Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. In the months since I've discussed players who would likely make [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News Raiders defensive end and former Penn State star Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay. The College Football Playoff took its first formal steps to using a 12-team playoff in the future. Wisconsin will be [...]
The new early signing period for college football which lands in mid-to-late December each year changed the way program's close their recruiting classes. For Notre Dame like most team's, it's meant taking commits much earlier and nearly wrapping up each class before football season even begins. There are exceptions of course, but that's largely how [...]
Ever since last year's schedule got jumbled up and rearranged I purposely stayed away from thinking too much about the 2021 Notre Dame opponents. Well, except for that time in early January when I looked at the likely quarterbacks the Irish would face (Part 1 & Part 2) as a bit of a warning of [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News Have you bought Arizona State football stock? You may look to sell as the Sun Devils are reportedly facing some serious allegations of recruiting violations. Dan Wetzel goes hard after Bo Schembechler as an ugly situation at Michigan continues to grow [...]
There's never been the amount of hype, attention, derision, opinion, exploitation, player rights struggles, sensationalism, and stodgy North American tradition mixed together into one explosive powder keg quite like the teenage years of hockey player Eric Lindros. You may remember Lindros on the Flyers in the 1990's, the concussions, or even the draft snub of [...]
It's the return of the world famous Five Wide Fullbacks. The layout is simple. Five questions and five honest answers. Today, we're focusing on the hog mollies. Is the recent transfer in from Marshall good enough, will the transfer market burn players in the end, updates on Jarrett Patterson, and more! Plus, are allowed to [...]
Well, that escalated quickly. This past Wednesday a handful of reports surfaced that a committee was working on a plan to expand the College Football Playoff and by the early afternoon on Thursday, June 10th the CFP Working Group came out with details on a proposal that would enlarge the post-season to 12 teams. This [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News The game against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field has been rescheduled for the opener in 2026. Alabama extended this plucky up and coming coach Nick Saban to a deal through 2028 so hooray we have at least 8 more years of this. [...]
After the smashing success of our 2018 World Cup Preview we now bring you perhaps the second most important international soccer tournament preview. More footy! *** A year late and after a threat of cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic we will finally witness the 16th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship this summer. [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News That postponed Arkansas visit to South Bend last year has now been rescheduled to 2028 with Notre Dame also visitng Fayetteville in 2025. The Cardinals signed former Notre Dame punter Tyler Newsome. Somehow, Sam Young is still clinging on to a [...]
When you think of a really bad offensive gameplan under Brian Kelly which game pops into your head? The hurricane game against NC State? Several others from 2016? Maybe the Tulsa game from 2010? Arizona State or USC from 2014? May I submit the loss to Michigan in 2013? People think I shouldn't do this [...]
In Part 1 of this series we looked at the freshmen of the 2020 recruiting class, the impact they made last fall, and their immediate future with Notre Dame. Today we'll look at the defense where there's a distinctly different feel to a smaller group that, outside of one player, didn't make a big impact [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News To much anticipation, Notre Dame announced there will be full attendance, plus tailgating, for home football games this fall. Let's get it. The upcoming game against Wisconsin, a home game for the Badgers at Soldier Field, will be broadcast on Fox [...]
Due to the pandemic technically none of the 2020 freshmen exhausted a year of eligibility, although in practice of course many players will not be staying at Notre Dame for the next 5 seasons or maybe even playing college football for that long. At any rate, every 2020 freshmen will be featured today for the [...]
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