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![How Good Are the Irish? A Year-End Offensive Statistical Review](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/play7.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
It may be head coach Brian Kelly’s first year at the helm, but positive change is already tangible. While the 2008 and 2009 Irish squads finished 1-8 in November, this year’s unit went 3-0. It isn’t time to anoint Kelly the next Lou Holtz or Ara Parseghian, but Notre Dame played its best football down […]
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![2010 Elite Selection Playoff: AV Ranking Bowl Predictions](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/small-bcs-logo.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Editor’s note: Special thanks to ESP and AVR co-creator Vincenzo Siciliano for his effort in the work outlined below. He did the analysis, I just made a few observations and wrote up this summary. Disclaimer #1: The following is not intended for betting purposes. Disclaimer #2: The following analysis does not include the Army—Navy game […]
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![Statistically Speaking: Notre Dame vs. USC](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ndusc.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
The Irish stopped the Trojans eight-game win streak in dramatic fashion Saturday night. Robert Hughes five-yard touchdown run with 2:23 remaining capped off a physical, run-heavy drive that gave head coach Brian Kelly his second three-game win streak of the season. Looking back this could certainly be a season of what if’s. What if quarterback […]
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![Statistically Speaking: Notre Dame vs. Army](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/100-998Army_Notre_Dame_Football.sff_.standalone.prod_affiliate.8.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
After getting shellacked by Navy and losing a heartbreaker to Tulsa (with some questionable coaching decisions to boot), it was difficult to imagine the Irish becoming bowl eligible, let alone having a chance to win out. But Notre Dame has outscored their last two opponents by a combined 55-6 and heads to the West Coast […]
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![Evaluating the Irish: Army Black Knights](http://www.clashmoremike.com/wp-content/themes/tipperaryterrence/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://clashmoremike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Darrin-Walls-Army.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&q=100)
Win six games and become bowl eligible—this was now the goal for the Fighting Irish football team. In what has become a somewhat underwhelming inaugural campaign for head coach Brian Kelly, his team adopted a desperate undertaking: making the postseason. Long gone are the days of yesteryear when Notre Dame was at the forefront of […]