Scott Janssen
211 articles
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Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly’s Accountability Doesn’t Add Up
Let’s get one thing straight: Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly is unquestionably the best coach the Fighting Irish have had since legend Lou Holtz roamed the sidelines…
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Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly Faces Tough Questions
Brian, we need to have a sidebar. The kind of sidebar I watched you attempt to have with starting quarterback Everett Golson after a turnover against Northwestern before…
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Where Does Notre Dame Football Go From Here?
Saturday’s 55-31 blowout loss to Arizona State did more than knock Notre Dame completely out of the college football playoff picture and plummet the Fighting Irish seven…
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Notre Dame Heads to Desert for Season-Defining Matchup
College football is known for its unpredictability, a trait that has caused an explosion of popularity for the sport. But no one could have foreseen the strangeness of…
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Notre Dame Football Recruiting on the Rise
Recruiting is the lifeblood of college football and its importance cannot be overstated. Alabama’s dominance on the gridiron over the past several years goes hand-in-hand with its accomplishments…
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Notre Dame Football is Back
After some internal debate, I have decided to take a different approach to Notre Dame’s recent contest against Florida State. Rather than covering the material as a detached…
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Is Notre Dame Ready for an Undefeated, Primetime Showdown?
Trap games are common in college football. It’s easy to understand why a football team like Notre Dame would struggle to get “up” for its contest against North…
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Notre Dame Remains Undefeated During Weekend of Upsets
It was sloppy, ugly, and difficult to watch. Notre Dame’s sputtering offensive performance against rival Stanford created a frustrating and stressful 60 minutes. Fighting Irish quarterback Everett Golson…
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Notre Dame’s Victory over Syracuse Drops Irish in AP Poll as Stanford Looms
It’s amazing how quickly perceptions can change in the world of college football, and September has all but confirmed its fluidity for the Fighting Irish. Tabbed during the…
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Notre Dame’s Wide Receiver Corps Grabbing Respect
Notre Dame’s undefeated September campaign has created a throng of storylines. Everett Golson – the Fighting Irish’s modern version of the Prodigal Son – has returned from academic…
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2014 Notre Dame Schedule Breakout – Part III
In Part II of Notre Dame’s 2014 season prediction, the Fighting Irish exited the month of September with a 3-1 record on their way to two more losses…
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2014 Notre Dame Schedule Breakout – Part II
In Part I of Notre Dame’s 2014 season prediction, the Fighting Irish’s opponents from August and September were examined and a 3-1 record was forecasted after a close…
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2014 Notre Dame Schedule Breakout – Part I
For many Notre Dame fans mid-August is an exciting time, as months of anticipation for football season reaches its tipping point as the first game’s kickoff nears. The…
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Corey Robinson – ’14 Breakout Candidates
UHND continues its series outlining breakout candidates for 2014 as Notre Dame begins its fall practice regimen at Culver Military Academy in Culver, IN. This particular session will…
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Greg Bryant – ’14 Breakout Candidate
UHND has been highlighting Notre Dame football players on the verge of breakout seasons for 2014. To date, UHND has profiled tight end Durham Smythe, wide receiver Will…
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Durham Smythe – ’14 Breakout Candidates
Over the past several weeks UHND.com has presented a series detailing which Notre Dame players have ventured onto the “Now or Never” precipice. In a separate series, UHND…
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Now or Never ’14: Ben Koyack
Our series of Now or Never players for Notre Dame in 2014 charges forward today by staying on the offensive side of the ball where he look at…
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Notre Dame Linebacker Recruiting Reset
Any Notre Dame fan that logged on to ESPN.com to watch Cincinnati linebacker recruit Justin Hilliard announce his college destination last week with the hope an Irish upset…
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Notre Dame’s Quarterback Future at Crossroads after Barnett Decommit
The quarterback position has been tenuous at best in South Bend since head coach Brian Kelly’s arrival over four years ago. Three days before being announced as Notre…
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How Successful was the Irish Invasion?
