2009
364 articles
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The Centennial Celebration You Don’t Know About
On November 23, 1887, there were 38 states. Grover Cleveland was president, the first Democrat to hold the office since before the Civil War. The population of Los…
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Frank’s Notre Dame Michigan 2009 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…
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Michigan’s Junior Hemingway ‘Doubtbul’
Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez announced on his weekly radio show that junior wide receiver is doubtful for this weekend’s game against Notre Dame due to a sprained…
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What To Watch For – Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame travels to Ann Arbor to take on the hated Michigan Wolverines this weekend. Here’s a guide of what to watch for and a couple matchups to…
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Michigan Scouting Report
On the heels of a 3-9 season and after a couple weeks of off-field turmoil, Michigan started their season with a 31-7 victory at home over Western Michigan…
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Brady Quinn Named Starter in Cleveland
Former Notre Dame All American quarterback Brady Quinn was named the starter for the Cleveland Browns according to several reports on Wednesday. Quinn was in a close battle…
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Notre Dame Moves Up In Both Polls
Notre Dame entered last weekend ranked 23rd in both the AP and Coach’s Poll. Saturday’s 35-0 shutout of Nevada was enough to convince voters that Notre Dame deserved…
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Charlie Weis Presser Notes – 9/8/09
Here are some notes from Charlie Weis’s weekly Tuesday press conference. As noted in an earlier post on UHND, James Aldridge is out for this weekend and Robert…
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Rich Rodriguez Talks Notre Dame
Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez met with the media on Monday to talk about their upcoming matchup against Notre Dame. Here are a few notes. Rodriguez said he…
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Aldridge Out, Hughes In at FB for Notre Dame
James Aldrdige had a promising beginning to his career as fullback on Saturday. Unfortunately for Aldridge, he suffered a fourth quarter shoulder injury that will keep the senior…
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’09 UHND Opponent Poll – Week 1
This week’s poll is a little bit different. We have a couple people contributing to the rankings instead of just me this week. Jimmy from Domewire.com and OC…
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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…
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Lessons Learned – Nevada at Notre Dame
Welcome to another new weekly column we’ll be doing here at UHND – Lesson Learned. Each Monday following a game we’ll take one last look at what we…
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Enemy Report – Week 1
The first week of the college football season brought a few surprises amongst Notre Dame’s opponents. Several opponents looked stronger than most felt they’d be – see Washington…
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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…
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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…
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Frank’s Notre Dame Nevada 2009 Preview
The long off-season wait is almost over. After seven months of posturing and hypothesizing, we will finally get to stop wondering how Notre Dame will look this year…
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IBG – The Season is Here Edition
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, the season is here and so is this year’s Irish Blog Gathering . This week’s host is Domer Law Blog. Here is my take on this week’s…
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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.…
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UHND Opponent Poll – Preseason
The UHND Opponent Poll returns for a second season. Here is our first poll of the season. 2009 UHND Opponent Poll Opponent 2008 Record Next Comments 1. #4…
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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…
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Not So Fast Lou – 3 Games that Scare Me in ’09
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Lou Holtz. I loved him as head coach, I love his books, I love him on ESPN, and I even love…
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Nevada Scouting Report
The long off-season is finally over. Game week for the season opener is upon us. Here is a scouting report of the Nevada Wolf Pack prepared for UHND…
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NFL Irish ’09 Season Preview – Part 1
Unlike college football, the NFL season doesn’t kickoff this weekend. Still, with the NFL season just around the corner, here’s a quick look at the season forecast for…
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Trouble Brewing for Michigan?
Sundays in the off-season are generally pretty quiet in the college football blogosphere, but on the last Sunday before the season kicks off it was buzzing thanks to…
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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…
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Evans Moving Up Notre Dame Depth Chart
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – For the third season in a row, Notre Dame could have a freshman wide receiver make an immediate impact. Last year Michael Floyd…
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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…
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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…
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Tausch a Leg Up on Walker
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Brandon Walker has had a very rocky first couple of years as the Notre Dame place kicker. His career hit another bump in…
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Weis Presser Notes 8/24/09
Charlie Weis met with the media on Monday as the Irish broke training camp and entered into Nevada preparation with the Wolfpack coming into town for the season…
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Don’t Sleep on These Sophs
As I began sifting through all of the freshman media day videos from Friday, I started to think about how each year everyone gets fixated on the freshman,…
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Te’o Unsure of Mission Plans
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – The biggest question freshman linebacker Manit Te’o will facing all year is what his plans are concerning his mission at the end of…
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’09 Freshman Media Day Notes
Notre Dame held its Freshman Media Day on Friday. After watching all of the free video interviews of the players, here are some highlights and notes. Cierre Wood…
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Holtz Predicts Irish-Gators Title
Former head coach Lou Holtz caused a little bit a stir in the blogosphere on Saturday when he predicted a Notre Dame-Florida national championship during an interview on…
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Swarbrick Defends Irish Schedule
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick responded to critics of Notre Dame’s scheduling philosophies in a report released Friday by the Associated Press. Irish fans have been critical…
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5 Things I Don’t Want to See in 2009
At the beginning of the week, I took a look at five things I’d like to see out the Irish in 2009. Today I took a look at…
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Weis Talks Freshmen – Presser Notes 8/20
Weis spent most of his session with the media on Thursday discussing the freshman class. Aside from the obvious choices, it seems like there are plenty of candidates…
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Syracuse Added to ’14-17 Schedules
Syracuse announced three “home” games to be played in the new Giants Stadium for the 2014-2016 seasons with Notre Dame as the opponent in two of the contests.…
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Seantrel Henderson Officially Visiting
The USC weekend has been shaping up to be a big recruiting for a while, and it just got even bigger now that the #1 offensive line recruit…
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5 Things I Want to See in 2009
With the season less than three weeks away, here’s a look at a few things I’d like to see out the Fighting Irish in 2009 that will make…
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2009 Notre Dame Football Captains Named
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Notre Dame named their captains for the upcoming season on Saturday – junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen, senior center Eric Olsen, 5th year senior…
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Open Practice Notes
Notre Dame held it’s only open practice of the 2009 training camp on Saturday. While the UHND crew couldn’t make it out to practice, luckily there is plenty…
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Weis Presser Notes 8/14
Charlie Weis met with the media on Friday and had some interesting things to say about developing the underclassmen, the practice schedule for the next week, how much…
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Duval Kamara Has Knee Scoped
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Junior wide receiver Duval Kamara had an MRI on his knee early this week which showed a little “roughed up” cartilage. While the…
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Darrin Walls Tweaks Hamstring
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis told the media on Tuesday that starting cornerback Darrin Walls tweaked his hamstring in practice, but that…
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Sam Young on Outland Watch List
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Senior offensive tackle Sam Young was named to the Outland Award Watch List on Monday. Young, a former five star recruit, will be…
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Golden Tate on Biletnikoff Award Watch List
(Notre Dame, IN) – Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate was named to the pre-season Biletnikoff Award Watch List along with 36 of the nation’s other top…
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Weis Watching Five As Camp Begins
On Monday Charlie Weis told the media that there were five players he’s been watching closely during this early stage of training camp – James Aldridge, Mike Ragone,…
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Coaches Rank Irish 23rd
Notre Dame will open the 2009 ranked in the USA Today Coaches poll for the first time since 2006. The Pre-Season Coaches Poll, released on Friday ranks the…