At long last, after months and even years of consternation, it’s finally time for us all to focus on a newly vulnerable, bright orange behemoth that shockingly ascended to the top of its field in the middle of the previous decade, taking on a familiar face that just hasn’t been able to achieve its primary …
NDNation Georgia Tech Preview
We need Lou before Clemson. Kelly's pregame speeches are about as motivating as an instructional video for boiling noodles. Canned coachspeak crap. Rockne: “I’m sorry ladies I thought this was the ND locker room.” That Kelly dude is in trouble. We're toast! No shit we have a good scoring D, our opponents suck donkey dick. …
NDNation Pitt Postmortem
It’s nice to beat up on a lesser team instead of playing to its level; but I saw a somewhat uneven performance, not the statement game most media is reporting. Good, not great. I’m not sure what kind of statement can be made by crushing a mediocre football team like Pitt. The reason the win …
Pittsburgh Reaction
Notre Dame just beat a power 5 opponent, one that some folks who cover this sport professionally picked to finish second in the conference, one that has earned a “superweapon” reputation against highly ranked teams, on the road, by a six-score margin. That opponent completed 36% of their passes and mustered up 44 total rushing …
NDNation Pittsburgh Preview
Thesis: those that are saying that this should/could be a close game are just creating (another) excuse for Heir Kelly. Let's find out if Heir Kelly has learned how to advance. Pretty sure we all know the answer. Apologies to all who recognize his greatness. BK will keep doing what he always does and we'll …
On Fraudulency
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 …
