Duranko
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Breaking Down Notre Dame’s 2016 Football Schedule
Duranko is back with a breakdown of Notre Dame's 2016 football schedule. Here is a full ranking, in reverse order of difficulty, of Notre Dame's 12 opponents standing…
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Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl History
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA……… The bowl season was ruled by four bowls: Cotton Bowl Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl Orange Bowl Sure there were other bowls, but…
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Notre Dame Ohio State Football History
Ohio State and Notre Dame are two of the most storied programs in college football history, but the two have played a mere six times, including bowl game.…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did we See in Palo Alto?
A late Stanford rally, initiated with 30 seconds to go, was capped off by Conrad Ukropina’s 45 yard field goal, earning Stanford a 38-36 win over the crestfallen…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See in Fenway?
Notre Dame’s beat Boston College 19-16 to move to 10-1, before heading to Palo Alto for the titanic season finale against Stanford. The green-clad Irish offense punched holes…
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Notre Dame – Boston College Rivalry: The Holy War
Though natural rivals as the two most prominent Catholic colleges playing Big Time Football, it took quite a while for the Boston College-Notre Dame series to take root.…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Wake Forest?
A somnambulant, diffident Notre Dame team did just enough to beat young, eager Wake Forest 28-7, to move to 9-1. The win completed the second unbeaten home slate…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Pitt?
Notre Dame, with the usual and perplexing ebbs and flows, moved to 8-1 with a 42-30 win over the Pitt Panthers. The Irish start was as easy as…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Temple?
Notre Dame fashioned another thrilling fourth quarter rally to defeat pesky, resilient, tenacious Temple 24-20. Temple played up to Notre Dame’s level rather than Notre Dame playing down…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against USC?
Somewhere, Rock and Howard Jones smiled. This is what an epic, rivalry game look like. Legacy fulfilled. Offense, Defense, Special Teams, thrills, agony, expected stars and surprise heroes.…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Navy?
After the second consecutive slow start, Notre Dame exercised functional control over Navy and completed discharge of its moral imperative, defeating Navy 41-24. The win over Notre Dame’s…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See vs. Clemson
For Clemson it was a Perfect Storm. It had been 38 years since a Notre Dame football team last visited Clemson, 17 days since the Tigers took the…
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against UMass?
Leveraging a dominating offensive line with a bewildering array of skilled players Notre Dame disposed of a pesky band of Minutemen, 62-27. Notre Dame moved to 4-0 with…
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Duranko’s Digest: What did we see against Georgia Tech?
Deshone Kizer was big enough for the moment.
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Virginia?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
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Duranko’s Digest: What Did We See Against Texas?
We saw ruthless, brutal physical domination. After establishing that, Brian Kelly’s 2015 Fighting Irish used a remarkable array of skilled players and a stunning performance by Malik Zaire…
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Notre Dame – Texas Football Rivalry History
When old friend Charley Strong leads his Longhorns onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium, it will be the 11th time Texas and Notre Dame have played. The…
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2015 Notre Dame Football Pre-Season Defensive Unit Rankings
This rating is easier to make than the offensive ratings, as the unit overflows with both veterans and experienced backups. Except for Jerry Tillery, frosh will play small…
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2015 Notre Dame Football Pre-Season Offensive Unit Rankings
Note: While this evaluation is for the 2015 season, previous performance, or lack of it, or incomplete data, is a significant factor. Ratings may change SIGNIFICANTLY after the…
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Notre Dame – Purdue Football Rivalry History
Notre Dame first played instate rival Purdue in 1896, and played the Boilermakers annually from 1946 to the Shamrock Series game in Indianapolis in 2014.
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By The Numbers – Offense, Defense, Special Teams
College football’s sole constant is change. Single wing, the rise and fall of the ND Box formation, Oklahoma defense, wishbone, veer, two way players.
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Notre Dame – Michigan Football Rivalry History
The Notre Dame-Michigan series has been historic, strange, dramatic, oft-disrupted and filled with dysfunctionality.
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Defenders with Attitude
In civilian life, a “chip on the shoulder” is often a precursor for conflict.
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Brian Kelly’s Bold, Audacious Moves
The ugly dust cloud from Alabama’s red elephants had barely settled when Brian Kelly started plotting some big changes to return the Irish to the National Championship quest,…
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Notre Dame’s Mature, Veteran Defense
2014, defensively, was Notre Dame’s Year of Living Dangerously.