All week, I couldn't shake the thought that Notre Dame was going to win comfortably over Indiana. (And they did. 27-17, final score, and it wasn't that close.) It's not the Hoosiers' fault. The idea some will probably start trumpeting that IU didn't belong in this playoff because their schedule was too weak was, in [...]
The last time I sat down and went full stream of consciousness for your entertainment, the Irish had just suffered their worst loss in the post-Holtz era. People were pissed. Three months later, they are riding a 10-game winning streak and get to host the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff game. It's been quite the [...]
The Irish won their biggest game of the season knocking off the hated UConn Huskies 79-68 last Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion. This marks the third top-5 win of the season and should go a long way during seeding conversations come March. While every win over UConn should be held and cherished, this one was [...]
The Thanksgiving period was a mixed bag for Niele Ivey's Notre Dame Women's Basketball team. The Irish visited LA the weekend before the holiday where they ran Southern Cal off the court in the biggest game of the season to date. Unfortunately, the good vibes lasted less than a week. ND spent Thanksgiving in the [...]
Notre Dame fans entered the weekend with stars in their eyes and visions of the coveted #5 seed in the College Football Playoff. Just about nothing that had to happen for that to transpire took place, and instead the Irish were seeded #7 (with a true rank of #5 by the committee) and matched up [...]
For the first time in a long while, it wasn't easy. But in the end, Notre Dame's defense, after a very shaky three-plus quarters, delivered when it mattered most and helped the Irish secure a 49-35 win over rival USC, a berth in the College Football Playoff, and a home game in said playoff. Led [...]
It was yet another day where the biggest issue Notre Dame fans faced was annoyance at a garbage time touchdown by the other team, and the Irish walloped previously unbeaten Army 49-14 to move one win away from hosting a playoff game. Pretty much everything was hitting on all cylinders for the Irish, except for [...]
...The Irish once again rode into Yankee Stadium. Two games away from their ultimate end goal of a College Football Playoff berth. Two hard tests, for very different reasons. Let's dive into the first one taking place tomorrow night. Army vs Notre Dame (-14.5) Yankee Stadium The Bronx, NY Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024 Time: [...]
Results wise, the opening two weeks of the Irish Women's Hoops season have gone about as well as we could have hoped. Four wins by an average of 42 points are a decent way to kick off any campaign. Taking a closer look, we saw Olivia Miles earn ACC and National Player of the Week [...]
I don't know if I've ever seen a team ignited by a flag before, but that's what happened Saturday as an arcane rules interpretation screwed up the coolest fake punt of all time and pissed Notre Dame off enough to finish delivering a 3-touchdown second-quarter rage bomb in a 35-14 win over Virginia. First up, [...]
Miami finally meets its fate, Georgia suffers its 2nd loss, BYU hangs on in controversial fashion, Indiana stays perfect, and LSU loses big. These were the highlights from this past weekend in college football. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Oregon 10-0 [...]
When you're playing a team as utterly hapless as Florida State, you just want to make sure they have no reason to care. Notre Dame did not Saturday night, dispatching the Seminoles 52-3 and moving a step closer to a College Football Playoff spot. The defense threw a sack party in the Florida State backfield, [...]
Notre Dame Women's Basketball enters the 2024/25 season with sky-high expectations. Coming off an ACC Tournament title and a close loss in the Sweet 16, the Irish are preseason ACC favorites and ranked 5th/6th in the Preseason Coaches and AP Polls. The roster is easily the most talented of the Ivey-era. At full strength, their [...]
In the preview article for this one, our own Brendan called out Navy's ability to avoid turnovers, concluding it was partially them being really good at it and partially dumb luck. Both of those things turned in a huge way Saturday, and because of it Notre Dame was never threatened in a 51-14 blowout of [...]
Before you read this reaction post, remember to let me know in the comments how you think my writing affected Notre Dame's College Football Playoff chances. You might as well, as almost literally every other thing that happened during Saturday's 31-13 win over Georgia Tech was examined through that lens, as opposed to being concerned [...]
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