Greg Flammang
407 articles
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6 Things I Liked From The 2018 Notre Dame Spring Game
We’re going to be national champions! Ok, I didn’t like the scrimmage that much, but as far as spring games go, it was an enjoyable experience. There were…
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Questions Linger For Notre Dame Offensive & Defensive Lines
The good news for the 2018 Fighting Irish is their best units are along the lines. The offensive line has long been a strength for Brian Kelly’s Notre…
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Notre Dame Is Building Something At Receiver
The Notre Dame football team was not very good through the air in 2017. A lot of that had to do with the inconsistent play of the quarterbacks,…
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6 Early Standouts from Notre Dame Spring Football ’18
We already took a look at the story lines from the first week of Notre Dame’s 2018 Spring practice. Now we’ll take a look at some early potential…
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Notre Dame Spring Football Week 1: QBs, Captains, and A New O-Line
Notre Dame held their first two practices of the spring last week before taking a week off for spring break. Only one of those practices was open to…
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Notre Dame Redshirts Back To Being Relevant As Spring Ball Kicks Off
The thing about being a redshirt is once that decision is made, they pretty much cease being members of the program, for all intents and purposes, for as…
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4 Controversial Notre Dame Football Pre-Spring Thoughts
Signing day is over, the class of 2018 is officially complete, and next month spring football begins in earnest. Naturally, there is a lot to discuss, most notably…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Finish Mirrored Up & Down 2017 Season
If you stop and think about it, the 2018 recruiting cycle played out a lot like the 2017 football season. A very strong start with some definite highlights…
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Notre Dame Football Signing Day 2018: The Sleepers
Every year I like to pick a handful of my favorite players who aren’t as highly touted, but I think have bright futures. This is my third signing…
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Notre Dame Football Signing Day 2018: Instant Impact
Let’s face it, sleepers are fun, but everyone wants to know when we are going to see the new toys in action. New recruits are like draft picks;…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: Final Signing Day Predictions
The Notre Dame recruiting class currently sits at 21 signed players, with room for 4-5 more, and Brian Kelly looks for a good close on Wednesday, the culmination…
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2018 Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Updates & A New Offer
There are eighteen days left in the 2018 recruiting cycle, so a quick look on where Notre Dame stands and where they are going. They are currently ranked…
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Notre Dame Justified In Ending Their Pursuit Of Mike Elko
The man said yes. Upon hearing the news former defensive coordinator Mike Elko was on his way to Texas A&M for the same position, the initial reaction for…
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Notre Dame 2018 Under Armour & Army All American Bowl Preview
The college bowl season has wrapped up, which can only mean it’s time to dive head first into the high school all-star game portion of the offseason. Fortunately,…
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Post-Season Notre Dame Football Stock Report
All’s well that ends well. It wasn’t pretty, but in the end it was effective, as Notre Dame achieved its second 10 win season in the last three,…
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Fixing Brandon Wimbush The Player Key For Notre Dame In The Citrus Bowl
Brandon Wimbush and his passing ability is the hot topic for coaches and players heading into the Citrus Bowl on New Years Day. Everyone wants to know how…
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Notre Dame Film Room: Braden Lenzy Senior Film
It has been quite the roller coaster ride for Lenzy and the Notre Dame staff. First, he was all in, then he was all out (while taking some…
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Notre Dame Film Room: Micah Jones Senior Film
Yesterday we took a look at future Notre Dame wide receiver Kevin Austin’s senior film as we dive into the senior films of all three of Notre Dame’s…
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Notre Dame Film Room: Kevin Austin Senior Film
There is a little more than a month remaining in the 2018 recruiting cycle, with Notre Dame left with four spots to fill. They hope to have a…
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Position By Position Break Down Of The Notre Dame Early Signing Class
Notre Dame officially welcomed 20 players to the 2018 recruiting class today. They currently sit at #7 in the 247 class rankings with a couple players left to…
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Skill Positions, Early Enrollees Highlight Early Signing Day For Notre Dame
The first year of the early signing period for college football has gone off without a hitch for Brian Kelly and his coaching staff. Notre Dame entered the…
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Notre Dame Football 2017 Post-Season Awards
Tonight is the annual Notre Dame Football banquet, otherwise known as the Echoes Awards Show. It’s the post-season banquet, people get dressed up, there is something of a…
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Notre Dame Recruiting ’18: Big Developments At Cornerback
The 2017 regular season has ended, which means 2018 recruiting moves to the forefront for the Notre Dame football program. On Wednesday night, the Irish coaches caught a…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Irish End Season Falling
The more things change, the more they stay the same. After 12 months of introspection, change, yoga, and new beginnings, Notre Dame and Brian Kelly are right back…
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Giving Thanks To The 2017 Notre Dame Football Season
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, as I was sitting at the in-laws waiting to partake in the feast to come, thinking about the 2017 football season. On Saturday, Notre…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: ’17 Week 11
That was a close one. Notre Dame didn’t just hang on to a tight victory against Navy to bring their season record to 9-2. They also held on…
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Can Notre Dame Avoid A November Collapse?
