Do we always take away too much from how a football game starts? I think for the most part it matters a lot whether that's fair I cannot say. On Saturday afternoon Pacific time--in a drizzly and windy Palo Alto--the Fighting Irish looked out of sorts and even disinterested while Stanford refused to stand down [...]
One more full regular season week of college football, dear friends. As the Irish prepare to win in Palo Alto for the first time in ages as heavy favorites they will be taking a back seat to a busy weekend across the country. But first, let's recap the last week. This Week's Winner: Chase Young, [...]
Is anyone interested in an early look at the 2020 schedule? As the current season is winding down we have a good idea of the shape and feel of next year's schedule already. Here are 5 things I have on the brain thinking about the near future. Road Games The lack of true road games [...]
The home winning streak continues through another off-season. The Irish secured their 18th straight victory in South Bend and will have to wait until September 12, 2020 when Arkansas (under a new head coach, prayers up to that staff) strolls into town to open the home slate for next year. On this Senior Day during [...]
We are one step closer to the Holy Grail, and with losses to Baylor and Minnesota, now left with just 3 undefeated teams in college football. It feels like we are pretty close to these unbeaten teams being locks to make the College Football Playoff barring a massive upset down the stretch, but of course [...]
I don't know why anyone was worried about winning this game. Jokes aside, this is the type of performance that will make people think the Irish are going to blow Navy out for the next 5 years. Don't forget, Notre Dame kicks off against Navy in Ireland to open next season. Back to South Bend, [...]
Saddle up for the 93rd meeting between Notre Dame and the United States Naval Academy, a yearly tradition stretching back to the Knute Rockne days in 1927. Have you heard? Navy football is in the midst of a terrific turnaround season following a dismal 3-10 record a year ago. The Middies enter this weekend ranked [...]
LSU toppled Alabama in Tuscaloosa in a thrilling offensive fireworks display that potentially blocks the Crimson Tide from making the College Football Playoff. Well, maybe. Elsewhere, Minnesota held on at home against Penn State to remain undefeated and now legitimately becomes part of the playoff conversation themselves, although their schedule continues to stiffen as we [...]
Notre Dame got off to a fast start on Saturday night, lost its way briefly in near halftime, then eventually clamped down on an inferior Duke team in front of their home crowd. With no Danny Dimes under center, the Blue Devil passing game struggled all night and continued to give the Irish great field [...]
With just a handful of games remaining in the 2019 season (my goodness does every single college football year fly by or what?) we have a clear picture on the use of the current Notre Dame freshmen and how that will affect the roster shape in the next couple campaigns. As we'll discuss below, something [...]
With 6 out of our top 11 experiencing idleness things were quiet in week 10. Not so much this weekend as a pair of games will feature undefeated teams sure to reset the national playoff picture. We're recapping the week that was before looking ahead to major events in Tuscaloosa and Minneapolis. This Week's Biggest [...]
It didn't need to be close but it was far too close for comfort on Saturday afternoon as Notre Dame escaped an upset attempt from Virginia Tech. With just a few minutes remaining, the Irish drove 18 plays for a game-winning touchdown in a matchup that featured several patented upset-special check marks along the way. [...]
Once upon a time, Justin Fuente was the caliente young head coach in college football, hired at 39 years old by Virginia Tech after a short but impressive stint at Memphis while finishing on a 19-6 run with the Tigers. Then, Fuente won 10 games and finished No. 16 in the nation in his debut [...]
We are now down to seven Power 5 teams with unblemished records following Oklahoma's upset loss in the Little Apple. It took longer than usual to begin shaking up the top of the rankings but it's happening as we tumble towards another edition of the College Football Playoffs. But first, a recap of this past [...]
We should be used to this by now. College football provides us the opportunity to build a case for every program and point out weekly which direction they are headed. For Notre Dame, they were supposed to be headed upward (still an outside shot at the playoffs!) while it was time for Michigan to be [...]
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