Recent content by JTLA

I tried to be empathetic to Ronaiah. I really did. I appreciate she has and is facing challenges I don't understand. In the end, I wanted more acknowledgement and personal accountability for the scale of the damage caused. Maybe if she spent more time talking about what she owes, and less...

247Sports is counting down the P5 (+ND) coaching jobs from 65-1. They've posted 65-16 so far. 247Sports ranks Power 5 college coaching jobs: Nos. 25-16 247Sports ranks Power 5 college coaching jobs: Nos. 35-26 247Sports ranks Power 5 college coaching jobs: Nos. 45-36 247Sports ranks Power 5...

ND is opens this week -10 at home vs. Texas (9.5 is some places). This is higher than it was at the start of the summer, when it opened around -7.5. Here is an update for all the Notre Dame GOTY as reported by sportsbook.ag - there is some contrast here to what we saw published via the Golden...

Sorry to digress, but this issue always gets my ire up. As a culture we have moved so far into the "boogeymen are out there" line of thinking that we have scared our young people and made up insane laws about consent (check out California's "yes means yes" if you don't believe me). Sex is not...

B1G is 1-5 vs. Big5 and ND. That one win might be over the weakest member of the Big5 not in the B1G. B1G will be heavy underdogs in 3/4 matchups this week and will only be a decided favorite in 1/5 matchups on 9/20. I'd be surprised if their record is better than 5-10 vs. Big5 opponents this...

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A little data for your Saturday night / Sunday morning... The 2015 recruiting class currently has 11 position players rated with a composite AVG below 0.89 according to 247Sports. For reference purposes, this benchmark is typically for recruits outside the Top 300 and are generally considered...

Michigan Wolverines at Notre Dame Fighting Irish -3 Purdue Boilermakers vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish -21 (Indianapolis) Notre Dame Fighting Irish -5.5 vs. Syracuse Orange (East Rutherford) Stanford Cardinal -6 at Notre Dame Fighting Irish North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish...

Many have noticed that 8 of our 11 commits thus far have composite ratings at .88 or below (solid 3* types). Without going crazy and without ignoring this fact. I think it's important to observe that some of these rankings will rise by commitment day. I was under the assumption that this...

Nick Saban appeared on 60 minutes on November 3rd. Now they lose two consecutive games. That hasn't happened since 2008 to Saban and Alabama. Pete Carroll appeared on 60 minutes in December of 2008. In 2009 they lost 4 games, went on probation and he fled to the NFL. Mike Leach appeared on...

Will have a career featuring games at an absolutely stadium tour wishlist: In my lifetime I'll be lucky to get to half these iconic buildings... Aviva in Dublin, Ireland Soldier Field, Chicago (Bears) Oklahoma Memorial Stadium LA Coliseum Sun Life Stadium, Miami (Dolphins) Michigan Stadium...

I thought it would be valuable to compile a list of uncommitted Notre Dame targets that 247Sports analysts have weighed in on with a prediction. Important to note, these should not be considered a percentage of likelihood to commit. It's literally a percentage of analysts predicting ND out of...