March 2008
53 articles
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Luke Harangody Named 2nd Team All American
Notre Dame’s Luke Harangody was named a 2nd Team All American on Monday. He was 6th in the voting – just missing making first team status. According to…
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A Few Words from Jon Tenuta
Tenuta answered a few questions after practice day. The full video can be seen on Notre Dame’s All Access. On what’s he’s been encouraged with so far: The…
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Darrin Walls Reminds Brown of Troy Vincent
When asked if there was anyone that Darrin Walls reminded him of at corner, Brown gave the junior corner a pretty lofty comparison – former NFL standout CB…
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Practice Notes: 3/31
Here’s some thoughts after watching a couple of the practice videos out there from today. The baseballers were at practice today for their first action of the spring. …
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Thoughts and Prayers go out to the Wade Family
Over the weekend, we received some sad news. The mother of junior to be outside linebacker Kallen Wade passed away after a bout with cancer. Wade was not…
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Kerry Neal and Brian Smith Videos
Another set of interviews from Irish Illustrated via YouTube – this time sophomore starting outside linebackers Brian Smith and Kerry Neal. [youtube]hnIHPD1kIMo[/youtube] [youtube]qiBV7nW-H_Y[/youtube] Found via Subway Domer
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Tenuta and Brown Looking to Dictate the Pace
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – In 2007, opposing offenses imposed their will on the Notre Dame defense to the tune of 195.4 rushing yards a game and dictated…
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Baseball Limiting Three Irish Players This Spring
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Notre Dame completed the first of 15 spring practices on Wednesday, but for a trio of Notre Dame players, baseball commitments will cause…
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Reggie Brooks Takes Position with Notre Dame Monogram Club
Notre Dame announced that former Notre Dame running back Reggie Brooks will be taking the position of Manager for Monogram/Football Alumni Relations. From the official release from the…
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Spring Ball Video Bonanza
Theres a number of videos from yesterday’s media interviews up on YouTube and all of them are worth watching. First up is an interview with new Linebackers Coach…
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Irish Practices About to Get Physical
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – The NCAA doesn’t let teams go full pads for the first two days of spring practice, so the first couple days of practice…
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Clausen Bulks up For Sophomore Season
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Jimmy Clausen’s off-season conditioning was interrupted by elbow surgery last year and as a result, he started off last year weighing just 194…
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Honorary Coaches for Blue-Gold Game Span Six Decades of Notre Dame History
Notre Dame, IN (UNHD) – Charlie Weis changed up his selection methods for picking the honorary coaches for this year’s Blue-Gold Game. This year Weis has selected an…
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Charlie Weis Taking a Middle East Vacation
Another tidbit of news to come out of today’s press conference was the announcement that Charlie Weis will be headed to the Middle East this May along with…
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Highlights from Weis’s First Spring Presser
Weis met with the media earlier today and had a lot to say. The full transcript can be found here, but here are some of the highlights since…
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Kinnon Tatum Back at Notre Dame
Charlie Weis announced the hiring of former Notre Dame linebacker Kinnon Tatum to the position of graduate assistant on Wednesday. Tatum will replace Kevin Loney who was promoted…
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Spring Football Injury Report
Head coach Charlie Weis updated the health status of the team heading into spring ball on Wednesday. Here’s a quick rundown. John Ryan (Jr, DE) – OUT –…
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Thoughts and Observations from the Spring Depth Chart
The first depth chart for the 2008 season was released and there is plenty to talk about. Here’s are my thoughts and observations. Position Changes Sam Young has…
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Spring Depth Chart Released
The official “pre-spring” depth chart has been released by Notre Dame and I just added it to the homepage – 2008 Notre Dame Spring Depth Chart. There were…
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Notre Dame Has Plenty of Questions to Answer This Spring
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Coming off a 3-7 season which saw Notre Dame snap its 43 game winning streak against Navy, win just one game in Notre…
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Leasts from the East
Saturday morning I posted about the Big East dominance of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Well, less than 48 hours later, that post was looking a…
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Trevor Laws Interview
I just posted an interview we had with Trevor Laws on the homepage. Trevor was kind enough to answer a bunch of questions for us about how he…
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Trevor Laws Q&A
(UHND) – In between getting ready for last week’s pro day at Notre Dame and training for next month’s NFL Draft, former Notre Dame defensive tackle Trevor Laws…
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Sam Young Bulks Up to 330 lbs
According to yesterday’s South Bend Tribune, Sam Young has taken the lead in the Notre Dame weight room this winter and is up to 330 pounds after hovering…
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Rocky Boiman Signs with the Eagles
Former Notre Dame linebacker Rocky Boiman signed a one year free agent deal with the Philadelphia Eagles today. The 6-foot-4, 236-pound linebacker played in 86 career games (19…
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Notre Dame’s Tourney Run Derailed by Washington State
Notre Dame’s bid for its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2003 was derailed by a stingy Washington State defense that held the Irish to a season low 41…
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Irish Run Into Brick Wall in Denver
Notre Dame failed to advance to the Sweet 16 Saturday night after losing to Washington State 61-41. The Cougars defense smothered the Irish offense into the single worst…
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Beasts of the East from Round 1
The Big East sent 8 teams to the NCAA Tournament this year and all but one – UConn – have advanced to the second round. Here’s a quick…
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Notre Dame Advances to 2nd Round
Denver, CO (UHND.com) – Notre Dame made sure that George Mason would not have another magical run through the NCAA Tournament this year with a 68-50 win over…
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#5 Notre Dame vs. #12 George Mason – Live Blog
Getting off to a little bit of a late start here, but here goes nothing. 9:53 PM – If Mason keeps doubling down on Harangody, Notre Dame will…
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Irish Shoot Around in Denver
Here’s a couple pics from yesterday’s open practice in Denver courtesy of Colorado Irish.
