The Fighting Irish head to Palo Alto this Saturday with much on the line. Before we get into the deep stuff below, on the surface Notre Dame has lost its last 4 trips to Stanford which sucks really bad. The last time the Irish beat Stanford on the road the first edition of the iPhone [...]
Notre Dame had started putting together another winning streak against Navy (5 straight) before messing things up and losing in Jacksonville (man, Florida hasn't been kind to us) last year. By the way, how bad was 2016 that the loss to Navy was probably only the 3rd most outrageous defeat of the season? Perhaps I'm [...]
There was a time when this rivalry was so saturated and intense that after (roughly) a 7-game series from the early 1980's through 1990 the powers-that-be decided it was best to take a break from Notre Dame-Miami football games. Since that break these programs have kind of mirrored each other a little bit. The big [...]
Our familiar ACC friend Wake Forest is back on the schedule for the 4th time in 7 years and third straight visit to Notre Dame Stadium in this young, modern series. In the last game, the Demon Deacons watched their then second-year head coach Dave Clawson get really heated (he kind of lost it there [...]
Revenge isn't the right word for this weekend's game. Something like atonement is more apropos. Not often would anyone consider running the ball 59.3% of the time to be outrageously stupid but during last year's (equally) ridiculous hurricane waterworld that criticism was on point. NC State (+7.5) at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, [...]
For the second straight season Notre Dame will be facing a ranked USC team. You have to go back to the 2009 season during Pete Carroll's final season in Los Angeles for the last time a ranked Trojan team came to South Bend. That was also the last time both teams in the series came [...]
For just the second time in 42 years the Fighting Irish will be invading Chapel Hill for a football game. During the 50's and 60's Notre Dame had a nice little rivalry with the Tar Heels and overall have dominated the series. The 2006 game that resumed the series for the first time since 1975 [...]
Chuck is coming back. After 4 years as a Notre Dame assistant--the last 2 as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach--Chuck Martin returns to South Bend for the first time as an enemy coach. Now in his 4th season with the RedHawks, he showed some promise late last season and is looking to build upon a [...]
When you think back to weird games from 2016 nothing can top the circus that was the NC State game. However, don't sleep on the Michigan State game and its ridiculousness. Case in point, the Spartans raced out to a 36-7 lead. A 3-9 team was beating the Irish by 29 points! A switch was [...]
It's our third poll since the season began and each week a new No. 1 has ascended to the top spot of our rankings. We've seen two prospective title contenders (FSU & OSU) lose early and yet the top of the poll still feels fresh and fun as ever. Top 11 1 Clemson (+2, 3-0, [...]
The Notre Dame-Boston College series only took a one year break but that game at Fenway seems forever ago. The Battle for the Ireland Trophy resumes again this Saturday in Chestnut Hill with Notre Dame's first visit since 2012. That visit was excruciatingly boring so let's hope for more fireworks this time around. Notre Dame [...]
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