April 2008
44 articles
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2007 Opponents Draft Results
Here is a quick look at how Notre Dame’s opponents in 2007 fared in sending their players to the NFL this past weekend. 2007 Notre Dame Opponent Draft…
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JJ Jansen, Travis Thomas Sign FA Deals
The first two undrafted Notre Dame players to sign free agent deals are long snapper JJ Jansen and running back/special teamer Travis Thomas. Jansen signed with Green Bay…
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Vikings Select John Sullivan #187
The Minnesota Vikings were the 4th team to select a Notre Dame player in this year’s draft when they took John Sullivan #187 overall in the 6th round.…
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Ravens Pick Tom Zbikowski 86th Overall
The 3rd Notre Dame player was drafted early Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens used a 3rd round pick on former Irish safety Tom Zbikowski. Baltimore is fairly set at…
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Trevor Laws on Getting Picked by Philly
The Eagles have posted some quotes from Trevor from his conference call with the local media last night. Here are some highlights – you can read the full release here.…
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Trevor Laws Picked #47 by the Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles selected former Notre Dame defensive end/tackle Trevor Laws with the 47th pick of Saturday’s NFL draft. Laws was the 4th DT drafted after LSU’s GLen…
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John Carlson Picked #38 by Seattle Seahawks
Earlier this off-season the Seattle Seahawks signed former Notre Dame running back Julius Jones and Saturday they picked former tight end John Carlson #38 overall. Carlson is the…
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Potential Notre Dame – Rutgers Series Nixed
According to ESPN, a potential 6 game series with Rutgers has been called off because the Scarlet Knights did not want to play home pages at the new…
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NFL Scouts Leery of USC Players?
ProFootballTalk.com had a post on its rumor mill tonight about NFL Scouts getting a little leery of USC proscpects. The concern is that too many of the players…
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Irish Do Well on the Wonderlic
The Wonderlic scores for a number of the prospects at the NFL Combine have been released and Notre Dame prospects did very well. (Source) John Carlson: 40 John…
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The Book on Theo Riddick
Theo Riddick made it official earlier Wednesday and committed to Notre Dame – giving the Irish four verbal commitments on the season. Here’s some additional information on the…
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Irish to Add Theo Riddick?
According to the Courier News Online running back recruit Theo Riddick is going to pick Notre Dame as his college choice today. Immaculata High School star running back…
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The Book on Cierre Wood
After doing some research on Cierre Wood tonight, here is a collection of stats and quotes on Notre Dame’s latest five star running back commitment. 2007 Season Stats…
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Wood, Stockton Commit Over the Weekend
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) — The Blue Gold weekend is quickly becoming a great recruiting tool for Notre Dame and head coach Charlie Weis. A year ago Notre…
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Thoughts and Observations from the Blue-Gold Game
Here’s some thoughts from watching the Blue-Gold game. Offense Jimmy Clausen’s arm looks a lot stronger. He was throwing some bullets out there today. He only completed 10…
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Post Blue-Gold Game Injury Report
Matt Romine missed the game due to the same ankle injury that has slowed him all spring. He was in a walking cast Saturday. Robby Parris also missed…
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Cierre Wood Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up a huge commitment early Saturday when five star running back Cierre Wood picked the Fighting Irish over UCLA. Wood is listed as a five…
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Smith, Hughes MVPs
Sophomores to be Robert Hughes (RB) and Harrison Smith (S) were named the MVPs for the 2008 Blue Gold Game on Saturday. Hughes ran the ball a game…
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Grimes, Crum, and Bruton ’08 Captains
Charlie Weis named 5th year senior Maurice Crum and seniors David Bruton and David Grimes captains for the 2007 season on Saturday. Crum will be a captain for…
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Notre Dame’s Defense Protects with Triple Action
Saw the following ad in this week’s ESPN The Magazine – it’s been floating around a couple of the ND sites the past couple of days so I…
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Notre Dame the “Wal-Mart” of College Football?
