Cotton Bowl Review: 2018 Ends with a Whimper
Notre Dame was heavy underdogs in the Cotton Bowl and was supposed to feel disrespected. The game was supposed to be a tight contest turning on a couple breaks for the victors. Nothing of the [...]
Cotton Bowl Preview: The Big Stage Awaits
Notre Dame heads to Arlington, Texas to participate in the Cotton Bowl for the 8th time in school history. It's a bowl game that was once steeped in a ton of history, went through a [...]
Expanding the Playoffs & Notre Dame
If you had 5 years in your office pool until the college football playoff expansion talk really started heating up please collect your prize now. The discussions have intensified this month with a handful of [...]
Advanced Stats Deep Dive: Clemson Offense vs. ND Defense
They've been great on paper, but they haven't faced a top-10 opponent like this in 2018. That statement applies to both the Clemson offense and Notre Dame defense, as both will raise the difficult setting [...]
Dabo, Venables & the Death of Clemsoning
Notre Dame and Clemson will take the field in Arlington later this month in the Cotton Bowl college football semi-final. On January 7, 2013 Notre Dame suffered an embarrassing defeat at (then named) Sun Life [...]
Julian Love Just Misses Unanimous All-America Status
Julian Love almost became the 35th unanimous All-American in Notre Dame football history today. The Walter Camp Foundation, the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, and the Sporting News had all previously named [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: Killing Time for the Playoffs
Welcome back to another edition of the internet's favorite question and answer article. Today we will tackle conference realignment, Irish recruiting, Brian Kelly in big games, draft stocks, and Brian VanGorder briefly leaving then coming [...]
Who’s Still Mad about Tulsa?
The late October days back in 2010 that witnessed a blowout loss to Navy, the tragic death of Declan Sullivan, and culminating in the loss to Tulsa were truly dark times for Irish football. Hope [...]
Film Room: The Evolution of Dexter Williams
I was wrong. Before the season started, I predicted the offense would struggle. I reasoned that losing your best receiver, best tight end, best running back, two first round picks on the offensive line and [...]
Irish “Rush 4 Gold” as Under Armour’s 1st Playoff Team
The Nike hegemony in the College Football Playoff is over. With Notre Dame's bid as the 3 seed the little private school in northern Indiana becomes the first Under Armour partner to participate in the [...]
5 Thoughts on the Departing Urban Meyer
There had been rumors floating around in the past several weeks regarding the future of Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. This week, those rumors came to the surface as the news broke Meyer will [...]
Advanced Stats Deep Dive: Notre Dame Offense vs Clemson Defense
Wrapping up the advanced stats from Notre Dame's regular season with an eye toward Clemson - how can the Irish move the ball on the nation's top defense? The numbers provide strong evidence that it's [...]
Freshmen Eligibility Ahead of the Playoffs
Notre Dame signed a massive class of 27 freshman for 2018 and just completed an undefeated regular season in which only 4 players were used on any consistent basis outside of special teams. That's an [...]
What Though the Odds Be Great or Small
In Brian Kelly's 9th season the Fighting Irish become the 10th college program to earn a bid to the playoffs joining Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan State, Georgia, Washington, and Florida State. So [...]
Film Room: The Ol’ Trickeration
Another week, another film post extolling the genius of Chip Long. This week, we'll look at Dexter Williams's long touchdown run against USC. Once again, this play features GT Counter, but with a new twist. [...]
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