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 [...]
A Win Is a Win?: Louisville Instant Reaction
Notre Dame won a game Saturday against Louisville, 12-7. At least, I think they won. It can be hard to see sometimes on a day where Clemson - the one measure of this season - [...]
Louisville Preview: Got Those Second Year Blues
Life comes at you fast. A quick turnaround from 2-10 to 8-5 in Scott Satterfield's 1st season with the Cardinals brought with it heightened expectations for Louisville in 2020. Thus far, this fall has been [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: The ‘I Know Clemson is Good’ Rankings
Miami didn't show up and was drilled by Clemson, Alabama's defense nearly overshadowed their dominant offense in a bad way, Georgia clamped down late, and Florida let things slip away in College Station were just [...]
Advanced Stats Review: FSU
The Irish nearly matched their offensive efficiency against USF versus a far more talented opponent and threw in more explosive plays for good measure. Defensively, the effects of a two-week lull were far more visible [...]
2020 Week 5 Win Probability Matrix Update
We're back (again)! That pesky thing called life got in the way for a bit, but thankfully I was able to carve out a little time today and get the probability matrices going again. TL,DR: [...]
Florida State Review: A Rare Poor Clark Lea Effort
After a long layoff a lot of rust was expected for a Notre Dame program coming off a serious Covid breakout in the days after the win over South Florida. Somewhat unexpectedly, it was the [...]
Will Notre Dame Regret Not Being Able to Develop Jurkovec?
I titled this article in a purposeful way. This past off-season former highly touted quarterback Phil Jurkovec transferred out of Notre Dame and joined Boston College where he was granted immediate eligibility for 2020. If [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: The South is Ready for the Season
In this early and weird season, the usual suspects from the South have jumped out to an early lead as the teams to beat nationally. During week 5 we witnessed favorites generally hold serve at [...]
2021 Football Recruiting: WR Jayden Thomas Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame's 2021 recruiting class added its third four-star receiver today when Jayden Thomas announced his commitment to the Irish. The 6'1", 205-pound Georgian has long been rumored to be a Notre Dame lean, with [...]
Reimagining National Titles with Playoffs: 1977
This series is looking at past Notre Dame football National Championship seasons and imagining how things would have finished if a college football playoff system was in place at the time. We already looked at [...]
How Did This Happen, Volume 1: Freshman Quenton Nelson Took a Redshirt
Quenton Nelson is one of the rarest players in the National Football League. Through 2 seasons, he's been named 1st-team All-Pro for both years and is widely considered the best guard in the league barely [...]
2021 Football Recruiting: Colzie Redux
In a very welcome development, blue-chip WR Deion Colzie recommitted to Notre Dame today. He committed almost a year ago (which made us very happy) and decommitted about six months ago (which made us sad, [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: Let the Craziness Begin
Coming in a little early this week since we are on a double bye week and this is our first poll since the action began in 2020. Everyone wants to play football now. After a [...]
Week 4 Watch Guide: The Unexpected Bye Week
With Saturday unexpectedly opening up the viewing schedule, let's take a look at some of the best games this weekend for Notre Dame fans to tune into. It's not the world's most exciting slate, but [...]
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