If you don't like talking about depth charts for a season kicking off in 8 months are you even a real football fan? This is half the fun! Before diving into each position group I wanted to take a moment to address the re-build on defense that was projected for 2020. Here's a brief look [...]
They said it wouldn't happen. He wasn't going anywhere, he loves Notre Dame too much, and it doesn't make sense to transfer only sit out a year when the job could be his in South Bend in 2021 once Ian Book leaves. Heck, maybe he was one injury away from being the starter next fall. [...]
We recently explored my grades for the Notre Dame offense recruiting stretching back to the 2013 class and today we turn our attention to the other side of the ball. As I mentioned in part one of this series, I am the toughest grader on this website. You saw a little bit of that with [...]
I'm not saying I am updating the list. But if I were to do that... Things have changed and yet in a way they do stay the same. Back at our old home I once undertook the internet's castigated challenge of chronicling the worst losses in the proud history of Fighting Irish football. Some people [...]
Going back to our Vox Media days we've been handing out grades to each player in the incoming recruiting classes but it wasn't until 2013 that we unveiled a more codified grading system. You can read our 2020 class overview for more information on said system. I thought it would be a neat idea to [...]
Warning: This is not going to be pretty. For the sake of limiting the discussion we will set aside the offensive line play and/or play-calling and/or coaching to focus primarily on the running backs. Before we dig into the numbers below a few points to mention: 1) Much Love to Tony Jones Jr. For the [...]
As the saying goes you can only perform against the opponents put in front of you. For the Fighting Irish following an embarrassing loss at Michigan they would finish the season with 6 straight wins and a 11-2 record. In that 6-game stretch they would be an impressive +142 in point differential concluding with a [...]
It's time to go bowling. This Saturday afternoon the Irish will kickoff against Iowa State for the first meeting between the schools, while the Cotton Bowl between Penn State and Memphis will go head-to-head over on ESPN in the same time slot. Later in the day we will see the two playoff games at 4:00 [...]
If it wasn't official last year it is now. Notre Dame (along with the vast majority of the country) now treat Early Signing Day, which concluded last Friday, December 20, 2019, as the traditional Signing Day. Now that NSD is jammed in between the end of the regular season and bowl season it feels lost [...]
After a decade on the job I understand how anyone would be interested in plotting the course ahead in the Notre Dame football post-Brian Kelly world. In fact, I'm as guilty as anyone. Even among the cooler heads it's been a rocky road for the current Irish coach who faced a mountain of scrutiny in [...]
As is the case every time this month until the change is made the debate about an 8-team college football playoff is making the rounds again. It's likely to happen at some point in the future, so it seems. How it ends up shaping the football post-season is the more important question and one we [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks. In today's article we will be covering Notre Dame's bowl decision making, a positional matchup with Iowa State, returning seniors, the best coaches of all-time, and the 2020 Heisman race. Let's get started. 1) The hottest topic this week is a 10-2 Notre Dame falling, so [...]
Hello friends, and welcome to college football bowl season. We now have the matchups all set, the playoffs ready to go, and the travel plans being made. Before we get to a small preview of Notre Dame's game against Iowa State let's take a look at some of the best and worst bowl matchups to [...]
Never before have we written a Doing Good Things™ Report this late in the football season. Technically, there is still post-season football to attend to although for the most part the stories have been written for the vast majority of the programs and coaches across the country. First, let's take a look at the teams [...]
Outside of the annual Army-Navy game we have concluded the college football regular season and now wait for the conference championships to wrap up before the unveiling of the 6th edition of the 4-team playoff, plus other bowls too. This Week's Winner: Gus Malzahn, Head Coach, Auburn He did it again. Mr. Arthur Gustav Malzahn III [...]
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