Notre Dame barely could've scripted a better start to Saturday's game forcing a turnover on the second play from scrimmage and quickly jumping out to a 17-0 lead just over halfway through the 1st quarter. It was never close beyond Florida State closing the gap briefly to 11 points before the Irish ran away with [...]
Northwestern opened up the upset playbook on Saturday night, covered several pages, then found out their game plan had limits as the Fighting Irish talent was too much to overcome. With moments of dominance, Notre Dame's 9th win of the season was sprinkled in with lots of frustration in a close game until a gut-check [...]
It was the Navy game so as is custom and tradition there was a required period of angst and concern about a thorough victory. In the end, the Fighting Irish largely controlled the game after jumping out to a big lead and cruised to their 8th straight win on a perfect season so far. Let's [...]
I feel so dumb. I let myself get a little cocky predicting Notre Dame would easily cover a 21-point spread in a rivalry when the program almost never does that. We have been down this road so many times before with a tired team dealing with exams struggling against a statistically poor team with a [...]
It appears my reverse-jinx worked. Notre Dame came out like gangbusters to open a tough road game but then went into a big funk until halftime with only a 1-point lead over Virginia Tech. With a let down in plain sight, the Fighting Irish stepped on the gas in the 3rd quarter on their way [...]
Notre Dame found itself controlling the game against Stanford in the first half although the score didn't totally reflect the momentum that was slowly building. In the second half, the Fighting Irish put on a clinic to completely dominate the visiting Cardinal and move to 5-0 on the season. Let's review Notre Dame's major 21-point [...]
Notre Dame continues to search for something on offense. An identity perhaps. A game-breaker for sure. More consistency no doubt. For the third straight week another strong defensive effort began bursting at the seams as the Fighting Irish sweat out a comeback by an opponent that ultimately fell short for the bad guys. It's a [...]
A classic let down felt entirely normal this week but also so blatantly obvious that any more than a brief discussion in a game preview was worth the time. Anyway, a let down was supposed to be maybe a 24-point win not what transpired before our eyes in South Bend this Saturday. Notre Dame looked [...]
Well, they did it again. For the second time in 4 years the Fighting Irish staged a heroic game-winning drive to upset LSU in a bowl game. This time, Notre Dame did it with an unbelievable touchdown pass that vaults wideout Miles Boykin's catch into the running as one of the top plays in recent [...]
It was another annoying loss to Stanford dropping Notre Dame from a wind-in-their-sails 10-2 season and NY6 bowl appearance to a horrible taste in the mouth 9-3 season and a forgettable second-tier bowl game. This makes it 5 straight regular season finale losses for the Fighting Irish and the 23rd out of the last 24 [...]
For a good long while it was shaping up to be a classic loss to Navy. The opponent was executing a time-sucking ball possession game perfectly. One good Notre Dame play was met with a momentum stopping positive play by Navy. Ball carriers were caught for little gain and wiggling free for positive yards. Previously [...]
This has been my first football season as a father and through the afternoon of November 11th it had been such a great experience. By Saturday night I shuffled off to bed with that all-too-familiar sinking feeling in my stomach. I lay in bed thinking about my daughter and how she'd cheer me up in [...]
Well, that game was something. At times uninspired, lethargic, and gloomy. Other times, gritty, explosive, and something approaching dominant. Both Wimbush and Adams sustained injuries (they appear to be fine, phew!) and that may be what we remember most from this game. That, or a possible warning about the defense that finally showed some cracks [...]
It turns out, yup, Notre Dame is really good this year. On the flip side, NC State has the ingredients of a really good team but hasn't put it all together yet and needs more seasoning before winning these big games. For the second straight home game the Fighting Irish looked like a nationally recognized [...]
I thought Notre Dame could score 40+ points in a high-flying affair against USC. Turns out, the Irish were able to score over 40 but the Trojans, with the "help" of the Notre Dame defense, were unable to make this a high-scoring game. It's Sunday late morning and it's time to recap an absolute smashing [...]
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