Notre Dame winning the rushing battle against Oklahoma seemed implausible while previewing this game and statistically it's the biggest key in beating a Bob Stoops coached football team. I thought they had a better chance to take home a victory if they won the turnover battle. Instead, Notre Dame took a sizeable advantage in the […]

Eleven months have passed since Notre Dame's 20 point fourth quarter stomp out in Norman started making believers in the Irish as National Title contenders. Heading into that game I laid out how teams had been able to beat Bob Stoops in recent years and trends favored the 2012 Irish. A statistical analysis at the […]

#21 Notre Dame v. Michigan State Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, IN – 3:30 EST on NBC First Things – I'm starting this post at 12am Friday morning in an old farmhouse about 30 miles from South Bend. I hope Notre Dame's drainage systems are up to the task of the past 24 hours. It was raining […]

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#21 Notre Dame v. Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium – West Lafayette, IN- 8:00 PM EST on ESPN First things – Check out my weekly list of Five Things To Watch in the Saturday's game. I'm going to be brief here today. Brian Kelly is a politician and Notre Dame is in need of some campaigning in […]

I'm not sure that blemish on the right side of Notre Dame's Win/Loss column has quite set in yet. The grieving process post-Michigan has exhibited all the signs of supporters suffering withdrawls.. Fans blaming Diaco's blitzing … others attacking Rees's interceptions … Kelly haters questioning the play-calling … rumors of unsatisfied 5* freshmen – it's […]

The 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and their fans have been served a few mighty doses of reality thanks to the Michigan Wolverines. It ain't 2012 and that defense gets farther away with each passing day. I reviewed the game, player performances, and adjusted season expectations with two fine gentlemen. Jordan Schultz opens the show […]

We all feel like crap, right? Good. Let's review the important facts. "But what about those bogus Pass Interference calls?!?!?" FACT: The Notre Dame defense gave up 41 points. "Those Tommy Rees interceptions cost us the game!!!" FACT: The Notre Dame defense gave up 41 points I was in the stands last September as an […]

#14 Notre Dame v. #17 Michigan The Big House – Ann Arbor, MI – 8:00 PM EST on ESPN First things – Check out my weekly list of Five Things To Watch in the Saturday's game. Luckily I've been too busy to pore over all the nonsense filtering out about "the tragic demise of this […]

On this week's Down the Line on TNNDN Network we were joined by ESPN Big Ten blogger Adam Rittenberg & former Notre Dame quarterback Evan Sharpley. With ND set to face three consecutive opponents, Rittenberg offered some insight into the upcoming three game stretch in the conference everyone who knows nothing about Notre Dame thinks […]

Boy the 2013 expectations escalated quickly! Temple did what they had to do upon finding themselves in the middle of a vicious cockfight – they kept their heads on a swivel. Safe to say we expected Notre Dame and Tommy Rees to ease into the season opener, pound the ball at the overmatched Temple front, […]

  #14 Notre Dame (0-0) v. Temple (0-0) Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, IN – 3:30 EST On NBC First Things – As Irish fans we all head into relatively unfamiliar territory with the 2013 season opener upon us. What do we do with a team who spent an entire twelve game schedule reaching […]

It's comical to suggest that there are only "5 Things To Watch" in any Notre Dame game, but to infer that merely a quintet of storylines are worth mentioning during a season opener is beyond ridiculous. I'll be watching a million "things" on the field this Saturday afternoon and so will you when ND squares […]

Tommy Rees is back as Notre Dame Football's starting quarterback and with that comes a long list of attributed stigmas and preconceived notions regarding his abilities to win football games. Some beliefs are rooted in hard-case evidence while others are often wild exaggerations. Rees seems to understand that scrutiny and overanalysis comes with the territory […]

Notre Dame Football kicks off in less than two weeks and another daunting schedule stacked with All-Americans and future NFL stars awaits. It seems like a good time for ND fans to take a breath away from projecting carries for George Atkinson III, sacks for Stephon Tuitt and the atom bomb press conference we witnessed […]

New Football Podcasts with TNNDN Network on BlogTalkRadio The Man Cave QB Podcast Returns! I kicked off the 2013 Season with two of my favorite all-time guests. First up is Maggie Gray (pictured) of Sports Illustrated and host of SI Now weekdays at 1pm EST. I was fortunate enough to work with Maggie while covering […]

Notre Dame Football kicks off in less than two weeks and another daunting schedule stacked with All-Americans and future NFL stars awaits. It seems like a good time for ND fans to take a breath away from projecting carries for George Atkinson III, sacks for Stephon Tuitt and the atom bomb press conference we witnessed […]

Irish fans addicted to offseason news and the sneak peek quality of the Notre Dame practice videos had to know something was brewing when nearly all outlets were shut out for four full days this week. Credentialed media members had their practice viewing time changed from Tuesday to Saturday August 17th where they were informed […]