Notre Dame is Not Joining the ACC in Football
It's been a pretty standard drumbeat ever since the announcement came down in July that for one season, Notre Dame football would play a conference schedule, in the ACC. It might get a little louder [...]
18S G5 Top 10 Poll: Give Me Liberty or Give Me BYU
Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? Last week in this space I thought Coastal would blow the doors off of Liberty if they met on the field. Turns out, through a COVID outbreak at Liberty, [...]
Syracuse Review: Another Undefeated Regular Season
Notre Dame didn't quite move into upset watch in the first half against Syracuse but things were tense for far too long. Thanks to a late 2nd quarter flurry, the Irish built up a nice [...]
Syracuse Preview: A True Survivor
Rex Culpepper’s play went viral this past Saturday for his mistake of spiking the ball on 4th and Goal with the game on the line against NC State. I won’t dive much into that because [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: Clemson & Lawrence Back Together Again
No Saban, no problem for the Tide in the Iron Bowl, Trevor Lawrence returned with authority for Clemson, Northwestern falls on their face, Iowa State moves closer to a Big 12 regular season title, and [...]
2020 Playoff Big Board: Week 12
Welcome back to the Playoff Big Board, here in the strangest of college football seasons. Usually our board consists of all ranked undefeated teams and all ranked one-loss Power 5 teams in the committee [...]
You Aren’t Brian Kelly and Other Random Coaching Thoughts
More so than any other season of college football, 2020 has proven to be the ultimate test for coaches. The pandemic has produced more unique challenges for every program and the cream has truly risen [...]
18S G5 Top 10 Poll: Bulls on Parade (But Mostly Jaret Patterson)
Yes, I went three for three on song lyric references in the title. No, I'm not going to apologize for it. Not a lot of changes this week as a bunch of the games I [...]
Notre Dame Can Win the 2020 National Championship
I can't tell you how many times over the years I've read comments from Notre Dame fans that just casually throw it out there that the Irish could win the National Championship if such and [...]
North Carolina Review: Irish Toss the Heels Aside
Any time you're dumb enough to pick against this Notre Dame team it's important to trust what your eyes have seen in 2020 and to believe in Clark Lea. And also, believe in Tommy Rees. [...]
North Carolina Preview: The Expected Shootout at Kenan
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. A return as a head coach isn't supposed to work out very often. Just ask Randy Edsall whose UConn team is sitting out 2020 through the pandemic after going 6-30 in [...]
2021 Football Recruiting: CB JoJo Johnson Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up another defensive back in its 2021 class today when corner JoJo Johnson announced for the Irish. The 5'11", 180-pound Hoosier picked up his Notre Dame offer two days ago and wasted [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: Here Comes Northwestern!
Alabama won by 60, Ohio State held off Indiana, Cincinnati skated past UCF, Wisconsin flopped in Evanston, Coastal Carolina won a tough game against App State, USC dropped Utah, and we were an overtime away [...]
2020 Playoff Big Board: Week 11
Welcome back to the Playoff Big Board, here in the strangest of college football seasons. Usually our board consists of all ranked undefeated teams and all ranked one-loss Power 5 teams in the committee rankings. [...]
2020 Week 11 Win Probability Matrix Update
Cheeseburgers were moderately helpful for Notre Dame this week, as five of the six remaining game win probabilities in SP+ and FPI inched upwards (the sixth stayed level, if you're wondering). The overall picture hasn't [...]
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