Last week, the Irish lost to #12 Pitt at Heinz Field and Charlie Weis' fate was effectively sealed. As this series winds down, we'll take a look at the last home game of the Weis Era against UConn. Previous Entries Preseason Nevada Michigan Michigan State Purdue Washington USC Boston College Washington State Navy Pitt One [...]
In the previous installment of this series, Notre Dame unloaded an automatic rifle into both of its feet in losing to Navy at home. This week, the Irish were faced with a must-win game at #12 Pitt. Previous Entries Preseason Nevada Michigan Michigan State Purdue Washington USC Boston College Washington State Navy Do or Die [...]
When Charlie Weis became Notre Dame head coach in late-2004, he hired David Cutcliffe as his first offensive coordinator. Cutcliffe had just been fired by Ole Miss after his only losing season in Oxford, a mistake the Rebels would come to regret. However, Cutcliffe suffered a heart attack just before fall camp in 2005 and [...]
The title says it all, doesn't it? Ten years ago this week, Notre Dame suffered a catastrophic loss at home to Navy. It marked the true beginning of the end for the Weis era. Previous Entries Preseason Nevada Michigan Michigan State Purdue Washington USC Boston College Washington State It Can't Happen Twice, Can it? On [...]
Phew. The narrowest of escapes against Virginia Tech kept a 10-2 regular season on the table, but as you might imagine, it didn't do much to appease the advanced metrics gods. One little oddity that came out of the game - Bill Connelly noted that Notre Dame had a 99% post-game win expectancy. That means [...]
Last week, the Irish were lucky to escape at home against Boston College in their first victory over the Eagles since 2000. The Irish went on the road to play moribund Washington State the following week, but not in Pullman. Instead, this week marked the first ever Shamrock Series game, and the final victory of [...]
In case you missed it, the Fighting Irish golf team is off to its best start ever. The previous post covered the team's history, players, and coach. This one will give you a introduction to college golf and cover the team's record breaking fall season. How Does College Golf Work? In case this is your [...]
Womp womp. I don't have much of an appetite for witty comments this week - Notre Dame was beaten, and beaten soundly, in every phase of the game in Ann Arbor. Sure, many saw a loss as likely - like SP+, for example - but nobody had any clue that something like that was waiting, [...]
Last week in this series, the Irish fell three yards short of potentially taking down 6th-ranked USC. It was Notre Dame's eighth straight loss to the Trojans, but this week Weis would get a chance to end a six-game skid to Boston College. The Unholy Decade I mentioned in the 2009 Michigan State recap that [...]
A Notre Dame team consisting of experienced upperclassmen along and a dynamic freshman started the season with just one loss and a top-10 ranking. Of course, this describes Tony Jones, Khalid Kareem, Kyle Hamilton, and the Fighting Irish football team, but it also works for the <check notes> men's golf team? In a surprise to [...]
Cheezborger cheezborger! For the second time this year Notre Dame benefited considerably from the bye week, both in the rankings (moved up in both polls last time and in the Coaches Poll this time) and in advanced stats metrics. SP+ in particular took a much kinder view of the Irish this week, presumably off the [...]
Yes, that is a twist on the title of Eric's USC Review from this past weekend. I suppose it's fitting that ten years after the Irish nearly took down a top-10 USC team in South Bend, the Trojans nearly did the same to ND last Saturday. This week's edition of Charlie Weis' Last Stand will [...]
Those of us of a certain age (read: anyone over 20) remember when the idea of beating USC at all was a fantasy. The Trojans owned the Irish in the decade of the 2000s and it seemed like it would never end. It's important to be mindful of those dark days before jumping to the [...]
Last week, Notre Dame survived against a scrappy Purdue team despite missing several key players. Ten years ago this week, the Irish played one of the zaniest games of the last 20 years against upstart Washington. A Sark Attack The 2008 Washington Huskies might have been the worst major conference team of the BCS era. [...]
All is not wine and roses, as Irish natives are restless despite a 15-point win over a top-20 opponent. And SP+ has downgraded its opinion of Notre Dame as well. From an SP+ perspective the defense was just OK, with the dominant second half balancing out a flaccid first half; similarly, the offense was just [...]
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