Julian Love Just Misses Unanimous All-America Status
Julian Love almost became the 35th unanimous All-American in Notre Dame football history today. The Walter Camp Foundation, the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, and the Sporting News had all previously named him to their first teams; [...]
Five Wide Fullbacks: Killing Time for the Playoffs
Welcome back to another edition of the internet's favorite question and answer article. Today we will tackle conference realignment, Irish recruiting, Brian Kelly in big games, draft stocks, and Brian VanGorder briefly leaving then coming right back to our lives [...]
Who’s Still Mad about Tulsa?
The late October days back in 2010 that witnessed a blowout loss to Navy, the tragic death of Declan Sullivan, and culminating in the loss to Tulsa were truly dark times for Irish football. Hope with a new coach took [...]
Film Room: The Evolution of Dexter Williams
I was wrong. Before the season started, I predicted the offense would struggle. I reasoned that losing your best receiver, best tight end, best running back, two first round picks on the offensive line and returning a QB that was [...]
Irish “Rush 4 Gold” as Under Armour’s 1st Playoff Team
The Nike hegemony in the College Football Playoff is over. With Notre Dame's bid as the 3 seed the little private school in northern Indiana becomes the first Under Armour partner to participate in the national semifinals. To mark such [...]
5 Thoughts on the Departing Urban Meyer
There had been rumors floating around in the past several weeks regarding the future of Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. This week, those rumors came to the surface as the news broke Meyer will be retiring following the conclusion [...]
Checking in on the Irish Hoops Newcomers
Through eight games, the Notre Dame hoops team has bounced frustratingly between spells of offensive incompetence and spurts of exciting, high-level basketball. Such is the struggle with a team dependent on young talent, a challenge that Mike Brey has not [...]
Advanced Stats Deep Dive: Notre Dame Offense vs Clemson Defense
Wrapping up the advanced stats from Notre Dame's regular season with an eye toward Clemson - how can the Irish move the ball on the nation's top defense? The numbers provide strong evidence that it's time for Ian Book to [...]
Freshmen Eligibility Ahead of the Playoffs
Notre Dame signed a massive class of 27 freshman for 2018 and just completed an undefeated regular season in which only 4 players were used on any consistent basis outside of special teams. That's an amazing feat. With the new [...]
What Though the Odds Be Great or Small
In Brian Kelly's 9th season the Fighting Irish become the 10th college program to earn a bid to the playoffs joining Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan State, Georgia, Washington, and Florida State. So now, Notre Dame has joined [...]
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