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 [...]
Just a couple more weeks remain in the regular season. This 2024 campaign has been quite the slow burn, especially as Notre Dame works its way back from the NIU loss and has been slowly moving up the rankings each week. 2024 Betting Record ATS: 44-50-1 SU: 63-32-0 I had a good week 12 with [...]
Notre Dame dominated Virginia down-to-down, but officiating and startling momentum shifts on Senior Day gave this game a strange flow. Once again Al Golden's defense was dominant, forcing 5 turnovers and Cavs QB Anthony Colandrea to the bench after he accumulated -17 expected points added (total EPA) for the game. For a second straight week [...]
If you were hoping for BYU to lose for general chaos reasons, your wish was granted on Saturday night. The no. 1 team in the land nearly lost in Jump Around land but came back to remain unbeaten. We'll cover that and more in this week's recap from week 12. Here's the latest 18 Stripes [...]
Notre Dame hosted Virginia on Saturday afternoon for the final home game of the 2024 regular season and after a sleepy start put away the Cavaliers in another blowout win for the Irish. This is now 8 straight wins since the unfathomable NIU loss with Notre Dame outscoring opponents 343-85 over that timespan. Not bad! [...]
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, [...]
It's Senior Day! The ur-generic ACC villain invades Notre Dame Stadium. Let's unpack the basics of this 3:30 p.m. (EDT) NBC tilt: The Hoos come in a game above .500 thanks to a 24-19 win over fast-sinking Pitt. They played Louisville tough, backdoor-charged Clemson (down 38-10, ended up losing 48-31), and got smoked by [...]
Against a woeful Florida State team (down to 96th in F+!), the only way for Notre Dame to impress both the computers and the CFP committee was to dominate. And while the Irish were slow to get started, they quickly suffocated the Seminoles offense and eventually found enough rhythm of their own to end up [...]
Week 12 is upon us and probably won't be a memorable one as several boring conference matchups await and a handful of teams gear down with creampuffs before readying for the end of the regular season. Maybe a big upset out of nowhere is lurking, though? I wouldn't bet against it! 2024 Betting Record ATS: [...]
Sometimes a spread from Vegas can't be large enough. If you watched the first half only between Notre Dame and Florida State you might have left believing it was a bit of a lackluster performance from the Irish nursing a 21-3 lead. Yet, doubling up that score would've been right near my game prediction and [...]
Notre Dame's 2024 schedule didn't look overly difficult on paper during the pre-season but we discussed if Florida State could remain one of the stronger teams nationally it would help out a lot. As such, it made the most sense to have this weekend's matchup with the Seminoles as the 7:30 PM home game kickoff [...]
The first College Football Playoff Rankings were released this past Tuesday night and place Notre Dame 10th nationally--the same spot the Irish fall in the current AP Poll, by the way. With the assumption that Oregon, Georgia, Miami, and BYU win their respective conferences we would see Notre Dame traveling to Happy Valley in late [...]
With advanced stats recaps on vacation the last few weeks, we have some catching up to do! With the calendar turning toward November and the playoff picture beginning to take shape, let's check on in Notre Dame's season-long advanced stats and what strengths and weaknesses could fuel or doom a 12-team playoff run. Offensive Profile [...]
With Notre Dame coming off a bye week and no game review for our readers I've decided to dive into some hard-hitting journalism instead. Who wants to talk about college football score bugs!? I'm a student of graphic design (I'm really not) and decided to rank all of the current network score bugs that are [...]
It was another fun weekend for Notre Dame to sit back and watch some carnage. Three teams fell from the ranks of the unbeaten re-shaping the 12-team playoff picture as the first rankings from the committee are set to come out this Tuesday evening. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: 18 Stripes Top [...]
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