18S Top 20 Poll: The Dying Hopes of the Big 12
Mike Leach gets shutout for the first time ever, Clemson survives a scare, Ohio State rolls on GameDay, Texas shakes things up, and Michigan suffers their worst loss under Jim Harbaugh. These are the top [...]
How Did This Happen, Volume 3: Houston Steals a 5-Star
The 2012 recruiting year was 9 cycles ago but you're about to see how in many ways it feels like it was 25 years ago. This was back when National Signing Day still meant something! [...]
Georgia Tech Review: Steady as She Goes
Notre Dame got off to a hot start, hogged the ball again, and used a steady performance on both sides of the ball to dispatch a young Georgia Tech team in Atlanta on Saturday. If [...]
Georgia Tech Preview: They’re Not Murder Hornets
Geoff Collins's post-triple-option reclamation project continues in Atlanta. That's probably the best thing you can say about Georgia Tech football this season, as the Yellow Jackets sit at 2-4 and -110 on scoring margin. Yes, [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: Another League Enters the Fray
The Big Ten returned to action this past weekend and we're welcoming 4 new teams from the conference in our polls. Overall, it was a quiet week for most teams but a couple B1G teams [...]
Advanced Stats Review: Pittsburgh
Notre Dame dominated Pitt behind an explosive passing game, grinding out an efficient run game, and defensively abusing poor Joey Yellen and an abysmal Pitt rushing game. The Irish were due for some interceptions and [...]
2020 Week 7 Win Probability Matrix Update
Blowing out a mediocre-to-bad team is a good thing! But not as good as you might imagine, apparently. FPI absolutely loved Notre Dame's performance against Pitt, while SP+ somehow viewed it as decidedly meh. Weird, [...]
Reimagining National Titles with Playoffs: 1993*
Yes, this isn't a National Championship season for Notre Dame in an official sense. But it could've been and maybe should've been depending upon whom you ask. For certain, 1993 was an unexpected success for [...]
Pitt Review: Panthers Pose No Threat
A punt from the Pitt 39-yard line, a couple bad penalties, and more injury news were some of the bad things that happened on Saturday for Notre Dame. Other than that, the Irish left Pittsburgh [...]
A Steely Performance: Pitt Instant Reaction
It's not always supposed to be that easy. It's not supposed to be that easy in a rivalry game against Pittsburgh. On Saturday afternoon, it was just that easy as Notre Dame dominated a forlorn [...]
Pitt Preview: Charging?
Pitt Football always seems to find themselves in these types of situations. Even if you take away the games in South Bend in 2018 and 2012, Pitt always seems to find itself as the scrappy [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: You Can’t Keep Nick Saban Down
Alabama wins a mini-Game of the Century, Clemson sets ACC records, and North Carolina's comeback fell short against a resurgent Florida State team. These are the highlights from this past week of college football where [...]
2020 Week 6 Win Probability Matrix Update
Notre Dame's lackluster output against Louisville had much less of an effect in the advanced stats models than it did in our psyches - with one very notable suggestion, which we'll get into below. While [...]
How Did This Happen, Volume 2: Notre Dame’s Last 0-0 Tie
A shutout on offense is pretty rare for major college football programs. It's happened 75 times over the course of Notre Dame history, or 5.7% of total games played. However, only 26 of those games [...]
Louisville Review: That’s a Strange Day at the Office
Let me be completely honest. In the run-up to this game I was seriously considering picking Louisville in an upset or at least a really, really close game. Why? We felt due for a super [...]
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