Are you ready for some football? Well, you'll have to wait a little while longer for the college football variety. That doesn't mean we can't look ahead to the 2020 national schedule and some of the top non-league games lurking in the distance. Full disclosure, there might be a couple games listed that are reaches [...]
YouTube was created a few months after Charlie Weis was hired at Notre Dame and the first video uploaded to the site came in late April 2005. So, it's been around a while but in the grand scheme really not that long. Every once and a while I'll take a look at Notre Dame football [...]
We are excited for the start of the 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse season! The boys begin the season ranked #7 in Inside Lacrosse and #6 with US Lacrosse Magazine. They will get their preparations rolling with a scrimmage against local rival Detroit Mercy this weekend. ND-Atl 2.0 takes the lead again this [...]
Six years after a college career that saw him throw for over 7,000 yards in a golden helmet former Irish quarterback Tommy Rees has been named Notre Dame's new offensive coordinator at the fresh age of 27 years old. Rees will continue to be the quarterbacks coach--a position he has held since 2017--while running backs [...]
As the dust settles on the last games of the 2019 season, taking (with video!) a look at Notre Dame's advanced stats in the Camping World Bowl win over Iowa State. The Irish dominated the key categories of explosiveness, efficiency, and creating and converting scoring chances. But things were closer than they appeared in the [...]
If you don't like talking about depth charts for a season kicking off in 8 months are you even a real football fan? This is half the fun! Before diving into each position group I wanted to take a moment to address the re-build on defense that was projected for 2020. Here's a brief look [...]
They said it wouldn't happen. He wasn't going anywhere, he loves Notre Dame too much, and it doesn't make sense to transfer only sit out a year when the job could be his in South Bend in 2021 once Ian Book leaves. Heck, maybe he was one injury away from being the starter next fall. [...]
We recently explored my grades for the Notre Dame offense recruiting stretching back to the 2013 class and today we turn our attention to the other side of the ball. As I mentioned in part one of this series, I am the toughest grader on this website. You saw a little bit of that with [...]
I'm not saying I am updating the list. But if I were to do that... Things have changed and yet in a way they do stay the same. Back at our old home I once undertook the internet's castigated challenge of chronicling the worst losses in the proud history of Fighting Irish football. Some people [...]
Going back to our Vox Media days we've been handing out grades to each player in the incoming recruiting classes but it wasn't until 2013 that we unveiled a more codified grading system. You can read our 2020 class overview for more information on said system. I thought it would be a neat idea to [...]
Warning: This is not going to be pretty. For the sake of limiting the discussion we will set aside the offensive line play and/or play-calling and/or coaching to focus primarily on the running backs. Before we dig into the numbers below a few points to mention: 1) Much Love to Tony Jones Jr. For the [...]
On the last day of the 2010s, it seems appropriate to look back at the decade in men's hoops. While this year's team has shown some flashes, it's largely been blowouts of overmatched opponents and frustrating losses otherwise. Instead, let's look back at happier times and remember 10 years filled with seven NCAA bids, two [...]
My father once said that the definition of mixed feelings is watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new Cadillac. That feels like an apt description of Notre Dame's 2019 season - it was mostly very good, but the Caddy went careening over the precipice in Ann Arbor and it's impossible for that [...]
As the saying goes you can only perform against the opponents put in front of you. For the Fighting Irish following an embarrassing loss at Michigan they would finish the season with 6 straight wins and a 11-2 record. In that 6-game stretch they would be an impressive +142 in point differential concluding with a [...]
Sweet, sweet bowl victory! Irish held Iowa State to only 9 points aka the fewest points @NDFootball's given up in a bowl game since the 1993 Cotton Bowl! #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/VHAnrA9Fm0 — The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) December 28, 2019 The mood around the Notre Dame program wasn't great this week. As the Camping World Bowl approached, [...]
