Notre Dame Football
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Daelin Hayes Announces Return to Notre Dame in 2020
Notre Dame got a bit of bad news on Sunday when Brian Kelly announced that senior defensive end Daelin Hayes suffered a torn labrum and was out for the rest…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Win Over #18 Virginia
Whenever you beat a top 20 team at home by 15 points and your defense sacks the opposing quarterback eight times and forces five turnovers, there is going to be…
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Grading The Notre Dame Defense Against Virginia: Hint, They Passed!
Clark Lea came into this game feeling like Notre Dame could handle the Virginia passing game playing man coverage. This was not the correct feeling. It had less to do…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Uneven Offensive Performance Vs. Virginia
As will become the norm in this space from now on, I’ll start by talking about the performance of the coordinator. Much like the offense as a whole, Chip Long…
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Notre Dame Gets Good News on Shaun Crawford Injury
While Notre Dame received bad news on Daelin Hayes this week on the injury front, they got some relatively good news when it came to Shaun Crawford. The 5th year…
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Assessing the Impact of Notre Dame Losing Daelin Hayes for 2019 Season
Notre Dame got some bad injury news on Sunday. Head coach Brian Kelly announced that senior defensive end Daelin Hayes is out for the year with a torn labrum. Hayes…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Defensive Outburst Against Virginia
Notre Dame went old-school in beating up on Virginia on Saturday. The Irish defense swarmed Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins and harassed the talented dual-threat signal-caller into mistake after mistake en…
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Beyond the Boxscore: Notre Dame Goes Old School in Beating Virginia
Despite some early fears that a post-Georgia hangover might be evident, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish managed to shake off a bumpy start and get back in the win column…
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Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame Offense Stalls, Defense Shines
Notre Dame returned to the win column on Saturday thanks to a Herculean effort from their defense in the second half. After Bryce Perkins lit them up for over 200…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame vs. #18 Virginia
Notre Dame is back in action tomorrow afternoon when they host the #18 ranked Virginia Cavaliers. The Irish are coming out a gut-wrenching six-point loss on the road to #3…
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What Though the Odds: Notre Dame – Virginia Betting Lines & Spread
The Fighting Irish are coming off their first loss of the season and in college football that could mean the season is over, but not for Notre Dame. Last week,…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: A Young CB Rising, Run Game Falling
I have been thinking all week how weird it was that it’s week four and I don’t know how good Notre Dame is at football. I know how good they can be.…
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Virginia Game Could Ultimately Define Notre Dame’s Season
Throughout the off-season, everyone said the Georgia game would define Notre Dame’s season. A win and the Irish are back. A loss and they are out of the playoff hunt…
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Notre Dame Linebacker Picture Coming Into Focus Early
All summer long we heard that Notre Dame would probably be rotating linebackers throughout the season as the group was perceived to be the biggest weakness on the team. Through…
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Matchups Notre Dame Has to Win To Get Back on Track vs. Virginia
Another first for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish arrives on Saturday afternoon when they welcome the Virginia Cavaliers to the Golden Dome for the first time ever. These two teams…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading The Irish Defense Vs. Georgia
Remember the offseason of 2018 when the news dropped that Mike Elko was leaving for Texas A&M? The panic that ensued? The general feeling was the best part of the…
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Notre Dame Football Primer: Irish Look to Bounce Back vs. #18 Virginia
Coming off a playoff-type atmosphere in Athens, Notre Dame will have to refocus as the #18 Virginia Cavaliers visit South Bend. In 2015, the Irish had all they could handle…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading the Irish Offense Vs. Georgia
Before we get into the individual units here, a word on the game plan offensive coordinator Chip Long put together seems appropriate. Long came into this game with one hand…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Loss to Georgia
Notre Dame lost another heartbreaker on a national stage this weekend in a game no one gave them any chance in. There was a lot to like in the close,…
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Notre Dame Injury Update: Irish Getting Healthier After Georgia
Notre Dame got one of their offensive playmakers, Cole Kmet, back last weekend and it had a significant impact on the Irish offense. Another playmaker, Michael Young, looks like he…
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Notre Dame Earns More Respect, Loses Another Big One
So close, yet so far away. I, for one, did not predict that Notre Dame would have the ball at the Georgia 38 with a first down and just over…
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Beyond the Boxscore: Breaking Down Notre Dame’s Heartbreaker vs. Georgia
A first half of promise that hinted at a possible upset went by the wayside following intermission and resulted in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish falling to the Georgia Bulldogs…
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Georgia Teaches Notre Dame About Home-Field Advantage… AGAIN
In last night’s six-point loss to #3 Georgia, the home crowd played a role in Notre Dame’s ultimate demise. The largest crowd ever to watch a football game in the…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s ‘Quality Loss’ to Georgia
Spoiler alert: I kind of hate the term quality loss. You either win or you lose. There shouldn’t even be a discussion about “quality losses”. That said, if there is…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Wasted Opportunity in Athens
That one hurt folks. That one hurt so much that my immediate overreactions are coming to you the morning after because last night I had nothing left in the tank…
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