18S Top 20 Poll: Tough Times in the ACC
It was a quiet week atop the rankings and a tough week for Notre Dame's friends in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That league may still have the defending champs and the odds-on favorite to repeat in their title quest but [...]
Elusive Rating: How to Save the 2019 Irish Run Game
My thesis is simple: Too much praise and blame is assigned to the offensive line and play-calling while not enough (especially blame) at the running back position when things go wrong or right. No other position has been subject to [...]
Week 3 SP+ Win Probability Matrix Update
Big ups to 18S regular Scarponi for helping us out with the arduous task of working the chart into a much more user-friendly format that shows win probability rather than loss probability. His 18S Award-Winner Free Subscription For Life is [...]
New Mexico Review: Lobos Outclassed in the Bend
If you jumped into this game nearing halftime and then paid half attention while looking over the box score following the win you could get the impression Notre Dame played one heck of a game in a blowout over New [...]
Now the Season Truly Begins: New Mexico Instant Reaction
With all due respect to the first two opponents on the Notre Dame schedule, everyone with a pulse knew in August that this season will likely be determined by what happens next Saturday at Georgia. Nothing has changed in that [...]
New Mexico Preview: Clubbing Baby Seals
New Mexico hired current Maryland coach Mike Locksley in 2009. He, uh, "led" the Lobos to a 2-26 record before being canned part way through the 2011 season; his tenure there made the writers of Days of Our Lives seem [...]
Charlie Weis’ Last Stand: A Massive, Avoidable Stumble
In week one, Notre Dame destroyed a decent Nevada squad 35-0 in South Bend. Ten years ago this week, the Irish traveled to Ann Arbor to take on RichRod's second Michigan team. A Forcier to be reckoned with? The 2008 [...]
18S Top 20 Poll: LSU Has Entered the (Title) Chat
While Notre Dame enjoyed some cheeseburgers most of the rest of the country battled it out on the gridiron. Last week we learned the bottom of the SEC had a rough start, however, week two brought us the return quite [...]
Week 2 SP+ Win Probability Matrix Update
You've heard us talk about SP+ many times here - in our advanced stats discussions, in our game previews, in our playoff projections, etc. Last year, an enterprising Reddit user who should be nominated for sainthood created a win probability [...]
A Quick Word on Notre Dame’s SP+ Historical Percentile Rating
Bill Connelly, formerly of SB Nation and now with ESPN, was releasing historical SP+ ratings on Twitter in recent weeks that are a really fun look at how college football teams have progressed (or not!) over the years. Here are [...]
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