2020 Deep Dive: Passing Defense
The Irish pass defense in 2020 was solid against the soft underbelly of the ACC, spectacular for a half against Sam Howell in Chapel Hill, and was exploited by playoff-level attacks three times. Diving into [...]
The 2021 Heisman Trophy Preview: Don’t Overthink This
I'm totally going to overthink this. In the haste of leading up to the 2020 football season and the questions about whether there'd even be a season to be played, we did not feature a [...]
The Shamrock Series Returns: Uniforms for Chicago
Monday morning brought us the return of the Shamrock Series uniform drop, an annual event that dazzles many but had been skipped for 2019-20 as the series gets ready to re-boot itself at Soldier Field [...]
The Top 12 Notes from Notre Dame’s Fall Camp Opening Practice
After a long and tortuous absence the beat media was finally able to attend a Notre Dame practice once again. On Saturday afternoon, the Fighting Irish opened camp inside the indoor facility before shifting to [...]
2022 Football Recruiting: Blue Chip WR CJ Williams Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame added its third wide receiver to the 2022 recruiting class today when top 100 target CJ Williams announced for the Irish. There was pro-Irish buzz for a long time around the 6'2", 193-pound [...]
2001: A Football Odyssey-Austin, We Have A Problem
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at Tennessee beating Florida in the Swamp as [...]
Notre Dame 2021 Fall Camp Preview: Defense
The Notre Dame defense has been on quite a run in recent years having gone 3 straight season allowing fewer than 20 points per game. They head into 2021 with many key pieces returning but [...]
Notre Dame 2021 Fall Camp Preview: Offense
This off-season absolutely flew by for me personally, who is ready to talk some real football? Notre Dame will begin fall camp this weekend as the program prepares for Brian Kelly's 12th season with the [...]
SPIRIT BANNERS, VOL. I – THE SPIRIT BANNER
Part 1 (of X) in a series memorializing high days of unintentional comedy within the collective canon of ND Fandom: Notre Dame can be a bit much. Lou Holtz once famously said "[For] [...]
Ranking the Traps in 2021
A few years ago, I was into ranking the potential trap games on the Notre Dame football schedule on a scale of 1 to 10 Ackbars. I haven't done it since the beloved admiral (spoiler [...]
2022 Football Recruiting: Offense Big Board Update 8/2
Wooooo-ie, has it been a busy month since we last updated the board. Fourteen prospects with Notre Dame offers committed elsewhere, one flipped a longtime commitment to an in-state rival, one decomitted from a powerhouse [...]
2001: A Football Odyssey-First Saturday in December
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at Oregon surviving a scare from their archrival [...]
Hall of Fame: Khalid Kareem & Julian Okwara Make the 18 Stripes Pyramid
Two years we ago we debuted the 18 Stripes Hall of Fame Pyramid for Notre Dame football and its extensive history of wonderful talent. You can read the final rankings from 2019 HERE with links to the [...]
2020 Deep Dive: Run Defense
This offseason, we’ll be breaking down the performance of each unit – passing and rushing offense and defense – with a look ahead to 2021 and what this means for the Irish. It's time to [...]
What’s the One Thing More Important than Independence for Notre Dame?
College football--and college sports in general--are really going through some unprecedented times right now. The NIL rules have shaken up over 100 years of amateur tradition, the NCAA is on unsteady ground as an institution, [...]
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