Statistically Speaking: Notre Dame Vs. Western Michigan
Published on: 20th October, 2010
The game against Western Michigan provided the perfect opportunity for first-year head coach Brian Kelly’s squad to show something lacking in recent Irish teams—a killer instinct. Unfortunately, it didn’t surface, at least not in the first two quarters of play. The Broncos shrugged off an 80-yard touchdown strike from quarterback ...Statistically Speaking: Notre Dame vs. Stanford
Published on: 29th September, 2010
This one had a different feel. After hard-fought, last-minute losses to Michigan and Michigan State, Notre Dame was systematically dismantled by a physical, well-coached Stanford squad. The Irish offense never managed to get into a rhythm or established any consistent production, and the defense, which played well against a potent Stanford ...Notre Dame vs. Stanford: Keys To an Irish Win
Published on: 23rd September, 2010
Notre Dame returns home to host 16th-ranked Stanford Saturday. The Irish enter the contest on the heels of two close, last-minute losses and in desperate need of a win. Fortunately, recent history is on their side—since 1997 Notre Dame has won nine of the last 13 (0.692) in the series, ...Notre Dame vs. Michigan: Statistically Speaking
Published on: 15th September, 2010
Last year it was freshman Tate Forcier’s clutch touchdown pass on the final Wolverine possession. This year it was his off-season understudy-turned-starter, Denard Robinson. Robinson, after a record-setting performance against Connecticut in week one, exploded for an even bigger day against Notre Dame. He was clearly the best player in Notre ...Notre Dame Vs. Purdue: Keys to an Irish Win
Published on: 2nd September, 2010
The Brian Kelly Era begins Saturday with the home opener against annual foe Purdue. After an off-season spent parsing coaching comments, grasping at limited practice footage, and discussing the positives/negatives of the Blue-Gold game, Irish fans will finally be able to evaluate their new head coach. If Kelly is to meet ...2010 Season Predictions Survey Results
Published on: 20th August, 2010
Thanks to all who participated in the 2010 Season Predictions Survey. When the data to support this analysis was gathered, over 1,500 votes had been cast. The primary goal of this exercise is to move beyond simply estimating a win-loss record. Selecting the percent confidence in a win on a game-by-game ...Blueprint for BCS National Championship Success V: Measuring The Irish
Published on: 16th August, 2010
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. As Irish fans know all too well, Notre Dame hasn’t been part of the national title picture for over a decade. The last ...Blueprint for BCS Championship Success IV: Outlining the Blueprint
Published on: 7th August, 2010
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. As the offensive and defensive results indicate, there is certainly a blueprint for winning a BCS national championship. The overwhelming majority of the ...Blueprint for BCS Championship Success III: Defensive Results
Published on: 3rd August, 2010
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. What is the defensive recipe for winning the BCS national championship? The aforementioned approach has been used to parse the data and identify ...Blueprint for BCS Championship Success II: Offensive Results
Published on: 31st July, 2010
Editor's note: This is the second installment of a five-part series detailing the blueprint for winning the BCS national championship and measuring the Irish performance against this standard. Offensively, what does it take to win the BCS national championship? The data below outlines the statistical metrics that answer this question via ...Featured Sponsors
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