I tweet a lot about college football, especially between September & January.
Curate Twitter so that you enjoy it.
I try to use the hashtags
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or
#CFB
so you can easily mute it if it's monopolizing your timeline. No hard feelings if you mute or unfollow!
Go Irish!
I'm hearing that Ohio State fans are upset that a catch in a bowl game was ruled incomplete instead of a fumble return for a touchdown? And that it may have impacted the outcome?
It took nearly 14 years, but I'd call that karma.
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It appears the Notre Dame players have received their PlayStation 5s -- and a copy of "Call of Duty" -- for their upcoming participation in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.
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Irish running back Logan Diggs just said on Instagram that "my dawg" Tommy Rees "is back." So I'm going to take that as a good sign that rumors that the Louisiana native would head to LSU to join his former coach are unsubstantiated.
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@CascadiaCougXII
I’m opposed to the Oxford comma because you can rewrite that sentence, not confuse your readers and save yourself a comma.
“I thanked Batman, Superman and my parents.”
A very happy moment turned into a tense one as I was seperated in the field storming from my 10-year-old son. Shout out to the Notre Dame Stadium police and medic teams for keeping him safe and stalking me on social media to connect us when Grady couldn't recall my phone number.
Literally JD Bertrand being dragged down as he tries to make a tackle on Williams. And the announcers are too busy fellating the USC QB to notice.
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Notre Dame football's won-loss record in their
Last 10: 9-1 (.900)
Last 20: 17-3 (.850)
Last 30: 26-4 (.867)
Last 40: 34-6 (.850)
Last 50: 43-7 (.860)
Last 60: 51-9 (.850)
Last 70: 55-15 (.786)
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It appears Amir Carlisle has replaced Hunter Bivin in the
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director of player development role. Bivin is now assistant athletics director, focused on alumni engagement. Carlisle is a 2015 graduate of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
BREAKING | All-American Safety Brandon Joseph Transferring to Notre Dame
"It's the perfect fit for me to come in and make an immediate impact and help take this team to the level it needs to be." -
@BrandonJoseph_1
There are more than 543 hours of Notre Dame clips, highlights and full games on YouTube.
I've built a spreadsheet listing everyone I know of -- just in time for your quarantine.
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Notre Dame wins! The Irish in their...
Last 10: 9-1 .900
Last 20: 17-3 .850
Last 30: 26-4 .867
Last 40: 34-6 .850
Last 50: 44-6 .880
Last 60: 52-8 .867
Last 70: 56-14 .800
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Pointless fact of the day:
Ian Book has run 426 plays as Notre Dame's starting quarterback.
There have been 247 runs (58%) and 179 passes (42%).
The mix for Everett Golson, through 426 plays in 2012? 247 runs and 179 passes.
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I encourage Notre Dame fans to use this tweet in the future anytime anyone makes a specious "13th data point" or "join a conference" argument as a precursor for playoff inclusion.
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ND NEWS:
2 more defensive starters opting out of the Notre Dame vs. Oregon State Sun Bowl Game include:
- Javonte Jean-Baptiste
- Cam Hart
Both of these players will NOT play, confirmed.
Notre Dame football
Last 10: 7-3 (.700)
Last 20: 17-3 (.850)
Last 30: 26-4 (.866)
Last 40: 34-6 (.850)
Last 50: 42-8 (.840)
Last 60: 50-10 (.833)
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"Jordan Faison came to Notre Dame as a lacrosse player" is the new "Corey Robinson is David Robinson's son." It should be on everyone's 2024 bingo card.
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If the report that USC is in talks to join the Big Ten is true, then Notre Dame should immediately move to play USC at season's end every year. If the Trojans are willing to play in Evanston in November, South Bend climate is no different (maybe even better!)
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Me reminding Michigan fans that it was their AD, Bill Martin, who called Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick in 2010 to cancel future ND-Michigan games — three years before Swarbrick formalized it with a letter.
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The Jets cut Matthias Farley Saturday.
They resign the former
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safety Monday.
The players vote him special teams captain Wednesday.
That's awesome.
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Notre Dame has run 2.648 plays since Josh Adams fumbled the ball in the second quarter against Boston College in 2015. He is the last Irish running back to fumble *and* have the opposition recover it.
