Tag: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
College football’s 10 best backup quarterbacks: LSU, SMU among teams with strong QB2 options in 2025
Building depth at the quarterback position in college football is almost impossible in the transfer portal era. It’s rare that a quality backup actually sticks around, especially since — if they’re good enough — they can go somewhere that they’re promised a more immediate starting spot. So quality backup quarterbacks are an invaluable commodity. Teams…
College Football Playoff X-factors: Players poised to make or break contenders’ 2025 postseason chances
Even with the expanded format, a lot has to go right for teams to punch their tickets to the College Football Playoff. One factor can make or break a postseason push, like the Miami defense did last season when the Hurricanes fell just short of their playoff debut. Ahead of the 2025 season, every CFP…
Big Ten, SEC stalemate headlines College Football Playoff meetings with strength-of-schedule metrics in focus
Whether tweaks to the College Football Playoff selection process will be enough to stave off a switch to an automatic qualifier-heavy model will be at the heart of discussions this week in Asheville, North Carolina, when 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director meet. The meetings, which begin Tuesday and run until Wednesday afternoon,…
College football betting odds: Value future plays for 2025 national championship, conference titles, Heisman
Coaching changes are done. Transfer additions are at a trickle. Most coaching staffs are wholly focused on recruiting for the 2026 class. Until media days pick up in mid-July, it’s the quietest time on the college football calendar. We’ve reached peak college football offseason. But it’s also the perfect time, for those of you doing…