Notre Dame logged its best win of the Brian Kelly era, its best win of the last 27 years, and arguably one of its best wins ever - it was only the program's ninth win overall versus an AP #1 team and fourth such win in nine tries at Notre Dame Stadium. (Since I know [...]
Boston College wasn't supposed to be good this season. Okay, maybe they aren't good in the strictest sense but they certainly have surprised a little bit while currently sitting in the middle of the pack within the ACC and 8th best team in the league according to the latest SP+ rankings (the Eagles sit 52nd [...]
The advanced stats match the eye-test in that there was nothing cheap about this victory. The Irish went toe-to-toe with Clemson, outgaining the Tigers in yards per play overall, in the 3rd & 4th quarters, and overtime. Both teams were decently explosive, not reeling off a ton of chunk plays but each hitting two of [...]
Michigan loses again (Stanford too!) while Notre Dame did a thing this weekend. Florida grabs hold of the SEC East, Cincinnati and BYU continue to look damn good, while we welcome Indiana into the playoff conversation for the time being. That and more from this past weekend. Note: We are only including teams who have [...]
"We're extremely excited about the victory and beating Clemson. Look, all the narratives that are out there and whatever is said, you know, talked about, that doesn't help you win this game. What we're excited about and what we're celebrating is that we played with an incredible focus and resolve. Those are things that we [...]
Finally, the day of days is upon us. What though the odds, Notre Dame will play Clemson in the biggest game at Notre Dame Stadium since 2005. The importance of this showdown has somehow remained a constant throughout a global pandemic and chaotic election season. In many ways, it felt like we would never arrive [...]
Mike Leach gets shutout for the first time ever, Clemson survives a scare, Ohio State rolls on GameDay, Texas shakes things up, and Michigan suffers their worst loss under Jim Harbaugh. These are the top stories from week 9 in college football. Note: We are only including teams who have taken the field in 2020. [...]
The 2012 recruiting year was 9 cycles ago but you're about to see how in many ways it feels like it was 25 years ago. This was back when National Signing Day still meant something! Now, with the early signing period in December, the February mega day has been relegated to the ugly step child [...]
Notre Dame got off to a hot start, hogged the ball again, and used a steady performance on both sides of the ball to dispatch a young Georgia Tech team in Atlanta on Saturday. If not for a jolting fumble return touchdown for the Yellow Jackets this one could've been really ugly. However, the Irish [...]
Geoff Collins's post-triple-option reclamation project continues in Atlanta. That's probably the best thing you can say about Georgia Tech football this season, as the Yellow Jackets sit at 2-4 and -110 on scoring margin. Yes, 66 of that deficit came in one game against Clemson, but they also lost by 28 to UCF, 17 to [...]
The Big Ten returned to action this past weekend and we're welcoming 4 new teams from the conference in our polls. Overall, it was a quiet week for most teams but a couple B1G teams flopped in their debuts against big expectations which quickly reshuffles the 2020 pecking order but also prevents an insane takeover [...]
Notre Dame dominated Pitt behind an explosive passing game, grinding out an efficient run game, and defensively abusing poor Joey Yellen and an abysmal Pitt rushing game. The Irish were due for some interceptions and came through with three, with a special teams touchdown added for good measure. A look at how Tommy Rees and [...]
Blowing out a mediocre-to-bad team is a good thing! But not as good as you might imagine, apparently. FPI absolutely loved Notre Dame's performance against Pitt, while SP+ somehow viewed it as decidedly meh. Weird, but we'll get into it. Recapping the methodology for these articles: These aren't actual SP+ win probabilities, as SP+ creator [...]
Yes, this isn't a National Championship season for Notre Dame in an official sense. But it could've been and maybe should've been depending upon whom you ask. For certain, 1993 was an unexpected success for Notre Dame but ended in frustration and agony for a season of ultimate what-could-have-been regrets. Let's rearrange things for a [...]
A punt from the Pitt 39-yard line, a couple bad penalties, and more injury news were some of the bad things that happened on Saturday for Notre Dame. Other than that, the Irish left Pittsburgh about as happy as can be expected following a 45-3 romp over the Panthers. In what has become shockingly familiar [...]
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