Some thoughts after Notre Dame ensured a USC Heisman Trophy for the 4th time in the last 20 years: One thing matters the next 8 months All that matters from here to August is getting a QB. Any QB. It has to be done. ND can't win like this, not at the level it needs [...]
Many doubted that Lincoln Riley would be able to rebuild USC quickly and install a culture of winning with a small 2022 recruiting class, having to juggle too many transfers, and lacking of any identity on defense. The 39-year old coach will host Notre Dame this weekend with the Trojans sitting at 10-1, a spot [...]
Notre Dame demolished Boston College on a snowy senior day, notching a shutout in the final home game for the second straight year. My goal with every recap is to use advanced stats to shine some light on some less obvious results from each game that maybe fans didn't pick up watching. This is one of [...]
Notre Dame added a critical piece to its 2023 class today when four-star quarterback Kenny Minchey flipped from Pitt to the Irish. The 6'2", 207-pound Tennessean was one of the first targets offensive coordinator Tommy Rees put on the radar when Notre Dame moved on from the talented but, uh, complicated Dante Moore in June. [...]
From last week's rankings we saw 6 teams lose but only 1 team drops out of the 18 Stripes Top 20 poll this week. A few of these teams really suffered ugly losses that in different ways ruined their seasons. Meanwhile, Notre Dame keeps moving on up! Check out the latest 18S Top Poll ahead [...]
Boston College came to South Bend on Saturday looking to play spoiler on Senior Day. The Eagles would go home to Chestnut Hill suffering one of their worst losses in school history. Notre Dame absolutely pounded and humiliated BC to move to 8-3 on the season with 5 straight wins before the season finale at [...]
At one point during Saturday's 44-0 obliteration of Boston College, the NBC broadcast crew mentioned that Marcus Freeman grew almost angry when discussing ND's tendency to play down to its worst opponents. It seemed pretty clear with this performance, combined with the first half of Navy before everything went to hell, that the Irish are [...]
At long last, Senior Day. A bit of shine has come off this matchup considering BC's unresolved QB situation and all-around horrid season. Nonetheless, the Eagles are coming off a shocking upset win over #16 NC State and a team that looked dead and buried three weeks ago has a faint pulse. Can Marcus Freeman [...]
Notre Dame checked off almost every item on the Navy wish list in the first half. Use this opportunity for Drew Pyne and the passing game to get in rhythm? How about five touchdowns and 14.6 yards per dropback in the first 30 minutes! Converting passing downs? The Irish went 7 of 10, with wide [...]
As the late great Yogi Berra said, it's getting late early out there. There are 164 prospects in the 2023 class with a known Notre Dame offer; 23 are committed to Notre Dame and a whopping 119 are committed to other schools, leaving just 22 uncommitted prospects still on the board in mid November. The [...]
A total of 7 teams from last week's ranking lost and none remain in our top 10 for this week. Four of them dropped out of the rankings altogether as we inch closer to the post-season, increased playoff talk, and figuring out whichever weird bowl games Notre Dame could be signing up for in a [...]
Hello and welcome back to the G5 Top Ten! We had some shakeup, but it seems like we're settling in to there being eight teams in two tiers, with those last two teams seemingly rotating. Let's continue on to see who I thought was deserving of those spots this week. Also Considered: Toledo, James Madison, [...]
I guess that was a win. Notre Dame won 35-32. I think. My head exploded at some point during the fourth quarter and I spent the final few minutes of the game picking it up and gluing it back together. The Irish more or less dominated the first half, although it wasn't until the final [...]
Folks, gather around for another game preview of the Navy Midshipmen. In keeping with tradition, this will be my shortest and most concise game preview of the season because, well, Navy is not very exciting and there isn't much to talk about. At this point, it's safe to say Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo is [...]
The Irish physically dominated a talented Clemson team with playoff aspirations, running at will and shutting down the Tiger offense. There's already been some efforts to discount the resounding win - as if Clemson was never a real contender, or Notre Dame might not have dominated without a special teams and defensive score. But Dabo [...]
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