Greg Flammang
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Greg Flammang
A native of Southern California, Greg fell in love with Notre Dame as a kid watching The Rocket rip teams apart. He was a self-described mediocre junior college safety, phenomenal co-ed flag football player. Greg started writing for UHND in 2015 for fun and has since had 200+ articles published on Notre Dame football & recruiting. Greg also runs the Untitled Notre Dame/USC football podcast via tiltingground.com which covers both the Fighting Irish & Trojan programs - you can subscribe to on iTunes. Greg is married with three kids and he last slept in during the summer of 2014. He thanks everyone for stopping by for reading. We’re all just trying to have fun and will Notre Dame to another national championship. Go Irish!
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Notre Dame Football Is Finally Who We Thought They Were
Watching Notre Dame play the last couple of games feels like the kid in the movie Hook, who, through close inspection, finally recognizes Peter Pan. “Oh, there you…
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For Notre Dame Against Navy, Keeping The Ball Is Everything
A buddy of mine sent me an email the other day, asking how worried I was for this weekends matchup. To answer that, I consulted my Navy handbook…
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Let’s Talk (Again) About Play Calling For Notre Dame Football
There was a lot of discussion last week about the job offensive coordinator Chip Long was doing as a play-caller. I wrote a whole thing about it, although…
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Ian Book And Chris Finke Finding Their Games For Notre Dame
Is it a case of better late than never? The last couple of games for Notre Dame have offered glimpses into what Irish fans thought they’d see from…
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Let’s Talk About Notre Dame Football’s Play Calling
Notre Dame’s offense has struggled this season, and it has done so with a senior returning quarterback who, in the view of many, has regressed. Naturally, this has…
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Standards vs. Results – Winning Should Be Enough for Notre Dame Football
Notre Dame won a football game on Saturday, which is a good thing. A lot of people are upset about this good thing that happened because winning and…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: What Do We Have That’s Good?
When thinking about how to write this column following the Michigan disaster, the image that kept popping in my head was Gene Kranz in the movie Apollo 13.…
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Doing The Right Thing Sticking By His Quarterback
Brian Kelly announced yesterday he is sticking by his starting quarterback, Ian Book. It’s unfortunate that it seems this is a yearly thing with the quarterbacks at Notre…
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Notre Dame Needed Its Captains to Step Up in 2019 and They Haven’t
So far there has been a lot of talk about identity and standards following the 45-14 debacle against Michigan. I suppose there is a place for that following…
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Fully Integrated Jafar Armstrong Drastically Changes Notre Dame Offense
It was just a glimpse, but it was very telling. Notre Dame opened their season against Louisville with the glorious two back offense Chip Long has been wanting…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish OL Trending Up Entering Michigan Game
A buddy of mine asked me why it is I seem to hate Michigan, but not USC. I live in Southern California after all, I have a lot…
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Brian Kelly is Building a Notre Dame Football Monster with 2020-21 Recruiting Classes
On the field, Brian Kelly 2.0 has been an objective success. They are 27-5 in the last 32 games with losses to Georgia twice, Miami, Stanford, and eventual…
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Notre Dame Football: When Is It Ok To Root For Michigan?
For the third consecutive year, Notre Dame heads toward November in the playoff conversation. That’s an enjoyable and exciting thing. What is not fun and exciting is the…
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Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton Isn’t As Good As You Think. He’s Better.
The legend of Kyle Hamilton started to build before he arrived on campus. When he committed, he was the lowest-ranked player in the 2019 class, but even then,…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Defensive Efforts Against USC
Just like with Chip Long and the offense, people aren’t sure what to make of the game plan employed by defensive coordinator Clark Lea. Obviously, fans loved what…
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Mixed Grades for Notre Dame Offense from USC Performance
Offensive coordinator Chip Long must be quite confused when it comes to the happiness of the Notre Dame fan base. You’d think in a game where the Irish…
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Notre Dame Is Set To Finally Answer Questions Against USC
We are approaching the sixth game of the 2019 Notre Dame football season, and we still don’t know what we’ve got. We know they are 4-1. We know…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish Trending Up With SC Coming to Town
When looking at a season and how it is going to turn out, I like to think of it in terms of a season for a sprinter. There…
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Notre Dame Football Film Review: Ian Book Takes Big Steps Against Bowling Green
Last week I wrote a piece detailing the missed opportunities in the Notre Dame passing game. The premise of the piece was the issues with Ian Book were…
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Notre Dame Passes Bowling Green Test with Flying Colors
I usually give out grades position by position following every game, but this week let’s not pretend it’s anything other than A’s all around. Notre Dame outgained their…
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Notre Dame Football: Revisiting the Pain of the Brian VanGorder Experience
You know how when you want closure from something traumatic, and the final step in moving on is reliving and laughing about it? Well, this is what I…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Jones, Linebackers Trending Up
To show how influential this column is, last week the Notre Dame run game was listed on the trending down track. Then they rushed for four touchdowns and…
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How Notre Dame Can Get More Explosiveness Out Of The Passing Game
During his weekly Monday press conference, head coach Brian Kelly was asked about the progress of quarterback Ian Book. Kelly talked about Book having made improvements in some…
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Grading The Notre Dame Defense Against Virginia: Hint, They Passed!
