It was the Navy game so as is custom and tradition there was a required period of angst and concern about a thorough victory. In the end, the Fighting Irish largely controlled the game after jumping out to a big lead and cruised to their 8th straight win on a perfect season so far. Let's [...]
Saturday marks another installment of the rivalry game between Notre Dame and Navy that has been running continuously since the first meeting in 1927. Besides a pair of games in Dublin--and another just announced to be coming again in 2020--the vast majority of the 'away' games in the series have been played in the Midwest [...]
Last week we provided a scholarship update for the 2019 class and the openings remaining for recruiting. Today, we’ll take a fuller look at the current roster with the current season underway with a glimpse toward the future. Coleman MIA Let’s start at safety where Nick Coleman has fallen off the face of the earth. [...]
For one weekend the college football world fell in love with Purdue. Thanks in part to the story surrounding terminally ill Purdue fan Tyler Trent and the Boilermakers' easy win over Ohio State it was an important weekend for one of the biggest upsets of the season. Let's see how things shake out with our [...]
Twenty-two months ago Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick was in the throes of a full-blown crisis surrounding the Fighting Irish football program. The team had just completely stumbled to a 4-8 record shattering the floor that some believed could never occur under Brian Kelly, the program was without a defensive coordinator following the prolonged [...]
For a number of years we've fondly mentioned college football head coaches who have been Doing Good Things (DGT, for short) at their respective programs. With a decent chunk of the 2018 season complete it's time to revisit the men laying down quality work, as well as some that are not DGT. *S&P+ team rankings [...]
Four teams in the Top 10 were defeated this week with 3 others at the top (including Notre Dame) nearly succumbing to the loss column. Everyone is still chasing Alabama who shrugs off a knee sprain from T-Town Tua and still cruises to an easy victory in a cross-divisional game. Mid-October is here and ready [...]
We've been so busy with actual football stuff that we've yet to run through the scholarship situation since April 30th. What is college football without recruiting, we ask? The actual seasons with games are so short it sometimes feels like we're here for the recruiting more than anything else. Don't forget the early signing period [...]
I feel so dumb. I let myself get a little cocky predicting Notre Dame would easily cover a 21-point spread in a rivalry when the program almost never does that. We have been down this road so many times before with a tired team dealing with exams struggling against a statistically poor team with a [...]
As Notre Dame has attempted to diversify its portfolio with scheduling in recent years the rivalry with Pitt, like a few others, has taken a back seat. This Saturday, the Panthers return to South Bend for the first time since 2012 and this will be only the second meeting in the series over the last [...]
Undefeated teams are beginning to fall and Notre Dame remains unblemished and moving up our weekly poll. The same cannot be said for LSU, Oklahoma, and Kentucky. Things got so bad for the Sooners that they finally fired Mike Stoops as defensive coordinator. 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD LAST WEEK 1 [...]
It appears my reverse-jinx worked. Notre Dame came out like gangbusters to open a tough road game but then went into a big funk until halftime with only a 1-point lead over Virginia Tech. With a let down in plain sight, the Fighting Irish stepped on the gas in the 3rd quarter on their way [...]
This weekend ticks off a Notre Dame road game bucket list. Although the first game of this series came 2 years ago during the forgettable 2016 season (can you remember much from the previous meeting?) it's this inaugural trip to Lane Stadium that has been among the Top 10 must-visit homes in college football for [...]
Notre Dame is still undefeated and slowly climbing up the polls, so that's awesome. There remains a problem ahead of the Irish as the blue-chip teams haven't had a hiccup yet. Ohio State nearly suffered one and comes out of Happy Valley barely alive. 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD LAST WEEK [...]
Notre Dame found itself controlling the game against Stanford in the first half although the score didn't totally reflect the momentum that was slowly building. In the second half, the Fighting Irish put on a clinic to completely dominate the visiting Cardinal and move to 5-0 on the season. Let's review Notre Dame's major 21-point [...]
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