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    Brian Smith Signing with Cleveland

    Ian Williams was the first Notre Dame draft snub to be signed to a rookie free agent deal Monday night, but it didn’t take long for the next, Brian Smith,…

  • IBG – It’s Always Sunny in El Paso Edition

    The final Irish Blogger Gathering of the season has a new twist to it.  Subway Domer hosts the last IBG of 2010, but readers are asked to weigh in this…

  • Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 20, USC 16

    THE STREAK IS OVER.  Despite losing the turnover battle 4-1 and playing half of the game in a driving rain storm, Notre Dame ended USC’s 8 year winning streak over…

  • Kelly’s Clipboard – Notes from 8/9

    Head coach Brian Kelly spoke with the media after Monday’s practice.  Here are some highlights from what he had to say. Duval Kamara was back at practice on Monday after…

  • Training Camp ’10 – Day 3 Videos

    Here’s a quick roundup of a lot of the videos that have been posted by some Notre Dame sites over the last few days. Brian Kelly talking about building confidence…

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  • Continuing the Countdown – Players #15-11

    The countdown towards Notre Dame’s top player continues today with the latest set of Notre Dame blogger player rankings.   As I’ve done the past couple days, I’ll post some comments…

  • Five Fighting For Two at OLB

    As Notre Dame begins the first spring practice in the Brian Kelly Era, the one position where we might see the fiercest competition is at outside linebacker where five talented…

  • Brian Smith Back Where He Started

    Entering his final season at Notre Dame, senior Brian Smith will be changing positions for the third time. This time, however, Smith is moving back to the position that he…

  • Initial Impressions – USC at Notre Dame

    Notre Dame took another game down to the wire on Saturday, but for the second time this season came out on the wrong end of a thrilling game.  Here are…

  • What to Watch For – Notre Dame at Purdue

    Notre Dame travels to West Lafayette to take on the Purdue Boilermakers this weekend.  Here’s a guide of what to watch for and a couple matchups to keep an eye…

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    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…

  • 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…

  • 5 Questions Facing the Defense in ’09

    Yesterday we took a look at five questions facing the Notre Dame offense in 2009.  Today we’ll take a look at five questions facing the young but talented Irish defense.…

  • No Love for Brian Smith from EA Sports

    Yesterday marked the annual release of EA Sports’ highly successful NCAA Football video game and as someone whose owned every title in the franchise over the years I couldn’t help…

  • Blue/Gold Game Player Observations – Defense

    Here’s some thoughts from the Blue/Gold game on the defensive side of the ball. Defensive Line Ethan Johnson – Johnson was a force to be reckoned with Saturday. He got…

  • USC Week Injury Updates

    Notre Dame had CB Terrail Lambert and OG Chris Stewart back at practice on Tuesday, but were still without the services of ILB Brian Smith and WR Michael Floyd.  Lambert…

  • 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,…

  • Ouch.. Michael Floyd, Brian Smith Out 4 Weeks

    After the way yesterday’s game in Baltimore ended, Notre Dame fans didn’t need any more bad news.  Well, we got a healthy does of it anyone on Sunday when Charlie…

  • Brian Smith Limited in Practice

    Brian Smtih suffered what Charlie Weis referred to as a “very, very mild concussion” in Saturday’s win over and will be limited in practice this week. Q. And just with…

  • Underclassmen Carrying Scoring Load

    Here is the Irish touchdown production through five games.  The future continues to look bright. TD PRODUCTION SDSU UM MSU PU STAN TOTAL FRESHMAN 6 Michael Floyd 1 1 1…

  • Looking Back at What to Watch for Stanford

    Here’s a look back at how I did with this week’s What to Watch – four out of five isn’t too bad. Armando Allen. Allen followed up his breakout performance…

  • Stanford at Notre Dame – 3rd Quarter Thoughts

    Did Golden Tate and Michael Floyd both just drop passes which hit them squarely in the hands?  I don’t remember either doing that at all at any point this season,…

  • That’s What We Call a Sack Lunch

    Despite blitzing with great frequency this year, the Notre Dame under has just one sack so far this season.  With our relative lack of depth and playmaking ability along the…

  • Looking Back at What to Watch for Purdue

    On Thursday I posted “What to Watch For – Purdue at Notre Dame” with five things I thought would decide the Purdue game.  I’m going to make a post like…

  • Turnovers, Mistakes Plague Irish Offense in Loss

    (UHND.com) – Notre Dame lost its first game of the season on Saturday when they traveled to East Lansing for their yearly matchup with Michigan State.  The Spartans held the…

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