When the score reached 14-0 in favor of Notre Dame I quite literally bounded to the bathroom past the rest of my family working on a jigsaw puzzle in the nearby room. My instinct was to announce how awesome Notre Dame looked under Marcus Freeman when, as I worked my way toward them, I checked [...]

As expected, Notre Dame cruised to its 11th win of the season in the finale at Stanford in a game that was never seriously challenged. Into the late hours of Saturday night on the East Coast, the Irish played out the string to conclude a tough season from a personnel standpoint overcoming many obstacles and [...]

Notre Dame beat Navy again. For the 80th time in history the Fighting Irish ended up victorious over the Midshipmen. It's not a measuring stick game, just something to endure, suffer, and get over with as healthy as possible. For the most part, it was a pleasant enough afternoon although a non-contact knee injury to [...]

That's 4 wins in a row over USC, as well as the 4th straight home win over the Trojans. Life is good this week. A whole bunch of recruits were in attendance to watch a festive atmosphere in a night game against Notre Dame's main rival. There were some ups and downs, including a late [...]

We can all agree turning the ball over in the end zone on the 1st possession of the game and eventually falling behind 17-0 are not good recipes for success. Notre Dame moved the ball well on that fateful first drive--and had a few more chances to make a comeback--but they were beaten soundly by [...]

As expected, a defensive battle broke out in Chicago between Notre Dame and Wisconsin with the Badgers clinging to a 3-point lead early in the 4th quarter. With the Irish quarterback sidelined due to a leg injury things were starting to look a little bleak for Notre Dame. Instead, one of the most fun and [...]

Notre Dame lost another big game and got out-classed in many areas. In some other areas, the Irish stood firm and held their own. It was clearly not an ugly loss on the scoreboard and if you'd like it was surely somewhat of a moral victory to stay competitive with Alabama for stretches of the [...]

We waited 2 weeks for that performance. Two weeks to watch Notre Dame fall on its face on the big stage. Again. We believed, and most of the country believed, that maybe this year was different. As was mentioned in the promo video leading up to the game, the Irish were just 'built different.' Clemson [...]

Notre Dame didn't quite move into upset watch in the first half against Syracuse but things were tense for far too long. Thanks to a late 2nd quarter flurry, the Irish built up a nice halftime lead and spent the rest of the game keeping the Orange at arm's length to clinch a comfortable, if [...]

Any time you're dumb enough to pick against this Notre Dame team it's important to trust what your eyes have seen in 2020 and to believe in Clark Lea. And also, believe in Tommy Rees. And Ian Book. And...well you get the point. Following a scary opening to the game that saw North Carolina's offense [...]

There were moments and exchanges in the first half against Boston College that had Irish fans worried we'd have to buckle our seat belts for a tight game and possible upset. However, a flurry of plays and an excellent offensive performance that put the ball in the end zone allowed Notre Dame to pull away [...]

Notre Dame got off to a hot start, hogged the ball again, and used a steady performance on both sides of the ball to dispatch a young Georgia Tech team in Atlanta on Saturday. If not for a jolting fumble return touchdown for the Yellow Jackets this one could've been really ugly. However, the Irish [...]

A punt from the Pitt 39-yard line, a couple bad penalties, and more injury news were some of the bad things that happened on Saturday for Notre Dame. Other than that, the Irish left Pittsburgh about as happy as can be expected following a 45-3 romp over the Panthers. In what has become shockingly familiar [...]

Let me be completely honest. In the run-up to this game I was seriously considering picking Louisville in an upset or at least a really, really close game. Why? We felt due for a super weird game, Louisville can punch above their weight (especially offensively), and, well, college football brings us these things from time [...]

After a long layoff a lot of rust was expected for a Notre Dame program coming off a serious Covid breakout in the days after the win over South Florida. Somewhat unexpectedly, it was the Irish offense that came out completely under control as the defense scrambled, tackled poorly, and put together a surprisingly poor [...]