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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Can Brandon Wimbush Help Notre Dame Solve Their Linebacker Concerns?
Last year Notre Dame was in a tough spot on offense. They knew they weren’t going to have their top running back in the opener, they had just…
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Could Offensive Continuity Make The Difference For Notre Dame In 2019?
There is a tendency to assume following a 12-1 season that everything went right. You need injury breaks, breaks in games, just good luck in general. At least…
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What’s Going On At Corner For Notre Dame?
When it comes to the cornerback position for Notre Dame in 2019, there is one thing we know: Troy Pride is going to start at one of the…
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Claypool, Armstrong, and Kmet: Who Will Break Out For Notre Dame In 2019?
Notre Dame lost their top running back, wide receiver, and tight end following the 2018 12-1 season. Those three players accounted for 2,360 all-purpose yards, 111 receptions, and…
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How Good Are Notre Dame’s Best: The Offensive And Defensive Lines
A long held belief of mine over the years is you’re only as good as your best guys. The margins matter, of course, and if left unattended they…
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Notre Dame Commits Johnson, Mayer, and Tyree Are Living Up To The Hype This Summer
The last time Notre Dame signed a top 100 running back, receiver, and tight end in the same class was in 2008. That was the year #15 Michael…
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2020 Notre Dame Receiver Recruit Xavier Watts Is No One’s Consolation Prize
Notre Dame’s recruiting class took a bit of a hit last week. First, top 100 receiver and Notre Dame target Jalen McMillan committed to the University of Washington,…
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Notre Dame’s Defensive Back Board Starting To Take Form Ahead Of Huge Visit Weekend
If you’re a close follower of year round recruiting, how many times have you asked yourself “what’s going on with Notre Dame at defensive back?” For me, it’s…
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Will Shaun Crawford Be Healthy Enough To Solidify Notre Dame’s Defense In 2019?
Over the last few seasons, there is one thing that has been consistent throughout that time: if Shaun Crawford is available, Notre Dame can field an excellent nickel…
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Where Does Brian Kelly Have Notre Dame Football Headed?
“We’re not where we want to be, but thank goodness we aren’t where we used to be.” This is a quote former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz has…
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Where Does Notre Dame Football Recruiting Go Post-Chris Tyree?
Notre Dame received their biggest commitment in the 2020 recruiting cycle, and perhaps the last five years, from #1 all-purpose back Chris Tyree last Thursday. It was the…
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Top 30 Running Back Chris Tyree Commits to Notre Dame!
Brian Kelly and Notre Dame received a huge boost to their 2020 recruiting class today when 29th overall ranked Chris Tyree committed to the Irish over Alabama and…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Elite Running Back Chris Tyree Sets Commitment Date For May 23rd
If you’ve followed this space over the last couple of months, you know all about Chris Tyree and Notre Dame’s pursuit of him. The #29 overall player in…
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Mid-May Notre Dame Football Recruiting Round Up
Spring ball is over, the summer doldrums are on the way, but there is no rest for the weary on the recruiting front. There has been a flurry…
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Notre Dame’s Julian Okwara And Khalid Kareem Among Winners Of The NFL Draft
Can you win the draft by not being in the draft? If you can, then the winners were Notre Dame’s star defensive ends who spurned their NFL futures…
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Close To The 2017 Recruiting Cycle Paying Huge Dividends For Notre Dame In 2019
The 2016 season was an abject disaster for the Notre Dame football team. The 4-8 record. The loss to Duke at home, the hurricane game, the USC debacle.…
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Notre Dame Football: 2 Main Takeaways Following The Spring Game
Football in the spring is such a tease. It ends in January and is mostly gone for two months, only to return in March for five glorious weeks,…
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Chase Claypool Poised To Be A Star For Notre Dame In 2019
We’ve been here before with Chase Claypool. At least I have. A little over two years ago, I declared the upcoming year to be the season of Claypool.…
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Notre Dame Football Spring Game 2019 Observations
A tradition unlike any other, the annual Notre Dame spring game is kicking off–without an actual kickoff–today and will culminate the 15 spring practices for 2019 Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Receives Their First Official Visits Of The 2020 Cycle
With the turn of the calendar to April, that means recruiting is now open for business as far as official visits go. They’ve been hot on the trail…
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Defensive Learnings from 11 Notre Dame Football Spring Practices
Of the two units on the Notre Dame football team, the one with the most questions resides with the defense. The offense had been largely intact entering spring…
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Notre Dame’s 2018 Recruiting Class Surging In Spring Ball
One of the smaller surprises of the 2018 season, of which there were many, was how small a factor the 2018 recruiting class ultimately played in its success.…
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5 Reasons Notre Dame Will Field A Top 10 Offense In 2019
The last time Notre Dame finished in the top 10 offensively according to S&P+ was in 2015. That team used an efficient and mobile quarterback, a strong offensive…
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Notre Dame Freshman Lawrence Keys Excelling Under The Radar
Notre Dame signed four wide receivers in the 2018 recruiting class: Kevin Austin, Braden Lenzy, Micah Jones, and Lawrence Keys. The most high profile of the quartet was…
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What We’ve Learned After 6 Practices About the Notre Dame Defense
Notre Dame fans have received many blessings the last two football seasons, the latest being the amount of full coverage allotted to the media for spring practice. Normally…
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5 Evolving Storylines on Offense for Notre Dame this Spring
Notre Dame fans have received many blessings the last two football seasons, the latest being the amount of full coverage allotted to the media for spring practice. Normally…
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Will Notre Dame Go Over Or Under Their Projected 9.5 Win Total?
