Well, recent events certainly changed the dynamic of this article which began several weeks ago. For the sake of this thorough study I won't be including any new Power 5 programs, and I'm not sure anyone would even include the likes of Cincinnati, BYU, or Houston in this discussion anyway. You could simply list the [...]
A 'rivalry forged in history' says the press release from Under Armour. On Sunday morning, the Ireland Collection was released for Notre Dame and Navy's game later this month in the Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin. The release features alternate uniforms for both programs in addition to several t-shirts, hoodies, and polos commemorating the event. [...]
Brian Newberry is the new head coach at Navy after being the defensive coordinator for the Middies since 2019. Their defense has been pretty good over his tenure but the more intriguing bit is that outside of a 5-year period when Paul Johnson left to coach Georgia Southern this will be the first time since [...]
Maybe there is hope for Under Armour after all. On Sunday, Notre Dame sent out a teaser for the Ohio State game with the #IrishWearGreen hashtag alluding to some sort of Jerry Maguire movie reference and possibly new green jerseys. This Monday morning, the Fighting Irish definitely committed to the bit with a full comedic [...]
Last Monday we tackled the Notre Dame offense ahead of fall camp, if you missed that coverage you can read it HERE. Today, we look at the defense and an important year for numerous reasons which we will cover below. The Irish defense has been the steadier leader on the team compared to the offense [...]
The offseason deep dives continue with the Irish passing offense, a unit that also struggled with consistency with Drew Pyne starting ten games. The passing game sometimes feasted on overmatched defenses (UNC, BYU, USC), but more commonly struggled with defenses whether opponents were similarly talented or overmatched. Defensive coordinators often dared Pyne and the Irish [...]
Notre Dame opens up the 2nd fall camp of the Marcus Freeman era on Wednesday, July 26th with the Week 0 game in Ireland against Navy quickly approaching. As of this writing, just 40 days away until kickoff in Dublin! It feels like the middle of summer (well technically it is) but Irish football is [...]
For the past couple of years this article was the top out of conference and cross-divisional games to watch in the upcoming season. For 2023, the ACC and Mountain West are dropping their division format, plus the Conference-USA and Pac-12 did the same last year. That's in addition to the AAC (since 2020) and Big [...]
Georgia is going for 3 straight National Championships this fall, a chance to be the only team in modern history to pull off the feat. Officially (a definition that is very loosely defined in the history of college football) only 1 team has won 3 straight titles, Minnesota from 1934 through 1936. Many other programs [...]
The annual offseason breakdowns + previews return! As in past summers, I’ll be breaking down the performance of each unit – passing and rushing offense and defense – with a look ahead to 2023 and what this means for the Irish. First up is the Notre Dame run game, a unit that showed dominant potential [...]
Marcus Freeman may very well benefit from an explosive, difficult to defend offense in his second turn at the helm. By keeping it in the family and tabbing Gerad Parker as OC, Coach Freeman may have found the perfect driver for a neon-colored, nitrous-boosted, titanium reinforced 2023 ND Offense, […]
Notre Dame almost started 11-0 back in 2015 and I think about it all the time. Yes, it wasn't the most difficult schedule to contend with until that final trip to Stanford. We saw Texas flop in the 2nd year of Charlie Strong's tenure, Virginia lost 8 games, Georgia Tech was coming off an 11-win [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks returns to the world with questions on Big Ten matchups, air conditioning in football helmets, the first head coach fired this fall, the team to watch early in September, plus an underrated 2024 Irish commit. 1) Hypothetically, let's say Notre Dame joins the Big Ten in football from 2024 and you can [...]
This is the second year we've done this pro scouting annual for the Irish football team. If you missed the 2023 article on the offense CLICK HERE. As a reminder, here's a refresher on some of the guidelines to who is included and who is not: Older players who have not made the necessary impact [...]
This is the second year we've done this pro scouting annual for the Irish football team. As a reminder, here's a refresher on some of the guidelines to who is included and who is not: Older players who have not made the necessary impact in terms of a possible NFL career are not included. We [...]
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