Back in the preseason, a smart guy with the initials of GF predicted Notre Dame would enter the week 10 tilt against Miami with an 8-1 record. I also…
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Notre Dame Football ’17 Stock Report: Week 10
The 2017 Notre Dame football team is just full of surprises aren’t they? Three weeks apart Notre Dame scored a crushing victory over their storied rival USC, then…
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Claypool And Stepherson Take The Notre Dame Offense To Another Level
Following Notre Dame’s 49-14 destruction of then (and current) ranked #11 USC, Colin Cowherd decided to say something he thought was smart, but in fact was not. I’m…
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Notre Dame Football ’17 Stock Report: Week 9
First, it was nerve racking. Then it was a romp. Finally, it was (somewhat) a disappointment. Notre Dame found the let down (defensively anyway) everyone has been talking…
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Recruiting Picking Up For #3 Notre Dame
All of Notre Dame nation has loved what they’ve seen from the Irish so far this season. They are winning games, they run the ball, they stop the…
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Notre Dame Football ’17 Stock Report: Week 8
I believe we have finally reached the point where we can alter our expectations. Following the big win against USC, I didn’t want to get too ahead of…
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Eye In The Sky: Chip Long Delivers A Masterpiece Against USC
New defensive coordinator Mike Elko is the current belle of the ball amongst most Fighting Irish faithful. It makes sense, he replaced the guy everybody loathed in Brian…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: ’17 Week 7
At this exact point last season, following week 7, I wrote in this colum Notre Dame should sell on Brian Kelly. It’s true, there is proof. Amongst many…
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Notre Dame Football Finds Itself by Thrashing USC
Oh there you are, Notre Dame. It’s been a long 22 years since the Fighting Irish offered a performance similar to what took place in South Bend last…
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Notre Dame-USC: An Even Matchup Provides Something For Everyone
When you’re a fan of Notre Dame football, or just sports in general, for long enough, you learn about the different fan types. (When I say fan, I…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Post Bye Week
Now Notre Dame gets down to the serious business in 2017. Gone are the cupcakes, in are the…meat and potatoes? (I’m not sure what the inverse of a…
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How Notre Dame Football Goes From Good To Great In 2017
There are a lot of good feelings around the Notre Dame football program right now after a 5-1 start and a look of dominance the last four weeks.…
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Is The Notre Dame Front Four The Best Unit On The Defense?
Because I’m very smart and know lots of things, I ranked the Notre Dame defensive line the second worst unit on the team prior to the season. This…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 6
It’s ok to feel good about being 5-1 everyone. One of the things that’s been reinforced to me this year, in sports and in life, is multiple things…
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Eye In The Sky: To Turn Or Not To Turn For The Notre Dame Corners
Notre Dame has struggled this season, across starting cornerbacks Nick Watkins and Julian Love, in jump ball situations. They hurt them against Georgia for a few big plays,…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 5
I’ve never been more confused. Notre Dame is so good at running the ball, and so bad at throwing the ball. I guess this is what it was…
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Notre Dame Football: Be Wary Of Incompetency Bias
I first heard the term “incompetency bias” from GOP political strategist Tim Miller, referring to our current political climate, and I thought it applied very well to the…
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Eye In The Sky: The Notre Dame Secondary Is Coming Of Age
If you’ve ever played football you might have heard the phrase “the eye in the sky don’t lie.” Usually it came up when there was a screw up…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 4
I noted following the week 2 loss to Georgia, there were lots of ways to lose games. We haven’t seen it much lately, but the same is true…
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What Is Wrong With The Notre Dame Passing Attack?
A disclaimer right off the top: I’m not some kind of quarterback guru. Never played it, never coached it, and I’ve got a terrible arm. So this piece…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 3
It was “a win is a win” week for the Fighting Irish football team. It was the type of game that provides the best and worst in message…
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Notre Dame Hits The Road, Hopefully With The Running Game On Board
As Notre Dame starts the first of two straight true road games, the numbers five and 11 have popped up quite a bit this week. As in five…
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Has a Personnel Problem
Football is a hard game. I played in high school and in junior college. I know what its like to lose or win a game for no good…
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Notre Dame Football Stock Report: Week 2
Notre Dame-Georgia brought the first “talking to” game of the year and also Notre Dame’s first loss. The game was tense, things got a little heated in the…