So, that was an interesting offseason huh? Even before the seeming dissolution of the Pac-Whatever as a power conference, I was thinking during this spring and summer about how to approach this column going into 2023. Based on seeing the title, you can see I decided to change the title from Group of 5 to [...]
Sure, we could be measured in discussing today's 42-3 Notre Dame victory in Dublin, the opener of the most-hyped Irish team in some time. But what fun would that be? Why not dream big? All the usual caveats apply about a game against a much less talented opponent. Nevertheless, there was a whole heck of [...]
When I remember to do it, I like to rate the potential trap games on the Notre Dame schedule for our fair site on a scale of 1 to 10 Ackbars in honor of the greatest admiral in the history of the Rebel Alliance/Resistance. I failed to do it last year. Suffice it to say [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Joe Alt (1st-team) and Benjamin Morrison (2nd-team) have been named to the AP Pre-season All-American team. Michigan is self-imposing a 3-game suspension for head coach Jim Harbaugh. USC is set to hire Washington's Jennifer Cohen as the school's next athletic director. Carson [...]
Yes, we are back in the saddle again. For me, this officially kicks off the college football season as we approach the first week of games. In a way, this is like a mini-college football season preview. This usually comes up at some point in this pre-season article or in the early weeks of the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame has named Sam Hartman, Joe Alt, JD Bertrand, and Cam Hart as football captains for the 2023 season. The Irish open up the season ranked no. 13 in the pre-season AP Poll. Both tight end Kevin Bauman and defensive end [...]
In less than two weeks, we will be watching real-life college football again. A while ago, I asked our writer's room about their favorite college football theme songs which immediately set off a wave of nostalgia. Since we are fast approaching the season, I thought it would be a fun exercise to look back on [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News The 2023 pre-season Coaches Poll has been released led by Georgia, Michigan, and Alabama. The Fighting Irish start at no. 13 nationally. The Notre Dame and Miami football game scheduled for 2024 has been moved to 2026. The Irish now have 1 [...]
Are you excited about the upcoming college football season and what unfolds on the field? Well too damn bad, sit down and read about more conference realignment talk. Today on the latest edition of Five Wide Fullbacks it's all conference moving speculation. 1) If there is a breaking point for college sports--and college football fans [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Under Armour and Notre Dame have agreed to a 10-year contract extension worth $100 million. Notre Dame football unveiled new green uniforms on Monday to be worn at night against Ohio State. NBC has announced Jac Collinsworth and Jason Garrett as the [...]
In the end it wasn't much of a surprise. After a brief dalliance with Nike (reportedly) the University of Notre Dame ran home to Under Armour. According to college football reporter Ross Dellenger, the Fighting Irish are set to re-sign another 10-year deal with the Baltimore-based apparel brand. Notre Dame is re-signing with Under Armour [...]
The College Football Playoff is set to expand to 12 teams in 2024, which will almost certainly result in a lot more regular-season outcomes being rendered pointless by a playoff rematch. To mark the occasion, we're revisiting a few prior times when a regular-season outcome - despite the college football conventional wisdom that "Every Game [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News One of Notre Dame's greatest players has left us as quarterback Johnny Lujack passed away at the age of 98 this week. We had rated Lujack as the no. 2 Fighting Irish player of all time in 2019 with this bio: Lujack [...]
Notre Dame opened up fall camp on Wednesday morning in the muggy but breezy South Bend sunshine as Marcus Freeman kicks off his second year in charge of the Fighting Irish. Here are all of the important updates from the workout done in helmets and shorts only. ***** Freeman immediately addressed the departure of strength [...]
We have reached the mountaintop. Today we unveil the best alternative, secondary, or old primary logos from college sports. I think we're going to go out with a bang and firmly place a cherry on this logo sundae. As a reminder, special thanks to SportsLogos.net for all of these pictures and information. #5 Tennessee Type: [...]
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