [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Following intense negotiations and campaigning we will not be seeing an expanded college football for at least 4 more seasons. The Division I Board of Directors has decided it will take a look at the NIL rules, so that should be fun. [...]
So far in this series we've looked at the best recruits since 2000 from the Big 12 and Big Ten conferences. Today we'll look outside of the Power 5 conferences, including our own Notre Dame Fighting Irish. As always, only 5-stars need apply. There are plenty of Power 5 teams who have never signed a [...]
We are working our way through the 2022 Notre Dame roster as we look forward to the first spring practice under new head coach Marcus Freeman. This series kicked off with a look at the offensive line and the return of assistant Harry Hiestand. Today, we'll tackle Freeman's position of expertise. Predicted 2022 Lineup *Official [...]
Notre Dame may be switching back to a natural grass football field. There, did I write a sufficient catchy introductory sentence? Allow me to immediately backtrack and state that I don't believe Notre Dame is going to switch to a grass field, at least not any time soon. However, after 8 seasons using field turf, [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame has announced the hiring of Al Golden as the new defensive coordinator following the end of the Cincinnati Bengals season. The Irish have also made the hiring of tight ends coach Gerad Parker official. You can read Brendan's recap of the [...]
A poor start to 2021 and injuries put the offensive line in a spotlight as a weak link on the team before things stabilized over the last half of the season. Now, the line welcomes back its star center Jarrett Patterson who passed up an opportunity for the NFL, a new coach with a familiar [...]
This is the 2nd part in a 6-part series exploring the best recruits at each school from this current century. Once upon a time, people called this the Rivals era but they've fallen too far behind in recruiting and that term isn't used as much anymore. So far, we've looked at the Big 12 and [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame tight end George Takacs said he'd return for 2022 but recently changed course and is now in the Transfer Portal. He ends his Irish career with 8 receptions for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns. Georgia leads college football with an [...]
Most of the time these lists are for non-league games only. This year, I wanted to add cross-divisional games to the mix as we'll see some spicy matchups coming in 2022. My apologies to the Big 12 in advance. The rankings used today are from the Sporting News Composite Top 25 (HERE) made up of [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks is back this week with another variety of questions that need to be answered. Today we'll discuss the power of offensive coordinators, the big quarterback shuffle coming this NFL off-season, Irish in the Super Bowl, the growing legacy of Joe Burrow, and USC cashing in on the spoils of the Transfer Portal. [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame tight ends coach John McNulty's 2-year stay in South Bend is over as he's taken the offensive coordinator job at Boston College. Best of luck! According to reports, Notre Dame is set to hire Indiana's Deland McCullough as the new [...]
With a veteran defense that came back for 2021 there wasn't a lot of opportunity for Notre Dame's freshmen to make an impact. In total, only the top rated defensive recruit from the class (linebacker Prince Kollie) and hybrid linebacker/pass rusher Kahanu Kia burned a year of eligibility this past fall. Kollie's decision was expected [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame has made the hiring of offensive line coach Harry Hiestand and wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey official this past Monday as both were immediately on the road hitting the recruiting trail. A day later, the Irish made defensive line coach [...]
Any time you visit a college football team's recruiting class on 247 Sports there's a list at the bottom of the page for the program's highest-rated recruits since 2000 when the modern era of recruiting unofficially began. It's one of my favorite things to look at because it's both reassuring and sometimes shocking to see [...]
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