The last media viewing practice is in the books following Wednesday's workout for Fighting Irish football. From here, we'll get mostly silence as the team begins prep for the home opener against Michigan on September 1st. Until then, here's our last depth chart update. 1) The team appears to be exceedingly healthy so far through [...]
Notre Dame entered the offseason with yet another quarterback quandary, filled with a metric tonne (hey Larz!) of questions. Will Brandon Wimbush get over his yips in 2018? How long will his leash be? What would the offense look like with Ian Book as the full-time starter? What locker room repercussions would there be for [...]
Don't you dare forget about the Group of Five conferences lingering in the corner outside the orbit of the College Football Playoff. Didn't the 2017 National Champion come from this group, after all? Unfortunately, as we head into the 5th season of the altered post-season these league members are fighting more than ever for respect [...]
Notre Dame wrapped up its 8th practice of fall camp on Saturday and the 3rd already open to the media. This upcoming Wednesday will be the final practice open the media which means we will have 2 weeks with minimal news from camp before kickoff against Michigan. As luck would have it we've finally received [...]
An annual tradition unlike any other - ranking Notre Dame's top 25 players, and then burying the list when we turn out to be very wrong about many things. If you've been following along this week over at Inside the Irish, you've seen the slow reveal of the poll results from twelve voters including our [...]
I'll hold off on a full depth chart post as the Irish wrapped up their 6th practice of fall camp on Thursday and the 2nd of August to be viewed by the media. The players were in pads and didn't hit, plus the second-to-last media viewing is coming up on Saturday anyway. Here's the best [...]
The rise of Georgia was a fun twist for 2017 as the Dawgs won their first conference title in 12 years and nearly took home their second National Championship. But alas, Alabama! Nick Saban won his 5th National Championship with the Crimson Tide in 9 seasons, and is the favorite to repeat again in 2018, [...]
After breaking down Notre Dame's 2018 opponent offenses last week, let's take a look at the other side of the ball. What caliber of defenses will Brandon Wimbush, Chip Long and company be up against this season? The graph below shows how each opponent (and the Irish) performed last season in explosiveness (IsoPPP) allowed and [...]
Not too long ago Oklahoma had itself a bit of a drought in the Big 12 with only 2 league titles in 6 chances from 2009 through 2014. The horror! The Sooners have since rebounded to win the last 3 conference championships and head into 2018 as the favorites once again. Summary of Last Year [...]
Notre Dame's first fall practice is in the books which means it's time for wild speculation based on the elastic depth chart without football pads! This is equally complete silly season and one of my favorite times of the year. Joking aside, I found a surprising number of roster moves to discuss following Friday's workout. [...]
Thursday at Noon the Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly assembled with the media for the official opening of fall camp 2018. By the time you read this the team will already have arrived at Culver Academies just 43 miles south of campus for the beginning of practices. For reference, the media will have full [...]
From "Clemsoning" to ruling the ACC. The Orange Bowl to conclude the 2011 season looked like it could've been a death blow for the Dabo Swinney era. Two years later rivals Florida State were National Champs, but Clemson's ascent began in earnest during 2012 and they haven't relented since. Coming off 3 straight playoff appearances [...]
Unless you've been living under a rock you're well aware the Pac-12 football conference has been struggling to live up to expectations and create a strong national profile. The league finished its 13th year without a National Championship and coming off a bowl season that saw the conference fall flat on its face with a [...]
Expectations are sky-high this fall for rookie defensive coordinator Clark Lea with a combination of talented and experienced returning starters. While there are a few outstanding questions - who will emerge at safety and to what level of performance, how Lea will handle game-planning and play-calling, how key position changes will play out - it [...]
The month of July brings us close to the beginning of another fall camp for Notre Dame football. With practices set to begin soon we are taking a look at each position group ahead of the workouts. We close out our previews with the talented and deep tight end position. Where We Left Off in [...]
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