Last week we went into the action with 13 total undefeated teams and 8 unbeatens among the Power 5 conferences. Heading into week 8 those ranks have been chopped down to 11 undefeated programs as Iowa and Kentucky both fell. That leaves the following unblemished teams from the Power 5: Georgia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan, [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks returns coming off the bye week and ready for some more Fighting Irish football. But first, we tackle a preview of the NFL Draft, assistant coaching grades, the quarterback controversy, impressive true freshmen, and the desire to coach in Los Angeles or LA the state. 1) The NFL Draft is just over [...]
The first half of this season has been... something. Lots of surprises both good and bad, some recent trend upwards, and very little clarity about the back half. Usually when we do this look-back we can get a pretty good sense of where things are headed, but 2021 is not that kind of year - [...]
We are down to 13 undefeated teams in college football and only 8 from the Power 5 conferences. The biggest news from week 6 was the toppling of Alabama at the hands of Texas A&M. On the bright side, this prevents an unwanted scenario where the Tide and Georgia face off in the SEC Championship [...]
What a wild week, man. And that's without even getting into what happened in our own game... Texas A&M, a week after a comeback that fell short against Mississippi State knocked them out of the Top 25, completed the comeback against erstwhile #1 Alabama - which marked Alabama's first loss to an unranked team since [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. Despite the fun day across the college football landscape, the Group of 5 stayed relatively tame in comparison. Also Considered: Houston, Nevada, Air Force, UAB, Army Week 6 Recap Movers and Shakers Starting tonight with the biggest upset in the Group of 5 world. Five days after [...]
Are you not entertained? Saturday night in Blacksburg started out as a sleepy punt-fest before morphing into one of the more exciting finishes of the season featuring multiple quarterbacks, flags everywhere, untimely turnovers, and one clutch game-winning kick from Jonathan Doerer. The Fighting Irish now move to 5-1 on the season with the bye week [...]
Sometimes you just have no explanation for anything. Notre Dame pulled off a seemingly miraculous 32-29 win over Virginia Tech Saturday night in a game they frankly had no business winning for a million reasons. But somehow, someway, ND survived and will enter a much-needed off week at 5-1 with a chance to reset before [...]
Remember that excellent 2018 Notre Dame team, and that pretty darn good 2019 team? Now remember the problems they had with Virginia Tech? You're about to. Notre Dame (-1) at Virginia Tech Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA Date: Saturday, October 9nd, 2021 Time: 7:30 PM ET TV: ACCN Justin Fuente took over from the Frank Beamer [...]
If the previous 4 weeks weren't a strong enough indication we have more data to conclude the country is divided by Alabama and Georgia then everyone else. They're being hunted by a pair of Big Ten teams in our poll, neither of which are Ohio State. Buckle up, things are bound to get very weird [...]
Welcome back to the latest edition of Five Wide Fullbacks as we revisit our Top 25 Irish players from the pre-season, tackle Notre Dame's rushing performance, discuss bowl projections, rank the remaining opponents, and ponder when Alabama will lose next, if ever again. Let's get the ball, put our head down, and pick up 3 [...]
An inefficient Notre Dame offense reliant on explosive plays through the air met up with an elite passing defense, and Cincinnati's early turnovers and passing attack late held off the Irish for a massive win. While the game was full of self-inflicted errors at home for ND, Cincinnati wasn't perfect either, squandering many scoring chances [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. There was an obvious result (that I have to talk about from a certain POV), but there was a lot of shakeups in the Group of 5 World, causing some shuffling in the top ten. Also Considered: Fresno State, Nevada, Army, Wyoming, Houston Week 5 Recap Movers [...]
We can all agree turning the ball over in the end zone on the 1st possession of the game and eventually falling behind 17-0 are not good recipes for success. Notre Dame moved the ball well on that fateful first drive--and had a few more chances to make a comeback--but they were beaten soundly by [...]
This is probably the biggest regular season weekend for Cincinnati since the weekend of December 5th, 2009. The Bearcats came into the weekend at #5 in the BCS Rankings, a spot they had held all November. They had a defacto Big East Championship showdown against a top fifteen Pitt team, and had an outside shot [...]
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