The #4/#5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse team opened its season with an emphatic win over the Detroit Mercy Titans, 24-2. The Irish impressed in every facet of the game, and showcased their impressive roster depth. The Stats With a score of 24-2, it's hard to know how to even start, but we'll start from [...]
Notre Dame may be switching back to a natural grass football field. There, did I write a sufficient catchy introductory sentence? Allow me to immediately backtrack and state that I don't believe Notre Dame is going to switch to a grass field, at least not any time soon. However, after 8 seasons using field turf, [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame has announced the hiring of Al Golden as the new defensive coordinator following the end of the Cincinnati Bengals season. The Irish have also made the hiring of tight ends coach Gerad Parker official. You can read Brendan's recap of the [...]
This winter there was one issue of succession more anticipated than who is to follow Logan Roy. The service of 2021 Notre Dame lacrosse player bagpiper, Tommy McNamara, ended last spring, and the question remained as to who he would choose as his successor. The team has been led on the field each game by [...]
A poor start to 2021 and injuries put the offensive line in a spotlight as a weak link on the team before things stabilized over the last half of the season. Now, the line welcomes back its star center Jarrett Patterson who passed up an opportunity for the NFL, a new coach with a familiar [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into position groups with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line, then the defensive line (plus the punter, because he has to [...]
With news breaking today that Notre Dame will soon name Al Golden as its new defensive coordinator, Marcus Freeman has finished putting his stamp on his first staff as a head coach. There was more churn than anyone expected given a major buzzword of the transition to the Freeman era was "continuity," particularly on the [...]
This is the 2nd part in a 6-part series exploring the best recruits at each school from this current century. Once upon a time, people called this the Rivals era but they've fallen too far behind in recruiting and that term isn't used as much anymore. So far, we've looked at the Big 12 and [...]
Notre Dame's 2023 class jumped into the #1 spot in the 247 Composite on Friday when four-star linebacker Preston Zinter announced his commitment to the Irish. Avid Irish recruiting fans may recognize the 6'3", 221-pound Bay Staters' surname; his older brother Zak is a former Irish target at offensive guard and incumbent starter for Michigan. [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into position groups with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line, then the defensive line (plus the punter, because he has to [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We started a deeper dive into the class by position group with a look at the offensive skill positions, then moved on to the offensive line. Today we're going to look at the defensive [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame tight end George Takacs said he'd return for 2022 but recently changed course and is now in the Transfer Portal. He ends his Irish career with 8 receptions for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns. Georgia leads college football with an [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. We're in the midst of a deeper dive on each position group, which started Tuesday with the offensive skill positions. Today we're looking in the trenches on offense, where Notre Dame has put together [...]
Most of the time these lists are for non-league games only. This year, I wanted to add cross-divisional games to the mix as we'll see some spicy matchups coming in 2022. My apologies to the Big 12 in advance. The rankings used today are from the Sporting News Composite Top 25 (HERE) made up of [...]
Hopefully you enjoyed our overview of the 2022 Notre Dame recruiting class with recruit grades and some thoughts on the class. Over the next several days we'll go into a deeper dive on each position group, starting today with the offensive skill positions (which, sadly, we can condense into a single post). As a reminder, [...]
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