It’s late October and Notre Dame is ranked third in the nation. This is, of course, far from uncharted territory for the program as of late, having reached #7 in 2019 and #3 in both 2018 and 2017. We will grant that Notre Dame is almost surely not the third-best college football team in the …
NDNation Louisville Postmortem
You know when you step in dog shit and you don’t realize it until you get into your car, but by then it’s already ground into your floor mats? That’s what this game reminded me of. Same as it ever was....Kelly wins feel like losses. Not establishing the run on opening series. No energy in …
Louisville Reaction
Well, no need to dwell on that one for too much longer. Whichever way you spin it, Saturday's contest was nervy and frustrating, and it was also a win. ND gets a mulligan because they got that win; the consequence of taking that mulligan is perhaps the least exciting #3 national ranking in a while. …
NDNation FSU Postmortem
Kelly said “Our defense did not have their ‘A’ game today.” A backhanded way of throwing his defense not quite all the way under the bus. Have the Irish ever had reliable special teams under Brian Polian? Not as reliable as the dossier Brian Polian has on Brian Kelly. I found it to be wholly …
FSU Reaction
The first bullet point of the note I hastily typed around 11pm PST to collect my thoughts on that extremely Notre Damey Notre Dame game reads: “god damn you guys, it’s so fun to win so many fuckin football games,” and ain’t that the truth. What’s particularly fun about yesterday’s result is how nonchalantly the …
NDNation FSU Preview
Other than Clemson, all we have is dog doo. UNC blows goats. Breakout the Undefeated 2-0 Season T-Shirts and Glassware! Watch all of the glorious 15 seconds with all your Irish fan Friends and Family. Glorious 15 seconds is what most of us are used to. Five more years of BK left to go. Twenty …
On the Values of Joining a Book Club
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Notre Dame fans are so, so good, dare I say Elite, at ignoring the objectively good thing right under their noses. It’s a familiar tune, but newly relevant (at least as relevant as it can be, given that the Irish didn’t play football last Saturday and won’t …
NDNation USF Postmortem
I will preface this by stating that I have never liked Brian Kelly and never will. I was not in favor of Tommy Rees as OC. After 10 years, we finally saw a complete game with nothing to complain about. Is Tommy Rees, the QB that didn’t take shit from Kelly, the OC that doesn’t …
NDNation USF Preview
There's another football game this weekend? Exhausting. Not only another football game, but a game that generates very little interest. did you see what Louisiana Lafayette (RAGING CAJUNS) did to Iowa State? I can't believe I'm now jealous of Louisiana's ability to weaponize speed. In-depth article on Phil Jurkovec in P'burgh Post-Gazette. Wouldn't mind seeing …
NDNation Duke Postmortem
Let’s start with a positive before I start bitching...Michael Mayer. pretty dreary game. my dog fell asleep in the first quarter. Smart dog. Smelled like beef farts. Just eat the shit sandwich and shut up, because more is on the way. mediocrity is now the gold standard for the program. I wouldn't even pay Kelly …
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