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 [...]
It's not always supposed to be that easy. It's not supposed to be that easy in a rivalry game against Pittsburgh. On Saturday afternoon, it was just that easy as Notre Dame dominated a forlorn Panthers team 45-3 in front of a quiet pandemic crowd in Heinz Field. Here are 3 quick takeaways from Notre [...]
Pitt Football always seems to find themselves in these types of situations. Even if you take away the games in South Bend in 2018 and 2012, Pitt always seems to find itself as the scrappy unranked underdog in these top ten matchups. Being the only team to knock off Clemson in 2016, giving #2 ranked [...]
Alabama wins a mini-Game of the Century, Clemson sets ACC records, and North Carolina's comeback fell short against a resurgent Florida State team. These are the highlights from this past week of college football where we now have a new No. 1 team in our 18 Stripes poll. Note: We are only including teams who [...]
Notre Dame's lackluster output against Louisville had much less of an effect in the advanced stats models than it did in our psyches - with one very notable suggestion, which we'll get into below. While the game was certainly a frustrating one for the fans, as far as the models are concerned things went non-catastrophically. [...]
A shutout on offense is pretty rare for major college football programs. It's happened 75 times over the course of Notre Dame history, or 5.7% of total games played. However, only 26 of those games have come in the AP Poll era. Brian Kelly has never been shutout as head coach of the Irish and [...]
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