College Football Playoff Expansion: The Good, Bad, and Acceptable
Well, that escalated quickly. This past Wednesday a handful of reports surfaced that a committee was working on a plan to expand the College Football Playoff and by the early afternoon on Thursday, June 10th [...]
2001: A Football Odyssey-The Big Comfy Crouch
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 the 2001 Pac-10 season. Today, we're going [...]
2020 Deep Dive: Passing Offense
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. Next is the [...]
Not-Dead-Period Football Recruiting Predictions
The college football world is abuzz with newfound energy this week, as the NCAA's COVID-related dead period finally ended when the calendar flipped to June. Some schools even hosted a basketball-style "Midnight Madness" and welcomed [...]
How Did This Happen, Volume 9: You Forgot to Run the Ball
When you think of a really bad offensive gameplan under Brian Kelly which game pops into your head? The hurricane game against NC State? Several others from 2016? Maybe the Tulsa game from 2010? Arizona [...]
Reviewing the 2020 Redshirts: Defense
In Part 1 of this series we looked at the freshmen of the 2020 recruiting class, the impact they made last fall, and their immediate future with Notre Dame. Today we'll look at the defense [...]
Reviewing the 2020 Redshirts: Offense
Due to the pandemic technically none of the 2020 freshmen exhausted a year of eligibility, although in practice of course many players will not be staying at Notre Dame for the next 5 seasons or [...]
How Did This Happen, Volume 8: Barry in Tokyo
If Barry Sanders isn't considered the greatest college football player of all-time his 1988 Heisman-winning campaign may be the single greatest season in the history of the sport. For the record, ESPN ranked Sanders merely [...]
2022 Football Recruiting Big Board: Offense Update 5/24
The board has been fairly quiet as most prospects have focused on packing their suitcases for the end of our long national winter the dead period on June 1st. As we mentioned last time, Notre Dame [...]
2001: A Football Odyssey-A Team’s Cardinal Sin
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 the 2001 SEC season. Today, we're going [...]
2020 Deep Dive: Rushing Offense
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. First up is [...]
Three and Out: A Brief History of Notre Dame Players Leaving Early
Recently, Notre Dame saw another player who left early selected in the NFL Draft. Although the Irish program is creeping towards 20 players all-time who left early for the Draft they have seen a major [...]
How Did This Happen, Volume 6: When 8 Goal Line Plays Isn’t Enough
Recently, we journeyed back to the first big home game of the 2012 season and a copious amount of turnovers from Michigan. Today, we'll venture back to 2012 again and the regular season finale in [...]
2022 Football Recruiting: TE Holden Staes Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame added another quality tight end to its 2022 class today when Holden Staes announced for the Irish. The 6'5", 230 pound Georgian committed to Penn State last summer but re-opened his recruitment in [...]
2001: A Football Odyssey-Mouth of the South
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 the 2001 Big Ten season. Today, we're [...]
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