18S Top 20 Poll: When Tigers Attack
LSU toppled Alabama in Tuscaloosa in a thrilling offensive fireworks display that potentially blocks the Crimson Tide from making the College Football Playoff. Well, maybe. Elsewhere, Minnesota held on at home against Penn State to [...]
Week 11 Win Probability Matrix Update
Credit to the Irish for rebounding with a huge win over a mid-level opponent - the mistakes that plagued them against Virginia Tech were largely eliminated against Duke, and accordingly the Duke game went the [...]
Duke Review: A Stress-Free Road Victory
Notre Dame got off to a fast start on Saturday night, lost its way briefly in near halftime, then eventually clamped down on an inferior Duke team in front of their home crowd. With no [...]
Notre Dame Football: Freshmen Redshirt Update
With just a handful of games remaining in the 2019 season (my goodness does every single college football year fly by or what?) we have a clear picture on the use of the current Notre [...]
Duke Preview: Into the Devil’s Den in Durham
When Charlie Weis became Notre Dame head coach in late-2004, he hired David Cutcliffe as his first offensive coordinator. Cutcliffe had just been fired by Ole Miss after his only losing season in Oxford, a [...]
Playoff Big Board: Week 11
This is the first week for the official College Football Playoff committee rankings. Hey, SMU and Appalachian State have been cruising - let's discuss the probability that a Group of 5 team will finally make [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: The Calm Before the Storm
With 6 out of our top 11 experiencing idleness things were quiet in week 10. Not so much this weekend as a pair of games will feature undefeated teams sure to reset the national playoff [...]
Advanced Stats Review: Virginia Tech
Notre Dame dominated the Hokies in the most important categories that decide games, but the Irish shot themselves in the foot in all of the less predictable and more random facets of the game. Turnovers [...]
Virginia Tech Review: The Home Winning Streak (Barely) Survives
It didn't need to be close but it was far too close for comfort on Saturday afternoon as Notre Dame escaped an upset attempt from Virginia Tech. With just a few minutes remaining, the Irish [...]
Virginia Tech Preview: Back Home for the Hokies
Once upon a time, Justin Fuente was the caliente young head coach in college football, hired at 39 years old by Virginia Tech after a short but impressive stint at Memphis while finishing on a [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: The Shakeup Has Been Slow But Real
We are now down to seven Power 5 teams with unblemished records following Oklahoma's upset loss in the Little Apple. It took longer than usual to begin shaking up the top of the rankings but [...]
Advanced Stats Review: Michigan
As the great NBA writer Zach Lowe put it on a recent podcast, "as analytical as sports [now] gets, it's still about feeling". The feelings after Notre Dame's blowout loss in Ann Arbor mirrored the [...]
Playoff Big Board: Week 10
Rough week, but there were in fact other games that happened and, if you're a fan of college football, other things worth tracking going forward. Our board will consist of all ranked undefeated teams and [...]
Michigan Review: A Big, Cold Slice of Humble Pie
We should be used to this by now. College football provides us the opportunity to build a case for every program and point out weekly which direction they are headed. For Notre Dame, they were [...]
Big Picture Questions: Michigan Instant Reaction
You don't want to hear what I have to say about this game in particular. Besides, if I did, it would be very NSFW. What I have after tonight's game are questions. A lot of [...]
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