I created a primer to this project which explains the way we'll be ranking all 185 players. It will be a pyramid structure and as we ascend the players will get better and better. Follow along this off-season as we preach about all the wonderful talent that has played for Notre Dame. Level 1, Wing [...]
Sometimes I will spend 90 minutes researching some obscure but fascinating stat that most people will skip over when reading an article. It adds ridiculous amounts of time to even the shortest articles. However, nothing I've done over the years took the drawn-out process of thinking more than the "Unofficial Guide to Rebuilding Notre Dame" [...]
I created a primer to this project which explains the way we'll be ranking all 185 players. It will be a pyramid structure and as we ascend the players will get better and better. Follow along this off-season as we preach about all the wonderful talent that has played for Notre Dame. Today, we begin [...]
To be honest, the 2017 version of Notre Dame football was set to go down as my all-time favorite up until kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium. It was the first time that Notre Dame looked the part of an undisputed national title contender since when, 1993? After they pummeled Penn State in 2006? Two years [...]
Most remember Knute Rockne's last game--capping off a 19-0 run to end his career--as taking place in 1930 at Los Angeles Coliseum against USC in one of Notre Dame's most impressive victories in school history while bringing home the school's second consecutive National Championship. However, there was one final game that took place in December [...]
Another edition of the NFL Draft is complete as the Shield took its show on the road to Nashville this year in another successful outdoor venue. Prepare yourselves for the 2020 Draft coming to Las Vegas, Nevada next year! Like most years, it was an up and down weekend for Notre Dame. Salary information is [...]
Notre Dame gained its 8th member in the 2020 recruiting class today with the commitment of long snapper Alex Peitsch. The Washington DC native is highly, highly regarded at the position and joins a list of Notre Dame long snappers with impressive high school pedigrees. Committed! #FightingIrish pic.twitter.com/IkOv8dCOLb — Alex Peitsch (@AlexPeitsch) April 24, 2019 [...]
Following a spring of positive development at a number of positions--and a returning quarterback (no jinx) well regarded across the country--the hype and expectations are growing considerably for the Notre Dame offense. As I've scanned the landscape I have witnessed certain words beginning to be tossed around, including "elite", "dominant", and "unstoppable." Before we dig [...]
Happy Easter to everyone! My biggest gripe with the $400 million Crossroads project was that it didn't carve out a space for a Notre Dame football Hall of Fame. There are some artifacts scattered throughout the concourse of Notre Dame Stadium, inside the Gug practice facility, and of course Heritage Hall in the Joyce Center [...]
The Islands gave another gift to Notre Dame today when blue-chip WDE Jordan Botelho announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6-3, 230-pound Hawaiian profiles perfectly to the drop end position that Julian Okwara rather magnificently occupies today; we'll get into this more below, but position isn't close to the only thing Okwara and Botelho [...]
Playboy Magazine has long since passed its prime as a cultural icon in America and across the world and while we won't be covering the fairer sex today I am here to discuss a different set of pictures from the magazine's history: The Pigskin Preview All-American teams. They are truly some of the best photographs [...]
The Fighting Irish took to the Notre Dame Stadium field on Saturday afternoon for the 90th edition of the Blue-Gold Game. For posterity purposes we must mentioned the Gold Team (defense) defeated the Blue Team (offense) by a score of 58-45. No, it does not matter how the defense accumulated its points. As per usual, [...]
The 90th edition of the Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game takes place this Saturday (12:30 PM ET NBC Sports Network) as the Irish conclude what's been a very long spring practice schedule spanning back to March 2nd. The coverage has been extensive in recent weeks which doesn't leave a ton to discuss prior to a controlled [...]
Saturday saw the Fighting Irish take part in their 12th practice of spring and the first for the media to view inside Notre Dame Stadium. The team will practice twice more this upcoming week before another edition of the Blue-Gold Game on April 13th. This Tuesday's workout will be open to the media, as well. [...]
The judging of uniforms is back. I went through the Power 5 programs and noted a handful who desperately need a makeover. I originally had a list of 5 but decided to spare Mississippi State as they've made some solid improvements in recent years. The others here today, not so much. Write in the comments [...]
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