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 [...]
Now, that was one awesome weekend of college football, dear friends. We made Dabo Swinney extremely sad and that even dulled the jealousy of watching Brian Kelly upset Alabama in Death Valley. The weekend was an even bigger tease with Rutgers leading Michigan at halftime--oh my goodness can you imagine if they actually held on [...]
Welcome back to the 18S G5 Top Ten! While this weekend was very crazy at the top of the rankings, we saw the buildup of a the first G5 Game of the Century! Also Considered: Boise State, Ohio, Fresno State, Wyoming, Toledo The Races First we take a look at what is going to be [...]
Clemson flew home early Sunday morning seriously licking their wounds as Notre Dame put together one of its most complete and physical dominations of a top ranked opponent in a very long time. For the 1st half the weather was not cooperating for either passing game. Clemson in particular looked all out of sorts getting [...]
My first reaction to tonight's win? "We've got ourselves a (blankity blank) head football coach." Notre Dame didn't just beat #4 Clemson Saturday, 35-14. They pushed the Tigers around. They did the only things they could do to win when Clemson knew exactly what those things were, and they did them spectacularly well. That's special. [...]
Notre Dame put together a complete effort to kill Syracuse's dreams, jumping out to an early lead and holding it thanks to contributions from the defense, rushing attack, and special teams. The offensive line and rushing attack allowed Notre Dame to dominate the efficiency battle, but without explosive plays the Orange threatened to pull off [...]
A pair of top 10 teams in our rankings had a rough week 9 but the tippy-top of the rankings continue to remain unblemished. That is guaranteed to change with the biggest game of the week coming up this Saturday afternoon for SEC East supremacy. We also have a handful of previously 1-loss teams starting [...]
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