We're halfway through the spring practice season. The 7th practice took place this past Saturday and the first of the next 7 practices will take place today in South Bend. As quickly as the break ended after the loss in the title game these workouts are now almost over. Once the Blue-Gold Game arrives and [...]
Our Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (5-2) dominated the Duke Blue Devils (8-3) this past Saturday with a score of 14-7. It was a great one to watch and felt like it was the big win the Irish were looking for to validate their recent domination of Michigan. The rain did not stop the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 In last year's game review against Stanford I commented on head coach Troy Taylor's unusual look with the grandpa reading glasses on the sidelines. Although just 56 he looked much older and apparently thought it was okay to bully female [...]
Our #6/#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-2) take on the #11 Duke Blue Devils (8-2). The game will be played at noon on Saturday at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Look for the Irish to continue building upon their improvements seen in their stomping of Michigan. But an [...]
How are we already entering year 4 of the Marcus Freeman era? Thanks to a fantastic run to the National Championship Game, Freeman enters 2025 with a healthy .767 winning percentage as head coach of the Irish. He's now ahead of his predecessor in winning percentage and among Notre Dame coaches who have led the [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 It doesn't seem long now until we're going to see NFL-style spring scrimmaging and/or games between college programs during the spring. None other than Deion Sanders floated the idea recently as he met with the media and said he'd like [...]
Our #7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-2) demolished the Michigan Wolverines (4-4), 19-7, this past Saturday in Ann Arbor. The boys understood the assignment and hopefully answered a lot of questions. The Plot In our discussion of the team's search for identity, we identified a progress metric as how much the boys will put Michigan [...]
I haven't done a scholarship update since early October and now that the 2025 recruiting class is in the books it's time to transition to a new cycle. I think it's fair to say that this 2026 cycle has been a little on the slow side for the Fighting Irish--only offensive lineman Tyler Merrill has [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 It's a slow week in the news with spring football just around the corner. However, big bags of money are being prepared in the northwest as Oregon head coach Dan Lanning signed a new contract extension last week. He's 35-6 [...]
Our #7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (3-2) faltered at home against the #10 Ohio State Buckeyes (7-1), 9-10. Five games into the season the boys find themselves in a search for identity. The Plot We are keeping the recap portion brief today so we can discuss the larger issues facing the team. The [...]
The sound of cleats clattering, loud voices, and pads popping is coming back soon as Notre Dame spring practice begins Wednesday, March 19th. It's a short turn around for the program after taking the 2024 season all the way to January 20th and the National Championship Game, but the show must go on and preparations [...]
Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-1) take on the #15 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1) this Saturday at Arlotta Stadium at 2:00. The game will be streamed on the ACC Network. This is a great chance for the boys to get back on track with a win over a ranked opponent. The Opponent The Buckeyes [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. 3 News Stories #1 Our first story this week concerns the recent settlement between the ACC and Florida State/Clemson with a new deal regarding revenue distribution and exit penalties being put into place for the future. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said this after the [...]
The NFL Combine starting just 38 days after the National Championship game wasn't ideal for the beat up Notre Dame players. As such, it was a pretty subdued time for the former Irish stars looking to start the next phase of their football careers. Here's a brief recap of the proceedings coming out of Indianapolis [...]
Our Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s lacrosse (3-1) suffered a heartbreaking loss to the #2 (now #1) Maryland Terrapins (5-0). This 2024 championship rematch certainly didn’t disappoint. It was a hard fought game by both teams, going down to the final seconds We wouldn’t have expected less from considering it was a #1 vs #2 [...]
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