Five Wide Fullbacks: Finding a Bowl Game for Notre Dame

By |2022-09-30T12:14:00-04:00September 30th, 2022|Football|

Five Wide Fullbacks returns with Notre Dame having the week off resting up for their trip to Las Vegas. In this week's edition we'll discuss re-ranking our top 25 Notre Dame players, the Heisman race, the post-season picture after a third of the season, the remaining Irish schedule difficulty, and if it is wise to [...]

Advanced Stats Review: UNC

By |2022-09-29T10:15:44-04:00September 29th, 2022|Football|

The Notre Dame offense came to life against a terrible North Carolina defense in Chapel Hill, and the defense shut down the 15th ranked offense in F+ for a large middle stretch of the game, allowing the Irish to pull away from the Heels. Drew Pyne found his rhythm, the rushing attack gashed UNC, and [...]

The Weekly Rambler: You House Proud Town Mouse

By |2022-09-29T08:32:59-04:00September 29th, 2022|18S Reads|

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins and athletic director Todd Stansbury have both been fired. Offensive line coach Brent Key will step up as the interim head coach. Stanford leading rusher EJ Smith will be out for the season due to injury. [...]

Irish Hoops Commit: SG Parker Friedrichsen

By |2022-09-27T20:58:34-04:00September 27th, 2022|Basketball|

The Irish hoops staff strikes again as guard Parker Friedrichsen committed to Notre Dame on Tuesday afternoon. Friedrichsen becomes the Irish's third 2023 commitment, just a few days after forward Brady Dunlap became the second. Friedrichsen plays his high school and AAU ball in Oklahoma, one of very few national prospects from the state in [...]

North Carolina Game Review: A Fun Game for Freeman & Co.

By |2022-09-24T23:18:56-04:00September 24th, 2022|Football|

A few big pass plays for North Carolina masked what was otherwise a very dominant performance as Notre Dame went into Chapel Hill and picked up their first road win of 2022 and the Marcus Freeman era. Things started poorly for the Irish after UNC drove down the field to open the game while converting [...]

That’s More Like It: North Carolina Instant Reaction

By |2022-09-24T20:00:10-04:00September 24th, 2022|18S Reads, Football|

If the 2022 season starts taking off in a good direction following next week's open date, we might look back at the second quarter of Saturday's 45-32 win over North Carolina as a turning point. The Irish were plodding along through the first quarter, again largely unable to move the ball even against North Carolina's [...]

North Carolina Preview: Irish On Their (Tar) Heels?

By |2022-09-23T14:27:09-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Football|

Marcus Freeman takes his charges to Tobacco Road to face the Tar Heels tomorrow in what has emerged as a surprisingly pivotal matchup for the first-year head coach. Come-from-ahead losses in his first two games at the helm of the program, a shocking loss to a theoretically overmatched opponent in his home opener, and a [...]

Advanced Stats Review: Cal

By |2022-09-22T20:07:36-04:00September 22nd, 2022|Football|

It was ugly early and often for Notre Dame against Cal. But with both lines finally controlling the game for solid stretches, the Irish carved out enough advantages against the Bears to pull away late. In Drew Pyne's first start the ND offense was extremely careful but moved the ball well enough with short to [...]

The 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll: Looking at the Lefty Husky Heisman Candidate

By |2022-09-23T12:01:48-04:00September 20th, 2022|Football|

The Pac-12 led week 3 with some of the bigger wins this past Saturday but also suffered some really bad losses with one coach already handed his papers following an embarrassing defeat. Elsewhere, the top of the rankings look the same with Georgia continuing to look terrifying for a program supposedly rebuilding from their 2021 [...]

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