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Notre Dame to the Final 4?
While I was on Sporting News earlier tonight reading the articles I quoted below I saw a “Simulate the Tournament” link so I simulated the East Bracket. On…
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Does George Mason Have Another Run in Them?
Sporting News has an article up talking about the possibility of George Mason making another run in this year’s tourney. Here’s an excerpt: The Patriots, meanwhile, are trying…
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Breaking Down the East Bracket
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s 5th seeded draw in the East Bracket of this year’s NCAA Tournament will make a Sweet 16 or better run a daunting task to…
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Notre Dame Taking Cinderella To the Big Dance
(UHND.com) – When the NCAA Tournament selections were announced on Sunday, Notre Dame earned itself a 5th seed in the East Bracket and a date on Thursday with…
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Notre Dame Gets a #5 Seed
Notre Dame got a 5th seed in the East Bracket and will face off against everyone’s favorite Cinderella, 12th seeded George Mason. A win over Marquette Thursday would…
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Irish Bow Out of Big East Tourney Early
After Luke Harangody picked up his second foul with more than 10 minutes remaining in the first half of Thursday night’s Big East Quarterfinal contest with against Marquette,…
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Notre Dame/Marquette Post Mortem
Well, if the first half went about as well as we could have hoped, the second half went about as badly as it possibly could for us. After…
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Notre Dame/Marquette Halftime Thoughts
Here are some quick thoughts from first half action of tonight’s Big East Quarterfinal contest with Marquette. Considering Luke Harangody played just over 7 minutes in the first…
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Congrats to Luke and Coach Brey
Luke Harangody was named Big East Player of the Year and Mike Brey the Big East Coach of the Year tonight on the eve of the BE Tournament. …
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Harangody, Brey Take Home Top Big East Honors
A day after being named to the First Team All Big East squad, Notre Dame sophomore Luke Harangody took home an even bigger prize on Tuesday – 2008…
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Harangody, McAlarney Named 1st Team Big East
Luke Harangody got the first of what is sure to be a series of honors and awards on Monday when he was named to the First Team All…
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Irish Lock Up #3 Seed in BE Tourney
Despite nearly blowing a 28 point second half lead, Notre Dame held on to a 98-91 victory over DePaul to clinch a first round bye in the Big…
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2008 Big East Tournament Bracket
Here’s a little Big East Tournament Bracket I made up tonight. Marquette’s slump at the end of the season here didn’t do Notre Dame any favors. The Golden…
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5 Things I Wanted to See in 2007
Since we’re still a few weeks away from Spring practice, I figured it would be a good idea to take a look back at a couple posts I…
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Notre Dame 67 – South Florida 60: Highlights
Here’s some highlights from tonight’s 67-60 win over South Florida which clinched a 2nd place tie and #3 seed in the BE Tournament. More to follow.
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Julius Jones Signs with Seattle
Former Notre Dame running back Julius Jones signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks Friday. The signing could mean the end of the Shaun Alexander era…
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UNC Names Greg Little Starting Running Back
Former Notre Dame recruit and one time verbal commitment, Greg Little was named the starting running back for North Carolina earlier this week by head coach Butch Davis.…
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Zbikowski to donate equipment to Leo High School football and boxing programs
be donating equipment for the Leo High School Football and Boxing programs. He has chosen to donate monies earned from his Under Armour commercial that was aired during…
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Notre Dame Looking for Additional Strength/Conditioning Coach?
One of our readers based along this job listing from the NCAA’s “The Market: Careers in College Athletics” website to us today. Design and implement sport-specific speed and…