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@timomalleyND
The Shamrock Series branding for Vegas was
@oaknd1
’s brilliance. He perfectly encapsulates Vegas glitz & devil-may-care ethos while deftly avoiding gambling imagery. I particularly loved the three-dimensional looking end zones. I continue to remain very proud of our friend.
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“You’re the toughest group of guys I ever worked with in my life. We tried to challenge you all year. You always stepped up to it. I told you guys you were champions if you put your mind to it. You fucking did it all fucking year long.” - Coach Balis after receiving the game ball
I watched this, but the feeling was a bit like cyber-stalking an ex: You think it's a good idea, but it's not.
One interesting tidbit: He never once mentions academics. There are many priorities for these student-athletes, but academics is not on Brian Kelly's list.
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The difference in this APR works out to about three more Ohio State football players staying on track to graduate AT OSU *over a four-year period* than Notre Dame's football players did AT ND.
APR doesn't measure academic rigor or the availability of online classes.
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I know Joe Montana has had a multi-year relationship with Guinness, but I cannot recall a sideline interview during a Notre Dame game with him for a long time. If Montana held an animus against the program/university, it may have been extinguished with Brian Kelly's departure.
I need to make this clear.
If you make jokes about Declan Sullivan's death, that's an automatic block from me.
I'm tolerant of a lot of stupid shit, but that is a definite no from me.
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@OneFootDown
Oh, and don't tweet at players. They're teenagers doing their best, even when their best isn't nearly good enough. They don't deserve our crap.
Desmond Howard just said, in the space of three minutes, that the Syracuse Notre Dame game would be a "low scoring game" and a "high scoring game."
I guess he's got it covered.
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Notre Dame's offense in 2018 has run 885 plays, excluding those negated by penalty: 501 run plays and 384 pass plays.
The run/pass mix for the first 885 plays of 2012, the Irish's last undefeated season? 501 run plays and 384 pass plays.
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If A&M figured out a financial system that can benefit athletes *that is legal*, I want Notre Dame to adapt to it for the next recruiting cycle.
If boosters want to overpay for Notre Dame athletes and do it within the legal parameters of the NIL framework, let it happen!
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If you’re the praying type, say one for my wife’s 70-year-old stepfather, Bill. He is in the ICU and breathing with the aid of a respirator. His COVID-19 test came back. He’s positive. My mother-in-law is in mandatory self-quarantine since she’s been around him the entire time.
I miss Lou Somogyi’s voice and encyclopedic knowledge of Notre Dame football most every day.
I imagined him wincing when a podcaster today declared, “Notre Dame is O-Line U because of Harry Hiestand!”
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Brian Kelly homers beware. Mack Brown is laying the foundation needed to build a dynasty. While Mack Brown has exploded on the scene, Notre Dame has remained stagnant. This is another school passing Notre Dame by if a change isn't made.
1. Beat Alabama, avenge 2013 BCS blowout.
2. Beat Bama, win first “big” bowl game since 1994.
3. Beat Clemson, avenge ACC Championship loss or beat Ohio State for the first time in 85 years.
4. Win in Miami Gardens, site of 2013 and 2017 beat downs.
A Notre Dame fan can dream!
Brian Kelly, dribbling red Gatorade down his chin while drinking from the Legends Trophy, which is awarded annually to the winner of the Notre Dame / Stanford game.
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Jim Harbuagh refuses to let the media look, lest they witness some of that magic that leads to consecutive third-or-worse finishes in the Big Ten east.
National champion at Notre Dame.
Four time Super Bowl champion.
Bronze Star recipient.
Sitting alone in an exit row on an otherwise full flight from South Bend.
Is there anything Rocky Bleier cannot accomplish?
So, this is cool: David Bruton Jr., the former Denver and Washington safety, received his doctorate in physical therapy from CU and honored Demaryius Thomas with his graduation stole. (via
@D_Brut30
on IG)
Notre Dame will pay $1 million to host Tennessee State on Sept 2, 2023, the first football game between the Irish & an FCS/HBCU. The Tigers will get 5,000 tickets & can bring their band.
