Let's begin breaking down Notre Dame's 2019 advanced stats starting with the unit that enters the fall under the most scrutiny, the Irish running game. Since 2017's record-setting efforts on the ground, the Irish have struggled to run efficiently, especially in big games, and been plagued by high stuff rates. What improved last season, and [...]
The dust has finally settled and FBS college football has welcomed 22 new head coaches to their respective programs, a turnover rate of 16.9% nationally. Every conference except the MAC welcomes at least one new coach, while the FBS Independents also hold steady with their 7 current leaders. There are 13 head coaches who have [...]
In the last post, I talked about how the College Football Hall of Fame uses narrow criteria to determine the pool of potential inductees. Today, I want to take a look at some of the Notre Dame players of the 21st Century that will never hear their name called into the College Football Hall of [...]
Friday night news broke that is never good news. Incoming freshman 2020 corner prospect Landen Bartleson was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief, and receiving stolen property valued at $10,000 or more after breaking into a store to steal guns. After an initial comment about waiting to gather facts, less than 24 [...]
I have always had an awareness of the College Hall of Fame since I was a child. I even went to the version that was in South Bend was I was seven years old and on my first visit to Notre Dame. It was perfectly fine. I had never put much more thought into it [...]
Are you ready for some football? Well, you'll have to wait a little while longer for the college football variety. That doesn't mean we can't look ahead to the 2020 national schedule and some of the top non-league games lurking in the distance. Full disclosure, there might be a couple games listed that are reaches [...]
YouTube was created a few months after Charlie Weis was hired at Notre Dame and the first video uploaded to the site came in late April 2005. So, it's been around a while but in the grand scheme really not that long. Every once and a while I'll take a look at Notre Dame football [...]
Six years after a college career that saw him throw for over 7,000 yards in a golden helmet former Irish quarterback Tommy Rees has been named Notre Dame's new offensive coordinator at the fresh age of 27 years old. Rees will continue to be the quarterbacks coach--a position he has held since 2017--while running backs [...]
As the dust settles on the last games of the 2019 season, taking (with video!) a look at Notre Dame's advanced stats in the Camping World Bowl win over Iowa State. The Irish dominated the key categories of explosiveness, efficiency, and creating and converting scoring chances. But things were closer than they appeared in the [...]
If you don't like talking about depth charts for a season kicking off in 8 months are you even a real football fan? This is half the fun! Before diving into each position group I wanted to take a moment to address the re-build on defense that was projected for 2020. Here's a brief look [...]
They said it wouldn't happen. He wasn't going anywhere, he loves Notre Dame too much, and it doesn't make sense to transfer only sit out a year when the job could be his in South Bend in 2021 once Ian Book leaves. Heck, maybe he was one injury away from being the starter next fall. [...]
I'm not saying I am updating the list. But if I were to do that... Things have changed and yet in a way they do stay the same. Back at our old home I once undertook the internet's castigated challenge of chronicling the worst losses in the proud history of Fighting Irish football. Some people [...]
Warning: This is not going to be pretty. For the sake of limiting the discussion we will set aside the offensive line play and/or play-calling and/or coaching to focus primarily on the running backs. Before we dig into the numbers below a few points to mention: 1) Much Love to Tony Jones Jr. For the [...]
My father once said that the definition of mixed feelings is watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new Cadillac. That feels like an apt description of Notre Dame's 2019 season - it was mostly very good, but the Caddy went careening over the precipice in Ann Arbor and it's impossible for that [...]
As the saying goes you can only perform against the opponents put in front of you. For the Fighting Irish following an embarrassing loss at Michigan they would finish the season with 6 straight wins and a 11-2 record. In that 6-game stretch they would be an impressive +142 in point differential concluding with a [...]
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