The Mega 2020 Notre Dame Football Depth Chart Preview
If you don't like talking about depth charts for a season kicking off in 8 months are you even a real football fan? This is half the fun! Before diving into each position group I [...]
The Transfer Portal Snatches Another Body
They said it wouldn't happen. He wasn't going anywhere, he loves Notre Dame too much, and it doesn't make sense to transfer only sit out a year when the job could be his in South [...]
If I Were to Update the Top 75 Worst Losses in Notre Dame History
I'm not saying I am updating the list. But if I were to do that... Things have changed and yet in a way they do stay the same. Back at our old home I once [...]
Running Back 2019 Success Rate Season Review
Warning: This is not going to be pretty. For the sake of limiting the discussion we will set aside the offensive line play and/or play-calling and/or coaching to focus primarily on the running backs. Before [...]
Put It In The Books: Closing Out the 2019 Preseason Predictions
My father once said that the definition of mixed feelings is watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new Cadillac. That feels like an apt description of Notre Dame's 2019 season - it [...]
Iowa State Review: Irish Sweep Away Cyclones
As the saying goes you can only perform against the opponents put in front of you. For the Fighting Irish following an embarrassing loss at Michigan they would finish the season with 6 straight wins [...]
Iowa State Preview: Bowl Camping in Orlando
It's time to go bowling. This Saturday afternoon the Irish will kickoff against Iowa State for the first meeting between the schools, while the Cotton Bowl between Penn State and Memphis will go head-to-head over [...]
Notre Dame Sees Itself as Cruising, But the Boat Has to Dock Eventually
After a decade on the job I understand how anyone would be interested in plotting the course ahead in the Notre Dame football post-Brian Kelly world. In fact, I'm as guilty as anyone. Even among [...]
A New Postseason: After the Playoff Expansion
As is the case every time this month until the change is made the debate about an 8-team college football playoff is making the rounds again. It's likely to happen at some point in the [...]
Offense Overhauled: Chip Long out as OC
The chaos of the offseason reached South Bend today, as Notre Dame and offensive coordinator Chip Long mutually agreed to part ways. First reported by Football Scoop and confirmed by South Bend Tribune's Eric Hansen [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: Waiting for the Bowls
Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks. In today's article we will be covering Notre Dame's bowl decision making, a positional matchup with Iowa State, returning seniors, the best coaches of all-time, and [...]
Best & Worst Bowl Games, Plus Iowa State Preview
Hello friends, and welcome to college football bowl season. We now have the matchups all set, the playoffs ready to go, and the travel plans being made. Before we get to a small preview of [...]
The Doing Good Things Post-Season Report
Never before have we written a Doing Good Things™ Report this late in the football season. Technically, there is still post-season football to attend to although for the most part the stories have been written [...]
Advanced Stats Review: Stanford
Notre Dame finally broke through in Palo Alto, gaining an edge with an explosive offense and a defensive crackdown after the first quarter. The Irish lost the efficiency battle but were more consistent stringing successful [...]
18S Top 20: One More Data Point
Outside of the annual Army-Navy game we have concluded the college football regular season and now wait for the conference championships to wrap up before the unveiling of the 6th edition of the 4-team playoff, [...]
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