The agreement, signed March 22, was obtained via a Tennessee Open Records Act request.
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Here is 247 Sports' top rated, uncommitted wide receivers in the transfer portal, in case Notre Dame fans were wondering who they might want to ask Santa for this offseason.
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PFF's top graded
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players vs. Virginia (min. 25% of team snaps):
TE Michael Mayer 85.7
HB Kyren Williams 83.9
HB Logan Diggs 81.5
RG Cain Madden 79.4
SS Ramon Henderson 78.9
QB Jack Coan 75.0
RT Josh Lugg 73.2
MLB Bo Bauer 72.3
FS DJ Brown 71.6
WR Kevin Austin 70.3
"That Notre Dame game was, at times, within their grasp."
Question to
@DanRubenstein
: When exactly was Michigan winning at Notre Dame "within their grasp"?
Was it the first 85 seconds of the game before the Irish scored?
No one -- and I mean no one -- gave Notre Dame a chance to beat LSU in the Music City Bowl.
Stakes are higher and the opponent is much better, but I relish all the talking heads disparaging and picking against the Irish in their Dec. 29 matchup against Clemson.
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These sort of similarities fascinate me.
Everett Golson's first 1,405 snaps as a Notre Dame QB (basically to halftime of the 2014 Northwestern game) vs. Ian Book's 1,405 career snaps for the Irish.
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That news conference with Brian Kelly and Dabo Swinney evoked the feeling of listening to a podcast from Blue & Gold Illustrated.
One guy was doing most of the talking, but you were really more interested in what the one not talking had to say.
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Ian Book's next play will be
#427
of his Notre Dame career. It'll come Saturday versus Pittsburgh.
Strange but true: The Panthers were also the opponent when Dayne Crist, Everett Golson & DeShone Kizer ran Play
#427
of their Irish careers in 2010, 2012 & 2015 respectively.
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There are 61 journalists who vote in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Not one of them has seen fit to put Michigan ahead of Notre Dame this week.
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"Here are the strength of schedule rankings for each of the remaining unbeaten teams, by the way:
47. Notre Dame
54. Ohio State
56. Alabama
74. Clemson
89. NC State
115. UCF
125. Cincinnati
127. USF
Nobody’s played anybody, I guess."
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Here are the ages of 36-year-old Marcus Freeman's 2022
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staff:
Harry Hiestand - 63
Matt Balis - 49
Chansi Stuckey - 38
Al Washington - 37
Brian Mason - 35
Mike Mickens - 34
Chris O'Leary - 30
Tommy Rees - 29
New RBs coach - 37 or 49?
New DC - 52?
New TEs coach - ?
11/23/09: "Charlie Weis Is Still The Best Investment" in
@BGInews
.
"Brian Kelly? He's doing a nice job at Cincinnati with Mark Dantonio's leftovers -- but he's ridiculously unproven on the big stage."
@OldTakesExposed
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I never had to root for Michigan.
I never had to worry about my favorite team being screwed by a committee, regardless of whatever doomsday scenario I imagined.
I am a winner of the 2018 college football season, because my favorite team took care of business.
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#GoIrish
Twenty-eight years ago tomorrow:
@iamrocketismail
leaps over Purdue defensive lineman Frank Kmet, father of current
@NDFootball
tight end
@ColeKmet
, on his way to a 64-yard score. The Irish beat the Boilermakers, 37-11.
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I just kicked my entire family out of the room where I'm watching the game, in case you're wondering how I'm handling this seeming momentum change.
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#FiestaBowl
Happy "I Got Charged for Peacock Because I Did Not Cancel It After the Toledo Game" to all who celebrated today!
(Full disclosure: Peacock has become my wife's favorite streaming service because of all of the trash Bravo shows/spinoffs she watches.)
I've said this before and I'll say it again:
If you believe that Notre Dame should get rid of its Fighting Irish nickname or Leprechaun mascot because the Indians are being pressured to get rid of Chief Wahoo, then you are making the grave logical error of false equivalence.
Here's a spreadsheet of 68 WRs in the transfer portal, their 247 Sports Composite grade, their 2021 PFF grade, the # of snaps they took, their height & weight, their academic year and if a transfer to
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is possible (assuming their grades are good).