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Notre Dame-Oklahoma Preview: Primer, Notes & Predictions

#5 Notre Dame (7-0) v. #8 Oklahoma (5-1) Oklahoma Memorial Stadium – Norman, OK – 8:00 PM EST on ABC First Things – Notre Dame CAN win this game and it wouldn't be shocking to those paying attention to the details if they went ahead and did it. The Irish are causing turnovers and limiting […]

Beating Oklahoma – How Notre Dame Measures Against Trends In OU’s Last 10 Losses

Irish fans can only hope that every single player on the Oklahoma Sooners football team is tuning into ESPN's plethora of college football related entities and digesting all the discussions of how overrated Notre Dame is and detailing ways the Irish are sure to struggle in every facet on Saturday. As any disciple of the Worldwide Leader in Sports […]

Rapid Reaction: #5 Notre Dame 17, BYU 14

Editor's Note: Much like my boss The Subway Domer earlier in the week, I also had a long, fantastic post regarding today's game and then our site crashed, didn't auto save and I lost it all. This won't be nearly as good or detailed and for that I'm sorry. With great performances have come higher […]

Man Cave QB: BYU v. Notre Dame Primer, Notes & Predictions

#5 Notre Dame (6-0) v. BYU (4-3) Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, Indiana – 3:30 EST on NBC First Things – What else can a "Trap Game" be called when it's played in late October? A "Game With One Team That REALLY Matters Against One That Doesn't". Nearly a week has passed since Notre […]

Rapid Reaction: #7 Notre Dame 20, #17 Stanford 13 Final-OT

How do we even describe this win? This season? This team?  Answer: "Different".   Tip of the cap to the Stanford Cardinal. David Shaw's team featured a big, strong, focused and game group of young men who, for the fourth year in a row, took the game to Notre Dame on both sides of the ball. In […]

Man Cave QB: Stanford Comes Calling Along With Hype & Lots Of Cameras

#7 Notre Dame (5-0) v. #17 Stanford (4-1) Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, Indiana – 3:30 EST on NBC ESPN GameDay is in town. Along for the ride is their #1 rated radio show – Mike & Mike. Sports Illustrated's Dan Patrick has deployed the Dannettes to Touchdown Jesus & The Grotto. Notre Dame […]

Rapid Reaction: #9 Notre Dame 41, Miami 3

I've echoed the thoughts of NBC's Keith Arnold for the past few weeks: this schedule doesn't demand Notre Dame get any "style points" … but for damn sure we're going to take em! "Luck of the Irish", fortuitous bounces, opponents stupidity … whatever. Five and Zero. Feels so good. FORTY ONE to THREE!!! 376 Yards Rushing!!! […]

Man Cave QB: Notre Dame, Miami, Catholics, Convicts & The Rolling Stones

#9 Notre Dame (4-0) v. Miami (4-1) Soldier Field – Chicago, Illinois – 7:30 EST on NBC Notre Dame Football & Herring Bone return from a long bye week to clash with the Miami Hurricanes and their crumbling program defense. Jokes about Miami home games aside – imagine the furor among the Irish blogosphere if 4-1 Notre Dame, with a lone loss having […]

Man Cave Quarterback *SPECIAL* MICHIGAN DOUBLE ISSUE!

The Go Irish, Muck Fichigan & Get Lei'd Edition It's been quite a few days hasn't it Irish fans? Notre Dame Football passed the midway point of September without taking our offseason dreams of grandeur and ripping them to shreds on an otherwise lovely early Fall afternoon. For good measure they've even lived up to […]

Rapid Reaction: Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 3

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Stand up Irish fans! Puff our your chest! We went ON THE ROAD and obliterated a TOP TEN TEAM. On.The.Road. Every bounce went our way, THEIR quarterback found zero rhythm, THEIR offensive line was dominated, THEIR star player was invisible, THEIR defense couldn't get a 4th quarter stop, THEIR coaches were outschemed, THEIR special […]

Notre Dame v. Michigan State Primer: Notes & Predictions

#20 Notre Dame (2-0) at #10 Michigan State (2-0) Spartan Stadium – East Lansing, Michigan 8:00 PM EST on ABC/ESPN Don't Miss Purdue Review & Rapid Reaction Remember back when this game was where Notre Dame Football 2012 was supposed to get "real". Will we look back on Purdue and point to the finish as a major stepping […]

The Man Cave QB: Notre Dame 20, Purdue 17

Primer: Rapid Reaction The MCQB podcast kicked off with a simple but fair request regarding the reaction to Saturday's win: Take a deep breath Irish fans. I know this review is late in terms of Irish blogging, but I love the refrain from quite a few cool heads in our blogging community. My boss, The […]

Rapid Reaction: Notre Dame 20, Purdue 17

"Rapid" is a term used especially loosely this week. There are a lot of ways to take in a Notre Dame Football game and the marvel that is technology certainly was on my side this weekend. As mentioned in the preview, my attendance was expected at a wedding that kicked off about 15 min after the […]

Notre Dame v. Purdue Primer: Notes & Predictions

#22 Notre Dame (1-0) v. Purdue (*1-0) Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, Indiana 3:30 PM EST on NBC   Don't miss Navy Review & Saturday's Rapid Reaction First Thing – Don't ever tell your future bride, "Honey, as long as I don't have to plan anything at all you can do whatever you want […]

The Man Cave QB: Notre Dame 50, NAVY 10

  Primer: Saturday's Rapid Reaction Jameson at 4:30am! No sleep! Notre Dame Domination! Thank God Monday's a Holiday! Things we've seen in dreams and nightmares about the 2012 Fighting Irish finally played out in front of our awaiting Irish eyes on Saturday morning. Now let's spend all week talking about it! Welcome to the debut edition of The […]

Rapid Reaction: Notre Dame 50, Navy 10

Welcome new and old friends to Notre Dame Rapid Reaction – Navy Edition. For the uninitiated – I make a quick post-game summary with the assist of a "glance" over the box score. Players I noticed, changes that surprised us, and anything else noteworthy from the day's stats. I will continue to provide slightly more in-depth […]

Notre Dame v. NAVY Primer: Notes & Predictions

The University of Notre Dame (0-0) vs. The U.S. Naval Academy (0-0) Aviva Stadium – Dublin, Ireland – 9:00 am EST on CBS First Things – Thank you to that which is almighty for bringing this offseason of bad news piled high on worse news to an exhausting close. I'm looking forward to joining Allen Pinkett and millions of […]

How NAVY Can Attack Notre Dame’s Defense

  Navy's Offensive Coordinator, Ivin Jasper, has his work cut out for him in the Week 1 match-up against Notre Dame in Dublin. An offense that struggled to score against the Irish in 2011 lost many of the programs best players this offseason. 2012 Graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy included fullback Alexander Teich, who tallied 311 total yards against the Irish over the past […]

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