It is early March, Notre Dame has had three spring practices, so it’s time for some 2019 predictions! At least it is according to BetOnline in Las Vegas,…
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2020 Notre Dame Recruiting: Breaking Down Quarterback Commit Drew Pyne
The first commitment of the 2020 recruiting class came almost a year ago, from then sophomore quarterback Drew Pyne, out of New Canaan, Connecticut. That commitment has fallen…
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Matt Balis Is Taking The Notre Dame Football Strength Program Viral
When was the last time the Notre Dame football program destroyed the combine? Not just had a guy do well in a particular drill, a la Will Fuller…
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2020 Notre Dame Recruiting’s Fantastic Four: Jalen McMillan
This is the third installment of a continuing series looking at the top targets of the 2020 Notre Dame recruiting class. We have already featured running back Chris…
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Should Notre Dame’s Ian Book Throw More Picks?
In the spring, folks. Should he throw more picks in the spring? It appears that he’s thinking about it. Following Notre Dame’s opening practice of spring ball, Book…
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The Two Most Intriguing Position Moves To Watch As Notre Dame Opens Spring Ball
At his introductory press conference opening spring practice on Friday, Brian Kelly made a number of announcements. He spoke on injuries, position moves, roster fluctuations, who would be…
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2020 Notre Dame Recruiting’s Fantastic Four: Jordan Johnson
We’ve already started discussing that the 2020 class will largely be made by what happens with four, top 75 offensive skill position recruits: running back Chris Tyree, receivers…
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2020 Notre Dame Recruiting’s Fantastic Four: Chris Tyree
The 2020 Notre Dame recruiting class is already off to a flying start. They’ve secured five commitments, three of which come in the 247 composite 150, and the…
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Fearless Predictions for Notre Dame’s 2019 Recruiting Class
The 2019 recruiting cycle is finally in the books. The two months after the early signing period make the process seem to drag on forever, especially true this…
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Notre Dame Football’s Last Two Recruiting Cycles By The Numbers
This week, we wrote about Notre Dame’s 2018-2019 recruiting classes, breaking down each position group, composite ratings and top 200 players. The key takeaways are the offensive line…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame Football’s Two Year Recruiting Haul: Defense
Recruiting classes are very often analyzed and gauged in two year increments. No class is targeted in a vacuum; the current seasons recruiting class is often influenced by…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame Football’s Two Year Recruiting Haul: Offense
Recruiting classes are very often analyzed and gauged in two year increments. No class is targeted in a vacuum; the current seasons recruiting class is often influenced by…
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For Notre Dame Football, Closing The Gap Not As Hard As Some Think
There has been a lot of talk about the ceiling of the Notre Dame football team since the Cotton Bowl loss to national champion Clemson. “The Irish have…
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Rocket Ismail Didn’t Need the Hall of Fame to be Legendary
Raghib “The Rocket” Ismail did not need the College Football Hall of Fame to induct him into the hall to be a Hall of Famer. Heck, most people…
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Will Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton Earn A 5th Star At The All-American Bowl?
If you’ve followed Irish recruiting over the course of the 2019 cycle, the Kyle Hamilton journey has been quite interesting as far as rankings go. When he committed…
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Don’t Look Now But Notre Dame Needs Another Quarterback Competition This Spring
The headline will be more alarming than it should be, but it is nonetheless true. Generally, people hate quarterback competitions; they are awkward, can divide the team (as…
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Brian Kelly Can’t Solve The Notre Dame Post-Season Riddle
Disappointment. That’s what it is more than anything else. Notre Dame entered the Cotton Bowl as 13 point underdogs, so going in the idea of losing isn’t exactly farfetched.…
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Notre Dame Coordinators Lea And Long Ready To Seize Their Playoff Moment
The favorite sports pundit thing to do when talking about Notre Dame on the big stage is to the reference the 2013 Orange Bowl against Alabama. It’s the…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: True Success Of The 2019 Class Will Be Felt In 2020
If I had to pick one word to describe the 2019 recruiting effort it would be: professional. It was known from the very beginning the class would be…
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Hamilton And Ajavon Cap An Incredible Two Year Haul At Safety For Notre Dame
Once a liability in recruiting, the safety position has exploded for the Irish in the last two cycles, giving the Irish three players in the top 110, four…
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Don’t Sleep On Notre Dame’s 2019 Quarterback Brendon Clark
The Fighting Irish started the season with a four star, top 50 player at the quarterback position and are ending the season with a three star, top 600…
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10 Early Enrollees Highlight Notre Dame Football’s 2019 Class
One of the biggest predictors for early playing time as a freshman is whether or not that player enrolls early. Getting into the weight room, participating in spring…
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2018 Notre Dame Football Awards Extravaganza!
Awards season is here! Players are being named to All-American teams, Brian Kelly is winning Coach of the Year awards, that means it is time for the definitive…
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Revisiting Our Notre Dame Football Pre-Season Predictions
Every year I throw out some over/under predictions on the upcoming season and revisit them at the end of the year. Last year I hit on 39% of…