After a long hiatus, it’s time for a little film analysis from the great white north. I apologize for being away, I’ve been locked in a secret hideaway, in the farthest reaches of the Canadian wilderness, simultaneously working on a project to train grizzly bears, moose and muskrats to play football and working with NBC [...]
Two straight weeks, two straight heart attacks, 2-0. Notre Dame nearly suffered a massive upset against Toledo despite dominating the efficiency battle, as several concerning storylines from Tallahassee followed the Irish home. For a second straight week, the defense dominated long stretches of the game and wreaked tons of havoc, yet surrendered huge plays to [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. This might have been a slow week by last week's standards, but we still saw some G5 hold their own, including one big jumper into the top three. Also Considered: Louisiana, UAB, San Jose State, Memphis, Marshall Week 2 Recap Movers and Shakers The first game we [...]
A 2-0 start for Notre Dame hasn't felt this bad since 2008, and perhaps much longer. The Irish were able to fight back late for a touchdown and accompanied backyard 2-point completion to post a 32-29 victory over visiting Toledo on Saturday. It's always better to win than lose but the action this weekend continued [...]
There were three big news items for the Irish this offseason. Two were on the field, with the transfer of Jack Coan and the hiring of Marcus Freeman. The third was the announcement that this game against the Rockets would air exclusively on Peacock. Now, to me, this isn’t a surprising endeavor. The Irish aired [...]
Well folks, it's time to bring back the advanced stats win probability matrices. I know you missed perusing these rainbow-colored Excel graphics and agonizing (?) over decimal point changes, didn't want you to miss out on all that fun as the new season gets going. This is going to be an interesting year for comparisons [...]
We generally only do impromptu posts here for breaking news - usually a quick blurb about whatever development it was, so we both respond in short order and give you all somewhere to chat about it. Well, today we had to start over about fifteen times because news kept breaking. It seems like the last [...]
Four teams go tumbling out of the rankings with 5 others taking a drop after a busy full opening weekend as the SEC once again takes command of the polls. Alabama and Georgia laid down early claims for the National Title hunt while the ACC has spent this work week recovering from vomiting all over [...]
Notre Dame was dominating the efficiency game through 40 minutes, with Florida State surviving on a few massive plays. Then the strategy shifted, the Noles started putting long drives together, and suddenly the Irish were in a coin flip game. Below let's dive into the good (Jack Coan's debut and the passing game), the bad [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. This weekend's games showed how fun and chaotic this great and dumb sport can be. However, even with G5 shakeups, the Top Ten doesn't see many changes from the pre-season. Also Considered: UAB, Ball State, San Jose State, Memphis, Marshall Week 1 Recap Movers and Shakers Starting [...]
Things were a little nervy early on, then they stabilized in favor of Notre Dame, then things simply fell apart especially on defense. Somehow, the Fighting Irish overcame a brewing Disney movie to survive pesky Florida State in overtime following a Jonathan Doerer dagger from 41 yards out. Winning is better than losing, if that's [...]
Well, I've seen enough of the Sunday night opening games to last my entire life. Five years ago was the Texas disaster, and this one came darn close to being just as soul-crushing. Notre Dame did somehow survive the opener tonight to defeat Florida State and its overwhelming karma boost from McKenzie Milton, 41-38, in [...]
We're back in the football mindset opening up the 2021 campaign and heading back to Tallahassee for the first time since *that flag* denied Notre Dame a justified win over then No. 2 Florida State. Since then, Notre Dame has taken both of the meetings at home by a combined score of 84-39, although the [...]
The last time we got together we witnessed a familiar end to a strange season, as the vaunted Crimson Tide beat up on an overmatched Irish quad in the postseason en route to another national title for Nick Saban. Was it 2012? No, 2020! Whee! Every fan the next time Notre Dame draws Alabama in [...]
This is not a rating of the power of different teams issued in the preseason. Rather, this is a Power Rating of Preseasons. Notre Dame preseasons, in fact. The ground rules: “Preseason” does not mean “Offseason.” It refers, specifically, to the August anticipatory period between practice beginning and the kick-off of the season. There are three factors that determine [...]
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