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Weis Presser Notes – Michigan Wrapup
Charlie Weis wrapped up the Michigan with his weekly Sunday press conference. He talked about the 2nd and 10 pass play, the officiating, and the play of Armando Allen. Here are some highlights. Weis met with defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta to go over some schematic changes that need to be made to get the defense [...]
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame at Michigan
Well, after doing just about everything possible to make things hard on themselves, Notre Dame finally fell to Michigan by a score of 38-34. Mixed in with some great offense was some of the sloppiest football we’ve seen out of the Irish in the last few years. Here are my initial impressions from today’s disheartening [...]
The Centennial Celebration You Don’t Know About
On November 23, 1887, there were 38 states. Grover Cleveland was president, the first Democrat to hold the office since before the Civil War. The population of Los Angeles was 50,000. Geronimo had just surrendered, but the Indian Wars would continue for another 13 years. Coca-Cola and the Statue of Liberty were one-year-old. Mark Twain [...]
Friday Morning Flicks – Wolverine Hunting Edition
In an effort to get a bit more organized and bring everyone more great Fighting Irish content each week, we’ve been introducing a lot of new weekly columns around here lately. Today we introduce yet another – Friday Morning Flicks. Each Friday morning during the season, we’ll have a post with a bunch of Notre [...]
Michigan’s Junior Hemingway ‘Doubtbul’
Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez announced on his weekly radio show that junior wide receiver is doubtful for this weekend’s game against Notre Dame due to a sprained ankle according to AnnArbor.com. Hemingway was Michigan’s leading receiver last week with five catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns including a 43 yard scoring strike from [...]
Notre Dame Moves Up In Both Polls
Notre Dame entered last weekend ranked 23rd in both the AP and Coach’s Poll. Saturday’s 35-0 shutout of Nevada was enough to convince voters that Notre Dame deserved to be ranked a little bit higher though as Notre Dame moved up to 18th in the AP Poll and 20th in the USA Today Poll. The [...]
Rich Rodriguez Talks Notre Dame
Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez met with the media on Monday to talk about their upcoming matchup against Notre Dame. Here are a few notes. Rodriguez said he thought Notre Dame got a pretty good look at the Michigan offense and what it’s capable of with their first half performance, but that they went into [...]
’09 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 1
This week’s poll is a little bit different. We have a couple people contributing to the rankings instead of just me this week. Jimmy from Domewire.com and OC Domer have both begun voting in our weekly poll as well as Kyle Flavin from here at UHND. If any other Notre Dame bloggers out there would [...]
Weis Presser Notes – Post Nevada
Charlie Weis met with the media on Sunday to discuss the victory over Nevada. Here are some notes. Weis said that Jimmy Clausen’s growth is comparable to Brady Quinn’s at this stage in his career. Weis scripted the first 18 offensive plays of the game on Saturday. There wasn’t an update on James Aldridge’s health [...]
Enemy Report – Week 1
The first week of the college football season brought a few surprises amongst Notre Dame’s opponents. Several opponents looked stronger than most felt they’d be – see Washington and Purdue – and one almost shocked the college football world – see Navy. Here’s a full recap of what Notre Dame’s opponents did this weekend. Note: [...]
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 35, Nevada 0
Notre Dame opened the 2009 season with a bang on Saturday by recording their first shut out in seven years in a 35-0 win over the Nevada Wolf Pack. Here’s my initial impressions from Notre Dame’s most impressive season opener since 2005′s win in Pittsburgh. We’re going to try and make our post game coverage [...]
IBG – The Season is Here Edition
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, the season is here and so is this year’s Irish Blog Gathering . This week’s host is Domer Law Blog. Here is my take on this week’s questions. 1. What song or video do you feel typifies this year’s Notre Dame team heading into the season? Embed a youtube or other similar video if [...]
Notre Dame in This Year’s Herbie’s
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit released his annual Pre-Season Herbie Awards on Monday and Notre Dame was pretty well represented. Here’s a quick look at how Herbstreit ranked the Irish. #7 Wide Receiver – Golden Tate #3 Tight End – Kyle Rudolph #3 Pocket Presence QB – Jimmy Clausen #2 True Freshman – Manti Te’o #2 Team [...]
UHND Opponent Poll – Preseason
The UHND Opponent Poll returns for a second season. Here is our first poll of the season. 2009 UHND Opponent Poll Opponent 2008 Record Next Comments 1. #4 Southern Cal Trojans 12-1 vs. San Jose State (9/5) Even with USC replacing most of their defense and starting a true freshman at QB in Matt Barkley, [...]
Updated Depth Chart Released
Charlie Weis released the latest Notre Dame depth chart on Tuesday prior to meeting with the media. The full depth chart can be viewed here, but here are some notes on the changes you will notice. Matt Romine and Paul Duncan have the “OR” label on them at left tackle. Weis said that Duncan will [...]
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