Clark Lea came into this game feeling like Notre Dame could handle the Virginia passing game playing man coverage. This was not the correct feeling. It had less…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Uneven Offensive Performance Vs. Virginia
As will become the norm in this space from now on, I’ll start by talking about the performance of the coordinator. Much like the offense as a whole,…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: A Young CB Rising, Run Game Falling
I have been thinking all week how weird it was that it’s week four and I don’t know how good Notre Dame is at football. I know how…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading The Irish Defense Vs. Georgia
Remember the offseason of 2018 when the news dropped that Mike Elko was leaving for Texas A&M? The panic that ensued? The general feeling was the best part…
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Notre Dame Football: Grading the Irish Offense Vs. Georgia
Before we get into the individual units here, a word on the game plan offensive coordinator Chip Long put together seems appropriate. Long came into this game with…
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Notre Dame Earns More Respect, Loses Another Big One
So close, yet so far away. I, for one, did not predict that Notre Dame would have the ball at the Georgia 38 with a first down and…
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Notre Dame Stock Report: Bramblett, McKinley Rising; Run Game Falling
First, the good news. Notre Dame has had some surprise contributions so far this year that paired with strong play from the veterans can make for an excellent…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame’s Early Season Short Yardage Futility
Through two games, on 3rd down runs between 1-3 yards, Notre Dame has eight carries for -3 yards, with a long of one, and zero first downs. 8…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Defensive Performance Against New Mexico
Earlier today I graded the offense, rather harshly, and now will be the defense, plus I’m going in on the Sky Cam. Judging how the defense played against…
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Grading Notre Dame’s Offensive Performance Against New Mexico
So to be clear, 59 offensive points is excellent. I’m not just going to ignore the offense scoring eight touchdowns in a football game, against whoever. It doesn’t…
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Can Notre Dame Answer Questions Against New Mexico?
Can we take anything away for the game this weekend against New Mexico? I’ve heard that question asked a bunch of times this week, either in podcasts or…
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Notre Dame Football: 2019 Week 2 Stock Report
Normally the Stock Report comes out early in the week after a game, but Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick decided to ruin everything, make the game on…
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Looking At Notre Dame’s Schedule Through Week 2
Notre Dame decided it was a good idea to first torture us with a Monday game on opening weekend, then take the next week off entirely. It has…
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Notre Dame Football: Post Louisville Report Card For The Defense
Unlike the offense, the things that were bad were expected to be bad. However, the things that we thought were really good were only sort of good, which…
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Notre Dame Football: Louisville Post Game Offensive Report Card
As far as first tests go, this one wasn’t the best, but the team passed, so they move on to the next level. That’s the good part about…
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It’s Christmas Eve For Notre Dame Football Ahead Of Season Opener
I saw a tweet yesterday that I thought perfectly captured the moment for Notre Dame football fans. Feels like Christmas but I can’t open my presents until all…
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My 5 Favorite Players On The 2019 Notre Dame Football Team
It’s been said that parents can’t pick between their kids, which is true in a Sophie’s Choice kind of way but isn’t true in an “I secretly really…
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Notre Dame Football: 3 Fearless Predictions On Defense For 2019
If you haven’t yet read the offensive version of this, then do it right now. Not just because all of the things detailed within are 100% going to…
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Report: Notre Dame Wide Receiver Kevin Austin Out For The 2019 Season
Tim Prister of Irish Illustrated is reporting today that sophomore wide receiver Kevin Austin will miss the 2019 season entirely. He is expected to remain enrolled at Notre…
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Notre Dame Football: 4 Fearless Predictions On Offense For 2019
Are you ready for some hot takes? Let’s do some takes. Let’s be honest, we all have our guesses; some are educated, and some are hunches based on…
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2019 Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Post Camp Edition
The 2019 Notre Dame football team has broken fall camp and is now in full preparation for their first opponent. The Irish held their annual media day on…
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What Do Kmet And Young Injuries Mean For The Notre Dame Offense?
Thanks for nothing, shoulder pads. In two tough breaks for the Notre Dame offense, starting tight end Cole Kmet and starting receiver Michael Young are lost for several…
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Immediate Regrets from My Top 25 Notre Dame Players Ballot
Recently the UHND staff put out our preseason top 25 for the Notre Dame football roster. It’s a popular thing in Notre Dame circles, and these things are…
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Hamilton, Okwara, and Vaughn Continue To Star For Notre Dame In Fall Camp
We are five practices in to fall camp 2019 for the Notre Dame football team, and the media has been on hand for two full practices. Not enough…
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Notre Dame Fall Camp 2019: The Kyle Hamilton Hype Train Has Officially Left The Station
If you’ve been following this space over the last year, you know there has been a great deal of excitement regarding freshman safety Kyle Hamilton. First, it came…
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Notre Dame Football 2019 Better Or Worse: The Worse
As was chronicled yesterday, five of Notre Dame’s positional nine units have improved from last season. That’s the good news. The even better news is two of those…
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2019 Notre Dame Football Better Or Worse: The Better
It’s time for the annual Better or Worse series, where I look at the units on the team that has, you guessed it, gotten better or worse from…