Avenue Q-The Lost Heisman Campaign
In my house, I have a box that is filled with Notre Dame memorabilia that is sentimental to me. Among those items are a College Gameday helmet from 2012, various free shirts from basketball games, and now a 33 Trucking [...]
Irish Football Milestones at Stake in 2019
As we touched on the other day in the "Windows of Opportunity" post, Notre Dame's success over the last couple of seasons has positioned the program to reach some milestones in 2019. There are additional rivalry milestones available to the [...]
Notre Dame Unveils the Most Underwhelming Throwback Uniform
Changing up your uniforms, even for one game, need not be complicated if you follow one rule: If you're going an alternate route dive in with vigor and if you're doing a throwback get it right with the correct era [...]
Windows of Opportunity
Notre Dame has gone 22-4 over the last two seasons, a level of success that Irish fans haven't seen in a long time. That's very good, obviously, Clemson freight train status aside, and raises a couple of interesting questions: How [...]
Fall Practice Report: Building the 2019 Depth Chart
Notre Dame held their first practice of fall camp on campus Saturday afternoon while allowing the media its 3rd viewing in less than a week. There will be a small glimpse of practice on Monday morning but the next full [...]
Preseason Top 25 Players Ranking: The 18S Ballot
Unless you've been living under an internet-less rock, a terrific preseason tradition is the annual preseason ranking of Notre Dame's top 25 players at Inside the Irish. Once again our 18 Stripes crew was invited to participate, and as in [...]
Fall Practice Report: Strap on the Pads
Notre Dame football finished up their 5-day camp at Culver Academy on Thursday and will take Friday off before returning to practice on Saturday in what should be the debut of the new indoor practice field. The media will be [...]
2019 Heisman Odds: Two at the Top
Reviewing this post from last year was pretty enlightening. If you recall, Vegas was all hot and bothered by a bunch of running backs ahead of the 2018 season and listed several with obscenely high odds. Here's what happened with [...]
Predicting Yards Per Play Differential for 2019
The traditional stats such as passing yards and rushing attempts don't mean what they used to in the game of football. God forbid someone starts telling you how important time of possession is to winning. Never sleep on yards per [...]
Fall Practice Report: Camp Opener in Shells
Notre Dame football opened fall camp once again to the south of campus at Culver Academy as they begin preparations for the 2019 season. This was the first of 5 straight practices before the Irish return to South Bend to [...]
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