Advanced Stats Review: FSU
Against a woeful Florida State team (down to 96th in F+!), the only way for Notre Dame to impress both the computers and the CFP committee was to dominate. And while the Irish were slow to get started, they quickly [...]
Week 12 Picks: The Playoffs Within Reach
Week 12 is upon us and probably won't be a memorable one as several boring conference matchups await and a handful of teams gear down with creampuffs before readying for the end of the regular season. Maybe a big upset [...]
The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: The Dawgs Are Down
Miami finally meets its fate, Georgia suffers its 2nd loss, BYU hangs on in controversial fashion, Indiana stays perfect, and LSU loses big. These were the highlights from this past weekend in college football. Here's the latest 18 Stripes Top [...]
Florida State Game Review: Easy Saturday Night Work
Sometimes a spread from Vegas can't be large enough. If you watched the first half only between Notre Dame and Florida State you might have left believing it was a bit of a lackluster performance from the Irish nursing a [...]
Doing the Job: Florida State Instant Reaction
When you're playing a team as utterly hapless as Florida State, you just want to make sure they have no reason to care. Notre Dame did not Saturday night, dispatching the Seminoles 52-3 and moving a step closer to a [...]
Florida State Game Preview: No Night Game Hype
Notre Dame's 2024 schedule didn't look overly difficult on paper during the pre-season but we discussed if Florida State could remain one of the stronger teams nationally it would help out a lot. As such, it made the most sense [...]
NDWBB Season Preview: We’re So Back
Notre Dame Women's Basketball enters the 2024/25 season with sky-high expectations. Coming off an ACC Tournament title and a close loss in the Sweet 16, the Irish are preseason ACC favorites and ranked 5th/6th in the Preseason Coaches and AP [...]
Week 11 Picks: No Path for One Team
The first College Football Playoff Rankings were released this past Tuesday night and place Notre Dame 10th nationally--the same spot the Irish fall in the current AP Poll, by the way. With the assumption that Oregon, Georgia, Miami, and BYU [...]
Advanced Stats Midseason(+) Check In
With advanced stats recaps on vacation the last few weeks, we have some catching up to do! With the calendar turning toward November and the playoff picture beginning to take shape, let's check on in Notre Dame's season-long advanced stats [...]
College Football Score Bugs: The Art of Information
With Notre Dame coming off a bye week and no game review for our readers I've decided to dive into some hard-hitting journalism instead. Who wants to talk about college football score bugs!? I'm a student of graphic design (I'm [...]
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