At times it looked like Notre Dame was scrimmaging against the annual fantasy camp members made up largely of middle-aged men who looked awkward in full pads and a helmet. On Saturday, a completely overwhelmed Bowling Green team tried their best to compete with the Top 10 Fighting Irish and came away with a goose [...]
There was pretty much nothing to take from today's 52-0 Notre Dame win over Bowling Green except that it was great to see ND, for the second time this season, take care of a totally overmatched opponent. It says a lot about the team's focus level. For the record, I have no problem with playing [...]
The MAC league is good for one thing and that is just about every program will go through periods of ups and downs, and the tug and pull in each direction can be as wild as any conference. The cradle of coaches is known for nursing young talent on the sidelines who increase their programs' [...]
Mack Brown was so close to bringing utter chaos to the college football world on Saturday. Instead of kicking the extra point late against Clemson, the Tar Heels attempted a 2-point conversion for the win that sadly did not work. Alas, back to the drawing board for the big upsets that mark each season in [...]
Notre Dame covered the spread while defeating #18 Virginia in a drama free 4th quarter, yet fell in SP+ rating. The Irish havoc rate was outstanding, the offense perfect in the red zone, and the defense limited Bryce Perkins and the Cavs when they had great field position. But the advanced stats see some sustainability [...]
In the latest edition of Five Wide Fullbacks we are covering angry fans, a key defensive injury, Clark Lea's future, Kyle Hamilton's iconic status, and the worrisome quarterback regression under Brian Kelly's tutelage. 1) Why is everyone so angry with a 3-1 start when Notre Dame covered each game and a loss to Georgia always [...]
On an overcast afternoon the Fighting Irish offense sputtered for large stretches and the passing defense found itself unable to contain the pin-point passes of Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins. After trailing at halftime, the Notre Dame defensive line put together one of the best performances in modern school history to completely turn the tide in [...]
This one stings a little bit, but it's only one loss. It doesn't define our season. The next opponents coming up this season, best of luck to you, because we're coming. -DE Khalid Kareem Post 23-17 Loss At Georgia Last time Notre Dame took on Virginia was the famous 2015 contest where a top [...]
In a hostile, very red environment, Notre Dame was able to create the same number of scoring opportunities as Georgia, and hang close in efficiency and explosiveness. What were the advantages that tipped the scales in the Bulldogs favor, and what encouraging signs and questions remain for the rest of the season, where the Irish [...]
Most of us missed it as Pac-12 After Dark provided an absolutely bonkers 67-63 comeback win for UCLA over Washington State. The Cougs' quarterback Anthony Gordon famously throwing 9 touchdowns in a loss. Chip Kelly is back, baby! That's a tough, tough loss for Mike Leach who led by 32(!!) and blew a precious league [...]
Sad trombone edition... This regular feature was inspired the Reddit dude last year who created a Python script to do these charts for every FBS team. Recapping the methodology again: These aren't actual SP+ win probabilities, as SP+ creator Bill Connelly doesn't publish those regularly after his preseason previews. We used a slightly tweaked version [...]
That someone who lost, was Notre Dame. On a crazed night in Athens with Georgia fans frothing at the mouth, the Fighting Irish stood up toe-to-toe to one of the SEC favorites while falling short on a would-be game-winning drive. One the one hand, it was a frustrating night full of penalties and missed opportunities [...]
Welcome to the Georgia Gameday Chat! We’re not going to post one of these reminders every week, but since this is a big game and we might have some new visitors... In 2017 we switched to Slack, a very popular chat and collaboration tool, for our gameday chat. Slack boasts much better functionality and ease [...]
It wasn't that long ago that Georgia lurked as a talented but flawed program. Scanning their roster each year they always had numerous high-end NFL talent on both sides of the ball and yet by season's end there was usually a bitter taste of disappointment. Mark Richt did well winning 145 games across 15 seasons [...]
Notre Dame averaged ten yards per play and held New Mexico to a 9.5% passing success rate in an explosive home opener. Yet there were some lingering red flags that will need to be cleaned up to have a shot at an upset in Athens. Breaking down the blowout of the Lobos and highlighting some [...]
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