Jimmy Clausen Articles & Blog Posts
Michael Floyd Likely Done for the Season
Charlie Weis was the bearer of bad news on Sunday, a day after Notre Dame snapped Michigan State’s six game winning streak inside Notre Dame Stadium. At his weekly Sunday press conference, Weis told the media what most fans had feared – superstar wide receiver Michael Floyd was likely done for the season after having [...]
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 [...]
Adding Injury to Insult – Michael Floyd Breaks Collarbone
On a play in which it appeared Michael Floyd hauled in his sixth touchdown of the season in the back of the end zone, the super star sophomore wide receiver broke his collarbone according to NBC’s Alex Flanigan. On first and goal Jimmy Clausen lobbed a fade to Floyd who appeared to have the possession [...]
Frank’s Michigan State Preview
Michigan State comes to South Bend this weekend sporting a six game winning streak over the Irish in Notre Dame Stadium. Like Notre Dame, Michigan State is heading into this week on the heels of a last minute, heartbreaking loss. The Spartans fell to Central Michigan at home 29-27 last week after allowing an onside [...]
What to Watch For – Michigan State at Notre Dame
Michigan State visits South Bend this week on the heels of a heartbreaking loss at home to Central Michigan. The Spartans, winners of 6 straight in Notre Dame Stadium, will be looking to rebound against a Notre Dame team coming off a heartbreaking loss of its own. Here are some aspects of Saturday’s matchups to [...]
Let’s Not Party Like it’s 1999
If Saturday’s loss to Michigan in the Big House had a familiar feeling for you, it should have. Notre Dame’s been in this position before. A 1-0 Notre Dame team went into the Big House to take on Michigan, with a veteran quarterback on the heels of an impressive victory, against an overmatched opponent making [...]
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 [...]
Frank’s Michigan Preview
Notre Dame and Michigan both got off to surprising starts to their 2009 seasons. The two schools combined to beat their week one opponents by a score of 66-7. Notre Dame shut out Nevada 35-0 and Michigan took care of business against Western Michigan in a 31-7 victory. In the pre-season this game didn’t look [...]
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 [...]
Jimmy Clausen Leads Notre Dame in Opener
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen took another step towards fulfilling the lofty expectations placed on him as the nation’s #1 recruit three years ago on Saturday in Notre Dame’s impressive 35-0 season opening win over Nevada. The quarterback’s work on the sideslines, however, might have been just as impressive as his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Charlie Weis Presser Notes – 8/27/09
Charlie Weis met with the media after practice on Thursday. Here are some notes with what the Notre Dame head coach had to say. Weis talked about the rotation along the defensive line – Notre Dame is playing different players at a number of different positions depending on the circumstances. Weis mentioned that Sean Cwynar [...]
5 Questions Facing the Offense in ’09
Here’s a look at five questions facing the Irish offense in 2009 that will determine how successful the unit will be in 2009. 1. How Improved Will the OL Be? Hands down, the biggest question facing Notre Dame as a team in 2009 is how improved the offensive line will be under new OL coach [...]
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