It was a quiet week atop the rankings and a tough week for Notre Dame's friends in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That league may still have the defending champs and the odds-on favorite to repeat in their title quest but the rest of the conference is looking awfully rough right now. The Week's Biggest Loser: [...]
My thesis is simple: Too much praise and blame is assigned to the offensive line and play-calling while not enough (especially blame) at the running back position when things go wrong or right. No other position has been subject to so much hyperbole and shallow commentary, all while being attached to the success of other [...]
If you jumped into this game nearing halftime and then paid half attention while looking over the box score following the win you could get the impression Notre Dame played one heck of a game in a blowout over New Mexico. In some ways--as the Irish rolled to their most points since a 69-14 romp [...]
While Notre Dame enjoyed some cheeseburgers most of the rest of the country battled it out on the gridiron. Last week we learned the bottom of the SEC had a rough start, however, week two brought us the return quite possibly of a dominant LSU program that hasn't really been an elite team since 2011. [...]
Bill Connelly, formerly of SB Nation and now with ESPN, was releasing historical SP+ ratings on Twitter in recent weeks that are a really fun look at how college football teams have progressed (or not!) over the years. Here are some thoughts about Notre Dame's graph that caught my attention for this storied program we [...]
During the spring I highlighted 6 snaps from the loss to Clemson where Ian Book needed to calm down and trust himself more in the pocket. His skill-set is such that his optimal performances happen when he's able to deliver the ball accurately, on time, while allowing pass catchers to continue down field without breaking [...]
Welcome to the recap of the first full week of college football. It wasn't exactly a wild ride of a week for some of the stronger team and yet there were plenty of fun and entertaining games littered through Monday's action. While the top teams in the SEC fared well others in the lower regions [...]
Notre Dame found itself amidst a frenzied Labor Day crowd on Monday night cheering on a rejuvenated Louisville program shaking off the shackles of the Petrino/VanGorder 2018 season. After the 1st quarter in a tight contest it looked like the Irish defense was lost which then bled over to the offense. The Irish did settle [...]
You'd think Brian VanGorder's stock couldn't get any lower after 2018, yet he's still coaching at 60 years old and became Bowling Green's defensive coordinator this off-season--a team the Irish will face in week 6, no less. The former Notre Dame defensive coordinator spent one devastatingly poor season at Louisville a year ago leaving behind [...]
Notre Dame is set to open the season on Labor Day evening live from Louisville. As usual, it's been a long off-season and yet a pretty quiet one until August camp began and more news items started hitting the Irish landscape. Before the ball kicks off I wanted to recap some of the things going [...]
College Football kicked off this past Saturday night with a highly viewed Week 0 matchup between Florida and Miami that was as sloppy as it was entertaining. Another Power 5 conference team also got their season started way off in the island of Hawaii and didn't fare so well. As we head into the first [...]
This article has been in the works for a long time but keeping track of football cleats accurately in today's era where uniformity is thrown to the wind can be a fool's errand. Also, the majority of photographs either omit players' feet or are too far away get a good look at the cleats so [...]
We are mere hours away from the start of the 2019 college football season as week 0 kicks off on Saturday with a matchup between a pair of Florida programs. Therefore, it's time to unveil the pre-season 18 Stripes Top 20 poll. But first, let's take a look back at my pre-season rankings from a [...]
This will be our last practice report for the year as Wednesday was the final full practice viewing by the media before the season begins at Louisville. Accordingly, the Irish have transitioned from fall camp to preparations for the Cardinals which usually indicates the roster and depth chart are pretty solidified for the upcoming September [...]
Notre Dame has finished up 12 sets of fall camp practices following a full media viewing workout inside the stadium on Saturday. As we head towards the home stretch of camp before the opener at Louisville here's the top story lines surrounding the Irish football team. The Receiving Corps is Thinned Out Bad injury news [...]
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