This weekend, Tim Brown will receive his overdue recognition by the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, OH, when he and his fellow Irish alum Jerome Bettis are inducted. With good old #81 in the spotlight, we at NDN felt it was time to let you know about an off-the-field endeavor of TB’s just as…
The 9th NDNation Probability Poll is underway. In theory, the probability concept puts a little more thought around predictions than just “ND is favored over X!” We ask every fan to estimate the probability of the Irish winning each game and use that to calculate expectations (last year’s was a bit gummed up by the…
Regardless of what the calendar said, I always knew college football season was coming when the preview magazines hit the shelves. If we were up at the lake, I’d duck in to the drugstore to grab them all off the shelf and spend glorious hours pouring over them on the porch. Prior to the days…
Above the position battles, Irish fans are interested in one big question: Does Brian Kelly fully recognize the extra risk that comes with the passing game? As noted in “if Weis fails”, former Head Coach Charlie Weis was infamous for his blind eye to the risks of the passing game, continually noting that “the play…
After the historic pounding Notre Dame’s defense took at the end of the 2014 season (and following his ugly season at Auburn,) it’s fair to wonder if Brian Van Gorder is a defensive coordinator passed by time. Early into the 2014 season, the Irish looked strong, but once faced by pace/tempo (meaning, the sub packages…