This morning Irish Sports Daily broke the news that Ian Book will not play Saturday against Florida State. Brian Kelly will address the injury at his press conference today and likely provide additional details, but according to the ISD report Book "suffered multiple injuries to his midsection" in the Northwestern game, and a timetable for his [...]
A huge week of betting from week 10 puts me in better spirits after a rough 9th week of football. On the field we continue to see a bunch of ranked teams losing which has opened the door to many unfamiliar guests in our rankings. We've moved into the gut-check time that is November! 18 [...]
The advanced stats show that Notre Dame dominated Northwestern in most key phases of the game, yet special teams miscues, turnovers, and penalties let the Wildcats get within a score late in the 4th quarter. The Irish should walk away confident about a strong effort against a solid opponent, but maybe a bit concerned about [...]
Welcome back to the playoff big board! Our board will consist of all ranked undefeated teams and all ranked one-loss Power 5 teams from the the playoff committee rankings. With the playoff rankings out now, I've changed the board format from undefeated/one-loss to in-the-playoff/in-the-conversation. I define "resume wins" for our purposes as wins over currently-ranked teams; [...]
Northwestern opened up the upset playbook on Saturday night, covered several pages, then found out their game plan had limits as the Fighting Irish talent was too much to overcome. With moments of dominance, Notre Dame's 9th win of the season was sprinkled in with lots of frustration in a close game until a gut-check [...]
Notre Dame beat Northwestern, 31-21. To paraphrase our old friend Dory, "Just keep winning, just keep winning, just keep winning, winning, winning..." This game shifted back and forth a few times, seemingly at random. One minute it was a dogfight. Then it was a ND blowout in the making. Then it was a slog. Then [...]
The rivalry with Northwestern that was prevalent in the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 60's, and 70's has made a little comeback. On Saturday, the Irish will face the Wildcats for the second time in 5 whole years. Even better, this will be Notre Dame's first trip to Northwestern's campus since 1976. Notre Dame (-10) at Northwestern [...]
The Navy game is over, which means we can all stop thinking about the triple option. That is, we can stop thinking about it after this trip into the Film Room. Larz discussed Notre Dame's option offense earlier this week, and today we'll look at how the Irish defended Navy's option offense. The First Half [...]
It was a rough week for my picks against the spread. Thank goodness this is all pretend money. With another fabulous week in the books we're inching closer to the real rankings being released. Beginning tonight, so set your iPhone alarms. Here's our website's Top 20 after week 9. 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll [...]
Welcome back to the playoff big board! Most of the higher-ranked teams played as expected, but overall it was a very bloody day for ranked teams. No fewer than eleven AP top 25 teams lost this week, and eight of those eleven fell to unranked opponents. Ouch, as they say. Our board will consist of [...]
It was the Navy game so as is custom and tradition there was a required period of angst and concern about a thorough victory. In the end, the Fighting Irish largely controlled the game after jumping out to a big lead and cruised to their 8th straight win on a perfect season so far. Let's [...]
Saturday marks another installment of the rivalry game between Notre Dame and Navy that has been running continuously since the first meeting in 1927. Besides a pair of games in Dublin--and another just announced to be coming again in 2020--the vast majority of the 'away' games in the series have been played in the Midwest [...]
Last week we provided a scholarship update for the 2019 class and the openings remaining for recruiting. Today, we’ll take a fuller look at the current roster with the current season underway with a glimpse toward the future. Coleman MIA Let’s start at safety where Nick Coleman has fallen off the face of the earth. [...]
For one weekend the college football world fell in love with Purdue. Thanks in part to the story surrounding terminally ill Purdue fan Tyler Trent and the Boilermakers' easy win over Ohio State it was an important weekend for one of the biggest upsets of the season. Let's see how things shake out with our [...]
Welcome back to the playoff big board! Not too many upsets this week, but one of the few was an earth-shaker. Boiler Up! Our board will consist of all ranked undefeated teams and all ranked one-loss Power 5 teams - first from the AP poll, then from the committee rankings when they're available in a [...]
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