Notre Dame

This Saturday, the #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish are hosting the #1 Clemson Tigers in what is undoubtedly the game of the year. The Tigers will be without their star quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, who contracted COVID-19. Before becoming the consensus number one overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, Lawrence was a freshman phenomenon who unseated a 19-2 senior quarterback from … [Read more...] about D.J. Uiagalelei: the Next Clemson Star QB in the Making

If you're reading this, you've been looking forward to this game all year. Saturday's game has the potential not only to be the game of the year, but it could also become an instant classic and then a game to be remembered for years to come.  In order for that to happen, however, Notre Dame must overcome an ugly precedent set over the past 20 years. After going 1-19 versus … [Read more...] about #4 Notre Dame vs #1 Clemson Game Preview, Prediction

It's #1 Clemson at #4 Notre Dame Saturday night, in the biggest game of the year so far in college football. This game is also a rematch of the Tigers' rout in the 2018 Cotton Bowl semifinal, so naturally we'll be revisiting that. With this in mind, I got back in touch with the man who was next to me all season long in the ND press box that season, Jon Opiela. (Game preview … [Read more...] about Notre Dame vs Clemson: Then (2018) and Now (2020)

A lot of people keep saying that this college football season is one that is unlike any other, and that's not entirely true. We did have college football during the last serious global pandemic, the Spanish Flu crisis of 1918. That season was actually quite similar today in that it started later than usual, was shorter than standard in duration and saw some games cancelled … [Read more...] about Notre Dame Fighting a Global Pandemic Football: 1918 vs 2020

Did you know Georgia Tech once won a game 222-0? They were up 126-0 at halftime, and their coach decided they needed to score 96 more points -- he was a jerk. That man's name? John Heisman.  Yes, that Heisman. Did you know that the most prestigious college football award given for "outstanding performance which best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity" is named … [Read more...] about #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Game Preview

Coaches are notorious for lying about a player's size on the depth chart, making them seem larger or smaller. In some instances, they'll even change their jersey number mid-game. In the words of George Oscar Bluth Jr., "It's called 'taking advantage.' It's what gets you ahead in life." If Brian Kelly is looking to take advantage of other team's reliance on depth charts, he … [Read more...] about #3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pittsburgh Panthers Game Preview

There's a financial theory that asset prices and historical returns eventually will revert to the long-run mean or average level of the entire dataset. It's called mean reversion. Louisville football is proving this theory correct in 2020. Expectations were high for the Cardinals this season following a better than expected 2019 season. Under first-year head coach Scott … [Read more...] about #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Louisville Cardinals Game Preview

This year some bowl games have been canceled; most notably the Redbox Bowl. It's going to be a challenging year without the prestige and excitement of the Redbox Bowl, but this Saturday, Notre Dame and Florida State will play in another obscure bowl game: the COVID-19 Recovery Bowl.  Florida State's new head coach, Mike Norvell, tested positive for coronavirus on September … [Read more...] about Florida State Seminoles at #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Game Preview

On November 10, 2018, then #3 Notre Dame thrashed Florida State 42-13 on Senior Day. These were much simpler times, halcyon days if you will, especially when contrasted against the atmosphere surrounding the rematch on Saturday night. Earlier that season, I covered a FSU game, their comfortable victory over Northern Illinois, with freelance sportswriter Danny Aller - the … [Read more...] about What Notre Dame Fans Need to Know About Florida State

Notre Dame did not have a player selected in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. 2021 will likely be no different. But similar to 2020, Notre Dame will be well represented. There are eight players on the team who can expect to hear their name called or sign onto an NFL team in 2021. The second of three bye weeks (we'll probably have some more of those, now that the state … [Read more...] about Top Three Notre Dame NFL Draft Prospects on Defense