Not-Dead-Period Football Recruiting Predictions

The college football world is abuzz with newfound energy this week, as the NCAA's COVID-related dead period finally ended when the calendar flipped to June. Some schools even hosted a basketball-style "Midnight Madness" and welcomed recruits into their facilities as the clock chimed its way into the new month. We can understand the excitement, given [...]

By |2021-07-12T09:18:25-04:00June 3rd, 2021|Football, Recruiting|22 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 9: You Forgot to Run the Ball

When you think of a really bad offensive gameplan under Brian Kelly which game pops into your head? The hurricane game against NC State? Several others from 2016? Maybe the Tulsa game from 2010? Arizona State or USC from 2014? May I submit the loss to Michigan in 2013? People think I shouldn't do this [...]

By |2021-06-02T14:46:01-04:00June 2nd, 2021|Football|10 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 8: Barry in Tokyo

If Barry Sanders isn't considered the greatest college football player of all-time his 1988 Heisman-winning campaign may be the single greatest season in the history of the sport. For the record, ESPN ranked Sanders merely the 9th best player in college history during their celebration of the 150th anniversary of the game a year ago. [...]

By |2021-05-25T09:37:04-04:00May 25th, 2021|Football|3 Comments

2022 Football Recruiting Big Board: Offense Update 5/24

The board has been fairly quiet as most prospects have focused on packing their suitcases for the end of our long national winter the dead period on June 1st. As we mentioned last time, Notre Dame has an absolutely monster month of visits set up, for 2022 and 2023 prospects, and every other school has done [...]

By |2021-05-24T11:26:12-04:00May 24th, 2021|Football, Recruiting|26 Comments

Three and Out: A Brief History of Notre Dame Players Leaving Early

Recently, Notre Dame saw another player who left early selected in the NFL Draft. Although the Irish program is creeping towards 20 players all-time who left early for the Draft they have seen a major uptick in the Brian Kelly era following an extremely long dry spell. Full disclosure, we're using the traditional and strictest [...]

By |2021-05-12T08:13:09-04:00May 12th, 2021|Football|15 Comments

How Did This Happen, Volume 6: When 8 Goal Line Plays Isn’t Enough

Recently, we journeyed back to the first big home game of the 2012 season and a copious amount of turnovers from Michigan. Today, we'll venture back to 2012 again and the regular season finale in Los Angeles. A game which, at the conclusion of, I teared up quite a bit. I'll bet many of you [...]

By |2021-05-11T08:51:37-04:00May 11th, 2021|Football|17 Comments

2022 Football Recruiting: TE Holden Staes Commits to Notre Dame

Notre Dame added another quality tight end to its 2022 class today when Holden Staes announced for the Irish. The 6'5", 230 pound Georgian committed to Penn State last summer but re-opened his recruitment in February. This wasn't a case of second thoughts after his recruitment blew up, as he already had almost all his [...]

By |2021-05-08T17:47:27-04:00May 8th, 2021|Football, Recruiting|20 Comments
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