According to some state representative from Connecticut who is writing articles for the Hartford Courant, Note Dame is and will still be, the “Walmart” of college football. There…
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Running Back Position Battle – Your Thoughts
I asked from some opinions on the running back battle this spring after writing an article on the homepage about all those involved. Here are some of your…
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Paskorz Working at Fullback
Sophomore to be Steve Paskorz has been working at fullback after spending his freshman year at linebacker. From IE’s Weis Transcript: “For example, (Steve) Paskorz we moved over…
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Duval Kamara on Improving this Off-Season
Video of Kamara from yesterday’s player interviews with the media. [youtube]5Sq-ggA2rIM[/youtube]
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Irish’s Gene Cross Gets Toledo Job
CBS Sportsline is reporting tonight that Notre Dame assistant Gene Cross will take over the head coaching duties at Toledo. Notre Dame assistant Gene Cross has reached a…
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Irish Advance to Frozen Four Championship
The Notre Dame hockey team won an overtime thriller over the #1 ranked Michigan Wolverine late Thursday night to advance to the Championship game of the Frozen Four…
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Recruiting ’08 – Rivals 250 Interested in ND
The following was posted on the UHND Football Forum by Lawnmower8. Here are all of the Rivals250 prospects with interest in Notre Dame. #2 DT Jamarcus McFarland (TX):…
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Harrison Smith Getting Snaps at OLB
Corwin Brown mentioned on Tuesday that sophomore safety Harrison Smith is getting some looks at outside linebacker. From the Observer: “We’re trying to juggle some things around, put…
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Nwankwo on the Rise
Here’s some video of Emeka Nwankwo. Nwankwo has been getting some first team reps and really surprised me with his size when I saw the practice videos from…
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Spring Game Format Different for ’08
The annual Blue-Gold game will be a little bit different this year. Here is a quick overview of how the game will be played. Gameplay: There will be two…
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Adrian Dantley Hall of Fame Bound
Former Notre Dame great Adrian Dantley was finally elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame Monday. Dantley will finally be named as an inductee for the Naismith Basketball…
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Weis, Polian Talk Special Teams with Frank Beamer
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Charlie Weis had planned to visit with Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer between Signing Day and the start of spring practice. A…
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Another Golic Gets Class of ’09 Rolling
(UHND) – For the second year in a row, a Golic was the first to commit to Notre Dame and Charlie Weis. Last year it was Mike Jr,…
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More Practice Observations from Yesterday
Offense Clausen’s passes are looking SHARP. It’s pretty clear that a full off-season in the weight room without any limitations is paying off for him. The running back…
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Weis After the Open Practice
Here’s some video of Weis talking to the media after Saturday’s open practice. [youtube]sqJW-B-Jdms[/youtube]
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Practice Report 4/5 – Wide Receivers vs Defensive Backs
Here are some observations on the WR vs. DB video posted on UND.com today. Rundown – here is a play by play on all of the one on…
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Jake Golic Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up it’s first verbal commitment of the year on Saturday when Jake Golic, the second of Mike Golic’s kids, committed to Notre Dame. Jake, a…
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Practice Video 4/5 – Irish Getting After It
Charlie Weis was not just talking when he said practices were going to be more physical this year. Take a look at the video below from today’s practice…
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Spring Video Roundup: 4/4
Videos today inlcude: Golden Tate, Charlie Weis, Jimmy Clausen, and practice video. Warning the practice video has some NSFW language in it. First up is Golden Tate: [youtube]lVlB2NY73bM[/youtube] Practice…
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Weis Addresses Kallen Wade’s Situation
Weis spoke to the media for the first time since the passing of Kallen Wade’s mother over the weekend on Wednesday. Kallen was back on campus Tuesday for…
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Spring Position Battle Spotlight – Running Back
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – There are a number of positions up for grabs this spring. Some will be decided by this month’s Blue and Gold game and…
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Neal Seeing Some Time at DE; Smith at ILB
According to the Journal Gazette on Monday, sophomore OLB Kerry Neal has been seeing some time at defensive end and fellow sophomore OLB Brian Smith has been seeing…
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Spring Video Roundup 4/1: Corwin Brown, Mo Crum, RB Drills
Another set of videos up on YouTube. [youtube]SJE9bGIDg5k[/youtube] Mo Crum on being a leader [youtube]mnGTD7tQtNM[/youtube] Practice video from yesterday [youtube]MoXolkZ3orQ[/youtube]
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It’s Been Ok
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – When Corwin Brown talked with the media on Monday, he didn’t mince words. “We’ve got some to work. Eventually we’ll be ok. There’s…