Irish Need Fixes, and Fast
(Photo by Chad Ryan) And miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost Marcus Freeman has made a habit of promising post game to fix things. After the Marshall game,…
A Few Things for Marcus Freeman to Think About
Photo credit: Chad Ryan Take some advice from a loyal fan of the Irish for over 50 years who also has 26 years experience covering them, objectively. Analyze a loss,…
ND Fan’s Coping Guide (Stanford Edition): Try this to Feel Better
Marcus Freeman leaving the field after the loss. He has work to do. (Photo credit: Chad Ryan for Fighting Irish Preview) After compiling a record of 54-10 the last five…
Pass Rush, Pyne, and the Best College Football Tight End in the World, It’s Simple.
Michael Mayer TD #1 of 2 Saturday against BYU. (Photo: AJ Houk for Fighting Irish Preview) A month ago, the Irish left the field after an epic upset loss to…
Who Are You?
(Photo by Charles Brock/Icon Sportswire) Notre Dame football 2022, Who are you? Play defense and run the football. Against Cal, after 156 yards rushing and racking up six sacks on…
CAL: Notes In Search of a Story
(Photo credit: Chad Ryan) Close But No Cigar: Cal had five losses by seven or fewer points last season, add another now in 2022. We are still Marshall? : The Herd failed to…
A Tale of Two Quarterbacks
(Photo: Chad Ryan) With apologies to Charles Dickens, for Drew Pyne Saturday, it was the worst of times, but after a little “hard coaching” it was the best of times.…
A Notre Dame Fan’s Coping Guide
(Photo: Chad Ryan) Yesterday’s upset loss elicited some rather strong and passionate responses from Notre Dame nation. “Over his head!”, “Fire Rees!", “Send Golden back to the NFL”, “Pull their scholarships",…
Early Losers Can Be Late Winners
Yes, it hurts to lose, as an obviously pained Marcus Freeman made clear last Saturday post game. But, they say if you are going to lose one, lose it early…
Ohio State 21 ND 10: Observations, Notes, a Quote and the Great Photography of Chad Ryan
Rylie Mills hunts for CJ Stroud. (Photo: Chad Ryan) KNOWLES KNOWS DEFENSE: For two consecutive games now against Jim Knowles designed defenses, the Irish offense has been mostly stymied, particularly…