The bottom 6 teams in our top 20 poll from last week all lost opening the door to several new programs entering this week's poll. At the other end of the rankings we had a few close matchups led by Missouri going down to the wire in a near-upset of Georgia in front of a [...]
Welcome back to the 18S G5 Top Ten! After a mental bye week, the first top ten of the season is here! After a little more of a months worth of games we have a fresh top ten! With no real NY6 contender emerging, this could be the most fun G5 season since we've been [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks returns with Notre Dame having the week off resting up for their trip to Las Vegas. In this week's edition we'll discuss re-ranking our top 25 Notre Dame players, the Heisman race, the post-season picture after a third of the season, the remaining Irish schedule difficulty, and if it is wise to [...]
The Notre Dame offense came to life against a terrible North Carolina defense in Chapel Hill, and the defense shut down the 15th ranked offense in F+ for a large middle stretch of the game, allowing the Irish to pull away from the Heels. Drew Pyne found his rhythm, the rushing attack gashed UNC, and [...]
The Notre Dame faithful are about to descend upon Sin City (or the Holy Land, depending on how one looks at the world). Irish fans of all ages, shapes and sizes are eagerly awaiting this Shamrock Series event in Vega$ against BYU. As a courtesy to the fans who are making their travel plans, we [...]
Four teams tumble out of our latest top 20 rankings as a fun week 4 mixes up the back half of our poll. The top 3 show no signs of letting up but the Beavers near-upset of USC, Tennessee finally getting Florida, and Texas definitely not being back were some of the highlights across the [...]
A few big pass plays for North Carolina masked what was otherwise a very dominant performance as Notre Dame went into Chapel Hill and picked up their first road win of 2022 and the Marcus Freeman era. Things started poorly for the Irish after UNC drove down the field to open the game while converting [...]
If the 2022 season starts taking off in a good direction following next week's open date, we might look back at the second quarter of Saturday's 45-32 win over North Carolina as a turning point. The Irish were plodding along through the first quarter, again largely unable to move the ball even against North Carolina's [...]
Marcus Freeman takes his charges to Tobacco Road to face the Tar Heels tomorrow in what has emerged as a surprisingly pivotal matchup for the first-year head coach. Come-from-ahead losses in his first two games at the helm of the program, a shocking loss to a theoretically overmatched opponent in his home opener, and a [...]
It was ugly early and often for Notre Dame against Cal. But with both lines finally controlling the game for solid stretches, the Irish carved out enough advantages against the Bears to pull away late. In Drew Pyne's first start the ND offense was extremely careful but moved the ball well enough with short to [...]
The Pac-12 led week 3 with some of the bigger wins this past Saturday but also suffered some really bad losses with one coach already handed his papers following an embarrassing defeat. Elsewhere, the top of the rankings look the same with Georgia continuing to look terrifying for a program supposedly rebuilding from their 2021 [...]
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for the Group of Five the past couple of weeks. First off, I wanna say that I was on the road and sick last week, so that was why I didn't have a list for you all. Second of all, with all of the crazy results this week, [...]
It was ugly early on during the Notre Dame-Cal game on Saturday afternoon. And I mean very, very ugly. Nearly a full hour elapsed before a first down from either team was made. The Irish offense especially came out seriously disheveled with quarterback Drew Pyne playing like the moment was far too big for him. [...]
When I think about the University of California, Berkeley I picture their stadium in the hills, earthquakes, hippies, Marshawn Lynch, Aaron Rodgers, 1950's era cheerleader uniforms, and their mascot Oski the Bear. Truth is this Cal program hasn't been on Notre Dame's radar pretty much at all since Vietnam. The Irish faced the Golden Bears [...]
Sometimes when Notre Dame plays down the level of inferior competition, there are bright spots and data to brush off those concerns. The Toledo game last year is a good example - it easily could have been an embarrassing loss, and was zero fun to watch. But the Irish had higher yards per play, a [...]
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