Author: Michael Cannon

Following the come from behind victory over Virginia Tech, Notre Dame has made it to the halfway point in this 2021 college football season with a 5-1 record.  The games have been far from pretty, but Coach Kelly has managed to squeak out a lot of favorable outcomes up to this point.  Coming off a […]

Last Saturday’s top 10 showdown with Cincinnati marked the end of a 26-game home winning streak for the Irish in an abysmal performance.  The Irish fell to the Bearcats 24-13 in a game that exposed a lot of issues.  I am extremely disappointed in the way that the Notre Dame coaching staff approached the game, […]

The 2021 edition of the Shamrock Series surely did not disappoint as the Irish, with a great deal of help from a stellar defensive performance, took down the Wisconsin Badgers 41-13.  This was the first game since 2005 in which Notre Dame scored on offense, defense, and special teams and the points were absolutely necessary.  […]

The 12th ranked Fighting Irish were able to continue their winning ways this past Saturday as they took down the drum-less Purdue Boilermakers with a final score of 27-13 to move on to 3-0 on the year.  This marked the 105th win in Brian Kelly’s Notre Dame tenure, tying him with the great Knute Rockne for most […]

Too close for comfort seems to be the theme for the start of the 2021 Notre Dame football season.  The Irish squeaked out another victory this past Saturday against Toledo in a 32-29 game and I don’t even know where to begin with the breakdown of this year’s team.  After two consecutive weeks of less […]

For the first time since the end of the 2019 season, a full capacity crowd will be present at Notre Dame Stadium this Saturday as the eighth ranked Irish take on the Toledo Rockets.  Toledo comes in 1-0 with a win last week against the Norfolk State Spartans in a 49-10 contest.  After a very […]

Shaking off the jitters and receiving a great road test in the first game of the season, the number nine Notre Dame football team was able to escape with a 41-38 overtime victory over Florida State on Sunday night.  The game answered a good deal of questions that I had going into it but left […]

As the air gets that crisp feel and the calendar turns to September, that only means one thing – the start of football season.  This 2021 year brings the 133rd Fighting Irish team to the field, back under their independent status and ready to take on the 12 opponents that stand in their way.  Throughout […]

In a year full of crazy events, Friday’s matchup of Notre Dame and Alabama is sure to fit that bill.  For the first time since 1942, the Rose Bowl will not be played in Pasadena, California, but will instead take place in Dallas, Texas.  The fourth ranked Fighting Irish are set to take on the […]

As Notre Dame fans, that was definitely not the outcome we were expecting or hoping for in Saturday’s ACC Championship Game.  The Irish fell to the Clemson Tigers 34-10 in a game that should not have been that lopsided.  Was it a bad performance on a big stage?  Yes.  There are many reasons (in my […]