I don't want to get ahead of myself or jinx it. I think week 4 by some margin will be the best and most entertaining week of the season so far. And it might not be topped for a while. We have tons of intriguing games, so many that I had to cut a handful [...]
A bunch of thoughts about Notre Dame football after the first 3 games of the season... It's hard not to be focused almost exclusively with some of the issues with the offense. I'll start with the play-calling where the offense seems to be needlessly trying to ManBall their way out of running game problems--both in [...]
A thriller in Oxford, a road win by Kentucky, Alabama's slow start, a USC pillow fight, weather delays everywhere, West Virginia securing Duke's Mayo, and one of the worst ways to lose a football game you'll ever see were highlights of week 3 in college football. 18 Stripes Top 20 Ranking RANK TEAM RECORD [...]
When I was a kid, Notre Dame pretty much sucked. I turned 11 during Bob Davie's first season, also the first season for me back in Indiana after over six years in South Carolina. So I was well into adulthood before I witnessed a truly very good Notre Dame football team, and well into my [...]
We are back inside Notre Dame Stadium this weekend for a night game against Michigan State. Wait, a night game? Unbelievably yes, we are being subjected to a week 3 night game against a Big Ten team that hasn't had a winning record over the past 4 seasons. Well then, surely it's expected to be [...]
Week 2 is behind us and with the losses by Oregon and Ohio State the top of the rankings has opened up a little bit. Coming into this weekend the out of conference games take a back seat and league games are in the spotlight. We are very quickly moving into the thick of the [...]
The state of Oklahoma giveth and the the state of Oklahoma taketh away. The downtrodden boys from Stillwater gave us the biggest upset of the season so far and yet the Sooners vomited away a win at Michigan to fall out of our rankings. Elsewhere, Ohio State coughs up an opportunity to win at Texas [...]
It's one of Notre Dame nation's favorite words when delivered by Marcus Freeman: Violence. And the second I heard it come out of his mouth in the pregame interview today, all concerns about Rice being the next horror story chapter in the "second game of a Marcus Freeman season" book basically went out the window. [...]
This time four years ago, I penned a preview of the 2022 home opener against Marshall. […]
It feels good. It feels real nice to be back in the swing of college football picks and setting up a weekend for television viewing. As I mentioned in this week's Top 20 rankings, I feel like Week 1 overdelivered after a slow start to the proceedings. Now, we have some good games in Week [...]
Maybe I'm easily impressed - other than the 2006 Sugar Bowl, every other Notre Dame game I've attended was in South Bend - but Lambeau Field was a 1-of-1 to me. What a place and what a scene. My blessed wife, aiming to cushion the blow of my upcoming 40th birthday, gifted me a trip [...]
Film Room: Impound it - Notre Dame’s Run Game In Green Bay Mike Denbrock and Notre Dame sought to establish the run versus Wisconsin in their opening game in the 2026 season. Wisconsin, early in the game, consistently gave the Irish favorable box numbers (even number of blockers versus defenders), yet the Irish were unable [...]
The first full weekend of college football wasn't supposed to bring us a whole lot in terms of compelling matchups, but damn it this sports keeps delivering us enough juice and we got our money's worth after week one. I mean, I come out of every weekend hating Michigan more than any other team and [...]
Notre Dame opened up the 2026 season with a neutral site home game in Green Bay accompanied by the motto "Leave No Doubt" carried around the program. During an uninspired and seemingly conservative first half, doubt looked very much on the table. Nursing a small halftime lead, the Irish came out with a commanding 3rd [...]
We've finally made it. After an excruciatingly long break of 282 days, the Fighting Irish step onto the football field this weekend to kick start the 2026 season. It's going to feel weird for sure. It's a home game, played on Sunday night, inside Lambeau Field in Green Bay, and it's a Shamrock Series event. [...]
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