Armando Allen Articles & Blog Posts
Lessons Learned – Michigan State at Notre Dame
Week three of the 2009 season taught us that the defense is still a mess, Jimmy Clausen is a tough kid, the wildcat is here to stay, and that the offense can move the ball without Michael Floyd. As always, this week’s Lesson Learned column takes a look at every we learned about the Irish [...]
Channeling Jeff Samardzija… Replacing Michael Floyd
The third wide receiver position for Notre Dame has been unsettled through three games. With the likelihood of having to play at a minimum of the next few games without star wide receiver Michael Floyd, the Irish are going to need to figure out who their best wide receiver is behind Floyd and Golden Tate [...]
Initial Impression – Michigan State at Notre Dame
Notre Dame survived for a 33-30 win over Michigan State to snap the Spartans six game winning streak inside Notre Dame Stadium, but lost star wide receiver Michael Floyd for the foreseeable future. For the second week in a row, the Irish defense was shredded but a not so unstoppable offense. Here are my initial [...]
Weis Presser Notes – Michigan State Week
Charlie Weis held his weekly Tuesday press conference previewing this weekend’s matchup with Michigan State. Here are a few notes on what Weis had to say. Injury update – Armando Allen and Michael Floyd should be OK, but James Aldridge is still doubtful for the game. There is a plan in place for improving the [...]
Injury Update – Allen, Floyd OK
Charlie Weis updated the injury status of his team at his weekly Tuesday press conference. Weis said that both running back Armando Allen and wide receiver Michael Floyd look good for this weekend, but fullback James Aldridge remains “doubtful”. Here’s the excerpt from his presser regarding the injuries: Floyd didn’t have any knee injury. He [...]
Lessons Learned – Notre Dame at Michigan
Week two taught us a lot about the 2009 Fighting Irish and despite what most people might think – it wasn’t all bad. The 38-34 loss to Michigan stung and is very disheartening since it was a game Notre Dame could have easily won. But, there were still plenty of good things we learned about [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Blue/Gold Game Player Observations – Offense
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend this year’s Blue/Gold game for the first time in a couple years, but luckily I had a chance to review the video of the game on und.com this evening and will have a bunch of posts up tonight and tomorrow. First up, here are some observations of the offensive [...]
Island All Stars
There were quite a few heroes from last night’s Hawaii Bowl win. Here’s a look at who were the stars of the show for the Irish as they broke the 9 game bowl losing streak. Jimmy Clausen – Had by far his best game as a collegiate quarterback. Clausen finished 22 of 26 for 401 [...]
Two Streaks Ended in Hawaii Tonight
We all know that the bowl losing streak ended at 9 tonight with Notre Dame’s 49-21 victory over Hawaii. That wasn’t the only dubious streak that we ended tonight though. It had been 6 years since Notre Dame last reutrned a kickoff for a touchdown before Armano Allen took a 3rd quarter kickoff 96 yards [...]
Floyd, Smith Expected Back for Bowl
Earlier this week it was reported that both Brian Smith and Michael Floyd will be back for Wednesday’s Hawaii Bowl against the Warriors of Hawaii. Both Irish starters were injured in the win against Navy in Baltimore in the 10th game of the season. With Floyd back, the Irish passing game should get back on [...]
Irish Banged Up After USC Loss
Notre Dame suffered a humbling 38-3 loss at the hands of USC Saturday night. Aside from the beating on the scoreboard, the Irish suffered a couple of key injuries along the way. Mike Anello suffered what looked to be a serious leg injury trying to cover a punt. Anello was carted off the field with [...]
Final (Initial) Thoughts on Navy
I finally got a chance to watch a recording of the game to post my full thoughts on the game. James Aldridge looked to have a nice burst against Navy, but went down on arm tackles on a few occasions where he had a chance for big gains. On the first play of the game, [...]
Finding Some Positives From the UNC Game
Today’s loss was very tough to watch because for the first time in a while the Irish lost a game that they could have and most likely should have won. Whenever you lose a game by less than a touchdown whiling turning the ball over five times, it’s safe to say that you had a [...]
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