This offseason we'll be breaking down the performance of each unit - passing and rushing offense and defense - with a look ahead to 2021 and what this means for the Irish. First up is the Notre Dame run game, which brings back a loaded running back room but is working through a complete overhaul [...]
During our last scholarship update back in mid-January we paid special attention to the one-off rule(s) regarding eligibility for the 2021 season coming off the effects of the pandemic at a time when Notre Dame's recruiting class was quite small and spring ball--and thus some transfers--hadn't occurred yet. As a refresher here's another look at [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. In the News Former Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan was found dead at the age of 37 years old. The NCAA seems to be clearing the way to allow NIL rights before July 1st. Buffalo hired Maurice Linquist to replace Lance Leipold after Linquist was [...]
#4 ranked/#6 seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (7-3) will open their NCAA Championship effort against the #9/#10 ranked/unseeded CAA Champion Drexel Dragons (10-2). The game will be hosted by the Denver Pioneers at Peter Barton Stadium, 5:00 pm EDT, ESPNU. The Draw Not unexpectedly, North Carolina was seeded #1, followed by Duke and [...]
We're just under three weeks away from the end of the longest dead period in the history of modern college football recruiting. There hasn't been a ton of movement since our last defensive big board update, but I fully expect that to change within the next couple of months after recruits have a chance to [...]
Recently, Notre Dame saw another player who left early selected in the NFL Draft. Although the Irish program is creeping towards 20 players all-time who left early for the Draft they have seen a major uptick in the Brian Kelly era following an extremely long dry spell. Full disclosure, we're using the traditional and strictest [...]
Recently, we journeyed back to the first big home game of the 2012 season and a copious amount of turnovers from Michigan. Today, we'll venture back to 2012 again and the regular season finale in Los Angeles. A game which, at the conclusion of, I teared up quite a bit. I'll bet many of you [...]
In Part 1 of this series we looked at the defensive recruiting of Clemson in the 2012-14 window in the lead up to their 2016 National Championship, how they supplemented that recruiting with young players, and comparisons to Notre Dame then and now. Today, we'll tackle the offense where Clemson hit on a generational quarterback [...]
Notre Dame added another quality tight end to its 2022 class today when Holden Staes announced for the Irish. The 6'5", 230 pound Georgian committed to Penn State last summer but re-opened his recruitment in February. This wasn't a case of second thoughts after his recruitment blew up, as he already had almost all his [...]
Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Back after a week off! In the News Backup running back C'Bo Flemister has been charged with leaving the scene of a crime after crashing his car on South Bend Avenue back on April 25th. Notre Dame announced the kickoff times for the 2021 [...]
Over at ESPN+ a while back I was reading how Bill Connelly compared Notre Dame today to Clemson in the 2012-14 window with how the Irish were recruiting more blue-chips in the present than the Tigers were back then. So, I want to do 2 things in this two-part series. One, compare Notre Dame's 2012-14 [...]
Welcome back to the Odyssey. As always, you can click here to read all parts of the journey covered so far. Last time, we took a look at the 2001 Big Ten season. Today, we're going to take a look at the 2001 SEC season. The SEC isn't as much of a monolith it would [...]
#4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (7-3, 3-3 ACC) concluded their regular season by demolishing the #10 Syracuse Orangemen (6-5, 2-4 ACC) in every way imaginable, 22-8. The Irish await their seeding for the NCAA Championships, which will be announced this coming Sunday. The Scoring The scoring was plentiful, but we'll begin with a [...]
Notre Dame added a big, athletic tight end to its 2022 class on Sunday when Eli Raridon announced for the Irish. The 6'6"/230-pounder out of West Des Moines, IA is the 12th commit in Notre Dame's 2022 recruiting class -- which now ranks 4th in the country behind Georgia, LSU, and Ohio State. 100% COMMITTED!!!!!☘️☘️☘️☘️@NDFootball [...]
Notre Dame had 9 players picked in the 2021 NFL Draft, the most since the 1994 Draft when 10 players came off the board from South Bend. Don't you worry about what happened in the '94 season when the Irish lost that much talent. Anyway, except for their top prospect falling it was a surprisingly [...]
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