After one of, if not the, most dominant performance by Notre Dame’s defensive line, the Irish improved to 8-1 overall with a win over the Navy Midshipmen and moved up to number nine in the College Football Playoff rankings.  The Irish held the Midshipmen out of the endzone for the entirety of the game to complete a […]

This past Saturday’s primetime matchup against the Tarheels marked Notre Dame’s seventh win of the season with a 44-34 final score and demonstrated two key takeaways in my opinion: first, the Irish defense will need to significantly improve on their tackling if Notre Dame wants to finish the season with only one loss; and second, […]

Notre Dame was able to tally their fourth win in a row over USC this past Saturday and the eighth out of 11 under Brian Kelly thanks to one of the most complete performances seen this year.  Almost all facets of this Irish program have taken a step forward (better late than never) and seem […]

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 […]

Following Notre Dame’s loss to Cincinnati, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly remarked that his coaching staff needed to move past its “flavor of the week” management of the quarterback position. However, only one week later, and after experiencing another juggling act at QB, Coach Kelly’s remark might actually be an understatement. Perhaps the flavor […]

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 […]

With Notre Dame’s first three games in the books this season, it’s time to examine how the various Irish units have performed to date. The good news: Notre Dame is still undefeated, and there is plenty of room for improvement. The bad news: there is PLENTY of room for improvement. The Irish will need to […]

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 […]