It's time to go bowling. This Saturday afternoon the Irish will kickoff against Iowa State for the first meeting between the schools, while the Cotton Bowl between Penn State and Memphis will go head-to-head over on ESPN in the same time slot. Later in the day we will see the two playoff games at 4:00 [...]
After a decade on the job I understand how anyone would be interested in plotting the course ahead in the Notre Dame football post-Brian Kelly world. In fact, I'm as guilty as anyone. Even among the cooler heads it's been a rocky road for the current Irish coach who faced a mountain of scrutiny in [...]
As is the case every time this month until the change is made the debate about an 8-team college football playoff is making the rounds again. It's likely to happen at some point in the future, so it seems. How it ends up shaping the football post-season is the more important question and one we [...]
The chaos of the offseason reached South Bend today, as Notre Dame and offensive coordinator Chip Long mutually agreed to part ways. First reported by Football Scoop and confirmed by South Bend Tribune's Eric Hansen and a host of other beat writers, Long was Brian Kelly's offensive coordinator for the past three seasons. Long arrived [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks. In today's article we will be covering Notre Dame's bowl decision making, a positional matchup with Iowa State, returning seniors, the best coaches of all-time, and the 2020 Heisman race. Let's get started. 1) The hottest topic this week is a 10-2 Notre Dame falling, so [...]
Hello friends, and welcome to college football bowl season. We now have the matchups all set, the playoffs ready to go, and the travel plans being made. Before we get to a small preview of Notre Dame's game against Iowa State let's take a look at some of the best and worst bowl matchups to [...]
Never before have we written a Doing Good Things™ Report this late in the football season. Technically, there is still post-season football to attend to although for the most part the stories have been written for the vast majority of the programs and coaches across the country. First, let's take a look at the teams [...]
Notre Dame finally broke through in Palo Alto, gaining an edge with an explosive offense and a defensive crackdown after the first quarter. The Irish lost the efficiency battle but were more consistent stringing successful plays together and on passing downs, allowing the visitors to create far more scoring opportunities. No garbage time was removed [...]
Outside of the annual Army-Navy game we have concluded the college football regular season and now wait for the conference championships to wrap up before the unveiling of the 6th edition of the 4-team playoff, plus other bowls too. This Week's Winner: Gus Malzahn, Head Coach, Auburn He did it again. Mr. Arthur Gustav Malzahn III [...]
See? I told you Alabama wasn’t going to be in the playoff... The board cleared up considerably this week, and with only a handful of true contenders left we can now get a lot more serious about projecting playoff scenarios. Without the Tide. Heh. The "538 conference championship win probability" is taken from the nifty [...]
Do we always take away too much from how a football game starts? I think for the most part it matters a lot whether that's fair I cannot say. On Saturday afternoon Pacific time--in a drizzly and windy Palo Alto--the Fighting Irish looked out of sorts and even disinterested while Stanford refused to stand down [...]
One more full regular season week of college football, dear friends. As the Irish prepare to win in Palo Alto for the first time in ages as heavy favorites they will be taking a back seat to a busy weekend across the country. But first, let's recap the last week. This Week's Winner: Chase Young, [...]
A dominant defensive effort led Notre Dame to a 40-7 route of Boston College that could have been an even bigger blowout on senior day. The Irish offense created nine scoring chances in ten drives before garbage time compared to just one all game for BC. But the ND offense settled for four field goals [...]
The Pac 12 is dangerously close to being eliminated after a momentous upset, and the Big 12 is alive thanks to a witches' brew of good fortune and home cooking. It's November, folks. Time to get weird... There were a bunch of stinker match-ups in the last couple of weeks, but with Rivalry Week upon [...]
Is anyone interested in an early look at the 2020 schedule? As the current season is winding down we have a good idea of the shape and feel of next year's schedule already. Here are 5 things I have on the brain thinking about the near future. Road Games The lack of true road games [...]
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