Scouting Report: Etienne & Clemson’s Power Spread
Reasonable minds may disagree but Clemson might have the perfect offense for the college game. They are one of only 2 Power 5 teams (Oklahoma being the other) to run for 3,000 yards while also [...]
Scouting Report: Quarterback Trevor Lawrence
Few athletes receive the hype that was placed upon Clemson true freshman Trevor Lawrence. Few players have matched the hype like Lawrence has through his first season for the Tigers. Coming off a high school [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Film Room: Chip Long’s Bag of Tricks
One thing I like about Chip Long is his ability to creatively use formations and motion to out-scheme the defense. I feel that past Notre Dame offenses where too reliant on one player making big [...]
Film Room: Run Game Decisions
Notre Dame's run game sputtered against Northwestern and wasn't able to consistently help the offense move the football down the field. I targeted a handful of plays that I thought were interesting from Saturday and [...]
Film Room: Option Defense
The Navy game is over, which means we can all stop thinking about the triple option. That is, we can stop thinking about it after this trip into the Film Room. Larz discussed Notre Dame's [...]
Film Room: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Notre Dame escaped with a victory on Saturday and can now enjoy some delicious cheeseburgers, but that doesn't mean the film room is closed for the week. The final score was too close for comfort [...]
Film Room: Chip Long vs. Bud Foster
Saturday's game against Virginia Tech presented the Irish with a chance to exorcise the demons of last year's loss in South Beach by going into a hostile road environment and coming out with a victory. [...]
Film Room: Welcome Back Dexter
Welcome back to the 18 Stripes Film Room. Dexter Williams returned to the field on Saturday and responded by slicing through the Stanford defense for a touchdown on his first carry behind a plethora of [...]
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