Winning is fun, most of the time. After a gruesome 1-3 start it felt like Notre Dame waited an eternity to put something positive in the victory column. On Saturday afternoon the first hour of the game with Syracuse was as wacky and entertaining as anything you'll see this season. With 10:06 left in the [...]
WatchND highlights: Not everything is fixed for Notre Dame football. Far from it. But at least they won a football game. The Irish beat Syracuse 50-33 Saturday, but early on it looked like the score would be much higher. The Irish led 23-13 less than five minutes into the game thanks to some big plays [...]
We were promised changes! Instead, we get the same 'official' depth chart for the third straight week. That's probably for the best when you're 1-3 because if you're going to roll out any changes it's best to keep that a secret for as long as possible. Yes, we are trying to get sneak things past [...]
For the 5th time in 14 years Notre Dame will face Syracuse on the football field--for the second time in 3 years it'll be MetLife Stadium hosting the two programs as the Orange finish their 4-game series in New Jersey (after initialing signing a 10-game deal). During the last meeting Everett Golson fell one pass [...]
It's a good thing Notre Dame plays at noon this weekend because it'll give everyone plenty of time to prepare for what really matters on Saturday: Louisville at Clemson. The Tigers host their biggest home game of their season and one that could define their season, take over the ACC, and vault themselves into national [...]
Notre Dame's loss to Duke reviewed using the Five Factors that lead to success in football. If making decisions about coordinators was a factor, at least the Irish would have won that one. Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here. A giant step backwards The 2015 season was promising for a lot of reasons, but [...]
WatchND highlights: Would you like to know how many current Duke upperclassmen were ranked in the top 600 by the 247Sports composite rankings coming out of high school? One. Trevon Lee was ranked #431 coming out of high school. Trevon Lee has played 24 snaps for Duke, and none of them came today. Less than [...]
Our advanced stats preview takes a look at Notre Dame versus Duke as the Irish try to rebound from a 1-2 start. If looking for additional information on the statistics and terms used here, great starting points are Football Studyhall’s Advanced Stats Glossary, Bill Connelly’s Five Factors, and Brian Fremeau’s FEI ratings. Duke Offense vs. Notre [...]
If the 1-2 start to the season and Duke coming to town wasn't exciting enough I give you the week 4 Notre Dame depth chart with no changes from last Saturday! There are also no new injuries which is always nice, however, we have some small updates on a couple of injured athletes. We're just [...]
It's been 9 years since the Irish have played Duke and that overcast afternoon in 2007 was one of the most depressing home games in recent memory watched by one of the smaller crowds in school history. Duke was so bad that year that they were soundly defeated by one of the worst Notre Dame [...]
We have a pretty solid week ahead of us complete with some quality matchups from Notre Dame's opponents and a few tremendous national games wrapped around a bunch of big SEC games which will go a long way to wrapping up the story that is our favorite southeastern conference. Let's not forget our stories rivals [...]
Breaking down Notre Dame football's loss to Michigan State with advanced stats, and what the numbers tell us about the end of the Brian Van Gorder era... In a very dark way, it's funny to me that every time we've played Michigan State since 2006 the Mike Valenti rant from that epic collapse, and then after [...]
The game started harmlessly enough. At first, it seemed like both Notre Dame and Michigan State were feeling each other out before Notre Dame mounted a touchdown drive to take an important lead. Then in the second quarter things went completely off the rails for the Irish as the Spartans built a lead that was [...]
WatchND highlights: Michigan State had 501 yards of offense today against Notre Dame. That's the most MSU has gained against ND in 60 years. @chrissolari The 501 total offensive yards are the most by Michigan State vs Notre Dame since Oct. 20, 1956 when it had 521. #MSUvsND — B Tripi (@btripi) September 18, 2016 [...]
Michigan State is back on the schedule, it's a big recruiting weekend, and we've got a not-so-rare nowadays home night game. We're blessed in so many ways, not the least of which that there is plenty of quality action throughout the afternoon to pass the time as we wait for the Irish vs. Spartans. Now [...]
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