Let’s go back to September 30th, 2023, week seven of the college football season. Notre Dame had just rallied back to pull off a victory over Duke. However the story afterward wasn’t about the game-winning drive, it was about what happened after the game. It was about Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman, waiting outside the […]
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It was senior day for Notre Dame. The Irish honor a total of 31 graduating seniors and grad students including JD Bertrand, Howard Cross III, Cam Hart, Chris Tyree, and Sam Hartman. Not only was this Hartman’s final home game in Notre Dame Stadium, but it was a revenge game. Before transferring to Notre Dame, […]
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A week ago today, there had been a grand total of zero head coaches fired for on-field performance. Since Sunday morning, four jobs have opened up. And more are likely to follow. But which openings are the most attractive for candidates? Which schools will have a tough time finding a new head coach? Last week, […]
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2023 has been a bit of an outlier. Through 10 weeks, not a single coach has been fired for on-field reasons. Contrast that with 2022, when seven coaches had been dismissed by this point in the season. There are a couple of reasons for that. The first being that some of the coaches that entered […]
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It’s over. Any hope that Notre Dame might be able to make a New Year Six bowl and have the opportunity to take another step closer to a national championship ended Saturday as Notre Dame fell to Clemson 31-23. That’s Notre Dame’s third loss of the season, to a Clemson team that has struggled all […]
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After a much-deserved and much-needed week off, Notre Dame returned to action in South Bend going up against Pittsburgh. And boy, did a week off really help this Notre Dame team prepare for this game. They dominated Pitt 58-7, even with the Irish having a shaky first half. Sure they were winning 17-0, but the […]
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The 2023 college football season has been full of storylines. The Pac-12 is the best it’s been in a decade. Michigan is rolling on the field, but may have some huge problems off of it. Clemson will, for the first time since 2010, fail to win 10 games. But there are some other developments going […]
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It started with a report last week that the NCAA was investigating an alleged sign-stealing operation at Michigan. Since then, additional details and tidbits have been spilling out on a daily basis. And some of those details and tidbits are pretty troubling. What does it mean for Jim Harbaugh? For Michigan? For college football? Buckle […]
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Week 7 is in the books; six weeks remain. There’s still a ways to go, and a lot of pivotal games that will define the 2023 season. But, we are starting to separate the wheat from the chaff. Let’s sort out who’s a contender, and if we have any pretenders in our midst (Spoiler: we […]
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It was a long seven days for the Fighting Irish. There were lots of questions being asked after the loss to Louisville last Saturday night. Questions about Marcus Freeman and the coaching staff. Is Freeman the right guy to lead this team? Are the coordinators good enough to help this team compete for national championships? […]
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The Colonels came off the bye week wanting not only to maintain but improve. The 2-3 Colonels hosted the 4-2 Tarleton State Texans on an overcast and cool Saturday afternoon. The teams, statistically, are very even. It felt like defense was going to be the determining factor coming in. Here is how the game went […]
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Homecoming weekend in Richmond is here! EKU will host Tarleton State on Saturday afternoon. EKU is coming off of a bye week following their win over North Alabama. Tarleton is 4-2 on the year and suffered a heartbreaking loss to Southern Utah. The Colonels have faced a tough schedule to start the year, and seem […]
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The hopes of a College Football Playoff birth for Notre Dame ended Saturday night as the Irish fell to Louisville 33-20. That’s their second loss to a ranked opponent, which looks really bad on a resume. Something the committee isn’t going to look over, and will be the main thing they look at. Sure the […]
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Four weeks ago, we talked about some things that stood out from the season’s first full slate of games. The overarching theme was “Don’t jump to conclusions after one game”, as tempting as it is. You wait eight months, and it’s natural to have an (over)reaction to what you see. However, we did identify a […]
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