Preview: Texas A&M 2025
Irish. Aggies. Elko. Freeman. Eagle. Blackledge. As the man said, sit back, relax, and strap it down because we are in for a fun one. […]
Rating the Potential Trap Games for Notre Dame in 2025
Every year I remember to do so, I like to examine the Notre Dame football schedule for signs of those always-dangerous spots on the schedule known as the Trap Games, in honor of the great Admiral Ackbar (RIP), who to this day I wish would've been the Ole Miss mascot. I rate those trap games [...]
Kerplunk: Miami Instant Reaction
It was one thing to lose. Beating good teams on the road is hard, and Miami is a good team. What was frustrating was seeing almost every position unit that was supposed to be awesome fail Notre Dame so consistently in Sunday night's 27-24 loss on the road. The offensive line was supposedly so good [...]
Lacrosse: Irish Alumni Impressive in PLL Playoff First Round
This past weekend was the first round of the Premier Lacrosse League playoffs! All of the former Irish players performed very well, and many of them will be featured in the upcoming semi-finals. Changing The Narrative While his season came to an unfortunate end this weekend, Sergio Perkovic played lights out. And truth be told, [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: The 64th Note
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. The last article in this series covers my favorite underrated uniform in North American sports. I grew up in an era where the St. Louis Blues had their most boring uniforms in franchise history. From 1984-94 [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: Orange Dawgs
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. Bad teams with good uniforms, here comes maybe the saddest/best example in North American sports. The Browns started out with white helmets when the franchise began and later switched to orange for the 1950 season. The [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: Pirate Patch
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. The Pirates haven't made the playoffs over the last 9 seasons and taking a peek at the current MLB standings that is going to extend to a full 10 consecutive seasons. It's tough out there, but [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: Pirates Everywhere
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. East Carolina has purple and yellow colors with a pirate mascot, I'm in. I've always been in on this program's look. A while back though, things weren't so hot. The 2009 season saw a turning point [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: Yinzer Igloo
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. The 1967-68 season saw the first season of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey adorned in baby blue and navy blue uniforms. It's one of the best color combinations in sports. After one season with block diagonal typeface "Pittsburgh" [...]
Habemus Quarterback: C.J. Carr is the Guy in Week 1
The 48 hours between Notre Dame capping its fall camp with its annual jersey scrimmage - won by the defense - and the announcement of the Week 1 starting quarterback were filled with speculation, concern and arguments. Irish fans got their answer this afternoon when the social media team released a simple post: Our starting [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: Purple People Eaters
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. Today's submission may be the most controversial among the 20 uniforms. When Minnesota entered pro football in 1961 they nailed their uniforms with a great purple helmet featuring a white Viking horn on each side. The [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: O’s Oh Yes
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. You may sense a theme with the baseball uniforms I like. The Orioles have always looked good on the diamond. Particularly their home uniform and their alternates continue to be in their own class among MLB [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: The Next New Winner
Stock up the fridge with your favorite beverages, get your tailgate food list prepared, and iron the lucky jersey for the 2025 campaign. Next weekend in Dublin, Ireland the new college football season begins. After months of hibernation, Five Wide Fullbacks returns! Today we'll discuss North Carolina's hopes in 2025, the new AP Poll, the [...]
Lacrosse: Redwoods’ Irish Magnificent In Boston
This past weekend was week eleven of the Premier Lacrosse League! This was the final week of the regular season! Lots of former Irish made the playoffs and we can’t wait to see how they perform! But the story is the incredible play of California's Brian Tevlin, Chris Kavanagh and Ryder Garnsey. Sneaky Dangerous For [...]
Underrated Sports Uniforms: Stars & Stripes
Writing about 20 underrated sports uniforms from college football, NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. One uniform at a time. The original Baltimore Bullets took the court in navy blue and orange uniforms. The franchise kept the Bullets nickname when they moved to Washington, D.C. for the 1973-74 season but adopted a red, white, and blue [...]
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