This off-season absolutely flew by for me personally, who is ready to talk some real football? Notre Dame will begin fall camp this weekend as the program prepares for Brian Kelly's 12th season with the Irish moving the coch past Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, and Lou Holtz for the 2nd most career campaigns in school [...]
Part 1 (of X) in a series memorializing high days of unintentional comedy within the collective canon of ND Fandom: Notre Dame can be a bit much. Lou Holtz once famously said "[For] those who know Notre Dame, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation will suffice." Leaving aside the [...]
A few years ago, I was into ranking the potential trap games on the Notre Dame football schedule on a scale of 1 to 10 Ackbars. I haven't done it since the beloved admiral (spoiler alert!) was wiped out in The Last Jedi, so RIP to a legend. For reasons unclear to me at this [...]
Wooooo-ie, has it been a busy month since we last updated the board. Fourteen prospects with Notre Dame offers committed elsewhere, one flipped a longtime commitment to an in-state rival, one decomitted from a powerhouse program, and one new Irish offer went out. The Offense Board A reminder on how we do this - we'll [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at Oregon surviving a scare from their archrival Oregon State, keeping their slim National Championship hopes alive. Today we take a look at what many, including myself, see [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. We’re now adding players who have left Notre Dame since the conclusion of [...]
This offseason, we’ll be breaking down the performance of each unit – passing and rushing offense and defense – with a look ahead to 2021 and what this means for the Irish. It's time to examine the run defense, which has been remarkably consistent and solid in the Elko/Lea era. The Notre Dame defense has [...]
College football--and college sports in general--are really going through some unprecedented times right now. The NIL rules have shaken up over 100 years of amateur tradition, the NCAA is on unsteady ground as an institution, while the conference expansion roulette heating up really feels like it's about to re-draw the map in a lasting way [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the final regular season game of the famous 2001 Miami team. They survived Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, clinching their spot into the Rose Bowl for a chance [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. We’re now adding players who have left Notre Dame since the conclusion of [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the Oklahoma State upset over the defending National Champions Oklahoma. The Cowboys win clinched Texas' spot in the Big 12 Championship. Today, we take a look at [...]
Notre Dame's 2022 recruiting class gained its fourth defensive back today when four-star corner Benjamin Morrison announced for the Irish. The 6'0", 172-pound Arizonan caught our attention several months ago when describing his high school, Brophy College Prep, in this interview with 247's Kevin Sinclair (free): “It's hard to explain how one feels about Brophy [...]
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the previous levels of the pyramid linked therein. We're now adding players who have left Notre Dame since the conclusion of [...]
Notre Dame added arguably the jewel of its 2022 class today when elite linebacker Jaylen Sneed announced for the Irish. The 6'2", 210 pound South Carolinian had a late flirtation with Oregon, reportedly a favorite program of his younger years, but the Irish and particularly defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Marcus Freeman were determined to keep the [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the first of our game breakdowns at the end of the season, using a new (easier to read) format. The first game we talked about was Colorado [...]
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