Opponents Archive
Behind Enemy Lines: Wake Forest ’12
Notre Dame heads into senior week this week undefeated for the first time since 1993 when Boston College ruined the class of ’93′s home finale looking to cap off an undefeated season in Notre Dame Stadium for the first time since 1998. Standing in Notre Dame’s way are the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. For [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: Boston College ’12
Behind Enemey Lines returns this week after a week hiatus. Apologies for the break in the action with this column, but last week’s weather on the east coast took some time away from us finding a partner to exchange with. We’re back though and have an inside look at Boston College brought to us this [...]
2012 Scoreboard Watching: Part 1
Brian Kelly and his staff are preaching one game at a time, one week at a time to the Notre Dame players this week to make sure they don’t get caught looking ahead coming off last weekend’s huge victory over Oklahoma. One of the benefits of being fan, however, is we can look ahead, project [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: Oklahoma ’12
Notre Dame will square off with the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time since 1999 while making their first trip to Norman since 1966. With the Sooners on tap this weekend, we have exchanged scouting reports with the Oklahoma blog Crimson and Cream Machine. They were kind enough to provide us with a complete breakdown of [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: BYU ’12
For the sixth straight week we have exchanged scouting reports with a blog from the week’s opponent. With BYU in town for the first time since 2005, we swapped insights with Blue Cougar Football. BYU Offense The BYU offense good off to a good start in 2012. In back-to-back wins, BYU passed for over 300 [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: Stanford ’12
This week’s edition of Behind Enemy lines comes to us from the very strong Stanford blog Rule of Tree. Be sure to also check out their article on the problems the Stanford defense has this year as well as their report of Ty Montgomery being doubtful for this weekend’s game against the Irish. Stanford’s Offense [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: Miami ’12
This week’s opponent scouting report comes to us from the guys over at SB Nation’s Miami blog, The 7th Floor Blog. Miami’s Offense This Hurricanes offense is slowly becoming a powerhouse. At that start of camp, there were basically two sure things: 1) Stephen Morris was going to be the QB and 2) Mike James [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: Michigan ’12
For the third week in a row, we have an in-depth look at Notre Dame’s opponent from a blogger covering the opposition. This week’s comes to us from the staff over at GoBMWolverine. The article below is meant to dovetail with the recently presented opening look at Notre Dame’s offense. In addition, several game nuances [...]
Behind Enemy Lines: Michigan State ’12
Just like last week, we have exchanged scouting reports with an opponent blogger to get an inside look at this weekend’s foe – Michigan State. This week, Jim from Shaw Lane Spartans brings us his scouting report of Michigan State. Offense Perhaps you’ve heard of Le’Veon Bell? According to most fans outside of the [...]
An Up Close Look at Boston College
Last week we brought everyone a closer look at Maryland with a Q&A with the Maryland blog Turtle Droppings. This week we have a closer look at Notre Dame’s senior day opponent, Boston College, from the BC blog BC Interruption. Just like last week, I also answered some questions from them that will be on [...]
Jim Harbaugh Leaves Stanford, Heads to NFL
As expected, Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh decided to leave Palo Alto and accepted the vacant head coaching position for the San Francisco 49ers. Harbaugh left Stanford after four years for a five year deal worth a reported $25 million. Harbaugh’s future had been the source of rampant speculation all week with the 49ers, Denver [...]
Andrew Luck Returning to Stanford
Stanford’s Heisman Trophy finalist quarterback surprised a lot of people on Thursday when he announced he will be returning for his senior season. Luck, widely regarded as the top prospect in the draft, was expected to forgo his senior season by most draft experts. Luck led Stanford to a 12-1 season including an impressive performance [...]
Michigan Officially Fires Rodriguez
Michigan, one of Notre Dame’s biggest rivals, is officially looking for a head coach for the second time in three years after officially firing Rich Rodriguez and his staff after just three seasons. After a 5-0 start to the season, including a last minute win over Notre Dame in week two, it appeared as though [...]
Coaching Carousel Could Affect Irish Foes
(UHND) – Last year Notre Dame was one of the major players in the yearly coaching carousel in college football after firing Charlie Weis and luring Brian Kelly from Cincinnati. This year several Irish opponents for 2011 figure to be affected by the annual head coaching purges. Pittsburgh, Notre Dame’s fourth game of the season, [...]
NCAA Drops the Hammer on USC
After years of investigating alleged major violations that took place at USC under Pete Carroll, the NCAA announced Wednesday that the alleged violations were indeed real violations serious enough to place the Trojans on a 2-year bowl ban and take away 30 scholarships over a 3 year span. The punishment, which had been speculated about [...]
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