The past week has been a trying one for some in Irish land. The release of the most recent college football playoff rankings left many with a bad taste in their mouth as the Irish dropped from 4th to 6th in the new poll. The frustrations stemmed from a variety of sources. A lot of the anger was directed towards Iowa whose pillow fight of a schedule, including their fluffy, airy, defeat of soft-landing spot Purdue propelled the Hawkeyes past the Irish in the wake of the uneven performance against ...
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Game Preview: ND v. Wake Forest – An Irish Wake for the Deacons
It's a weird feeling coming off the Pitt game and not being extremely angry. The Irish for the most part dominated Pitt and over and over again exploited Pat Narduzzi's odd decision to leave his lesser talented cornerbacks on islands with Will Fuller. Notre Dame's opponents continue to improve. The fan base is now, kind of hilariously, thrusting victories over Temple and Navy into other team's faces, but hey...them's the breaks. The next coupe of games don't provide the same chance for ...
Game Preview: ND v. Temple – H-Owlin’ at Nothing
Welcome Loyal Readers. Are you refreshed after a week away from NDFB? Yeah...who am I kidding. I know you. You were sitting there at home dissecting crazy playoff situations, getting angry at Heisman ballots, running regression studies on field turf and ND's leg injuries, and longing for the days Lou Holtz was trolling Mark May on "College Football Final" because dear word is the new group terrible. So, will Saturday's game be a trick...or a treat? Oh, you didn't come here for painfully bad ...