Notre Dame’s first Irish Invasion camp is in the books, and after one of the biggest recruiting weekends in many years for the Fighting Irish football program, fans…
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Notre Dame’s Recruiting Picks up Steam before Irish Invasion
What a difference a week makes. On June 4th Notre Dame received a significant setback to its recruiting class for 2015 when Blake Barnett, a Rivals 4-star quarterback…
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Unpredictability Becoming the Norm in Notre Dame Recruiting
If you follow college football recruiting, you know the rules are as follows: Outside of a cap on the number of official visits a recruit can take that…
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Notre Dame to Challenge SEC Power with Football Camp in Atlanta
Notre Dame has spent most of 2014 completely overhauling its image in every way, from removing its grass playing surface to keeping an open mind on adding transfers. …
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The Shenanigans of Notre Dame Football Coverage
After college spring games have wrapped up across the country and football programs head into the summer lull, a strange season of public relations blunders begins. With more…
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Notre Dame Open to Adding Transfers
Should there ever be a question as to what impact Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has had on the football program, 2014 would be the year to…
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Notre Dame Recruiting’s Irish Invasion
Arguably one of the largest challenges a head coach may face at the University of Notre Dame is to keep pace with the speed of recruiting at an…
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What We Learned from the 2014 NFL Draft
The NFL draft serves as the ultimate fact checker to months of pundit conjecture, floated rumors and disinformation campaigns. Would the Houston Texans select South Carolina standout Jadevon…
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Will Notre Dame’s New Assistants Have Recruiting Impact?
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has a method for success, and one that has carried him from the small town of Allendale, MI to overseeing one of…
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NFL Draft a Turning Point for Notre Dame Football
With Notre Dame’s spring practice schedule in the books, and with summer’s football malaise approaching, the focus of all Fighting Irish fans should be on an event that…
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Is Notre Dame Mired in Quarterback Controversy?
Football fans never need additional incentive to monitor the progress of the quarterback position, particularly when it involves a tale as interesting as the one currently unfolding at…
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2014 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game – Positions to Watch
Notre Dame’s 85th annual Blue-Gold spring game will kick off this Saturday at 12:30 PM EST and will provide Fighting Irish fans one final fix of pigskin action…
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Greg Bryant Shows the Virtue of Patience
When Brian Kelly was announced as the next head coach of the University of Notre Dame, one of the key areas stressed was the importance of player development,…
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Should Notre Dame Support Early Signing Period?
If there is anything that causes college football fans, and in certain cases, coaches, to lose any semblance of rationality, it’s recruiting. College prospects can begin their recruitment…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Celebrity Star Power
There are many adjectives that could be used to describe the University of Notre Dame. Leadership. Excellence. Community. All are worthy descriptors. Despite the high achievements of the…
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Notre Dame’s Linebacker Unit on the Brink of Elite Status
Notre Dame possessing an elite linebacker corps? The notion may seem laughable when examining last year’s depth chart and the lack of carryover into 2014.
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Notre Dame’s Southern Push Continues
It can’t be ignored. For all the talk and praise of the Southeastern Conference’s dominance in football after capturing seven consecutive BCS national championships and barely falling short…
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Notre Dame Planted in Turf War
Mid-February has historically been a dead period for Notre Dame football. With the previous season and national signing day in the rearview mirror, and spring practice still several…
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Notre Dame’s Slot Position Soon to Hit Jackpot
One of the more frustrating aspects of Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly’s tenure in South Bend is the lack of offensive production. Notre Dame fans were awed…
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Potential National Signing Day Surprises for Notre Dame
National signing day is the collegiate version of the NFL draft, where a full year of hard work comes to a final, dramatic close. And the wild recruiting…
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Notre Dame Recruits Who Saw Their Stock Rise
National Signing Day is less than a week away, and with recruits making last-minute pledges or undergoing changes of heart, fans are left with the annual question: do…
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Notre Dame Recruiting New Defensive Recruit Roundup
This is the time of year where chaos reigns in college football. Now that all bowl games have come to a close and all awards have been given,…
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Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick’s Vision Comes to Fruition
When Auburn halfback Tre Mason was wrestled down at the Tigers’ 37-yard line, the clock came to a close and the Florida State Seminoles rushed to the field…
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Golden Opportunities Await Everett Golson’s Return
When starting Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson was dismissed from the team for the entire 2013 football season due to poor academic judgment, his future became as ungraspable…
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Quarterback Andrew Hendrix Embodies Notre Dame Spirit
The culmination of Notre Dame’s 2013 football season offers a veritable smorgasbord of storylines: Notre Dame once again overtook Michigan as the all-time winning percentage leader – a…
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Defending Notre Dame’s #PotofGold
The accusation of media bias is one that gets plenty of rotation in Notre Dame fan circles. When former Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood lost his 5th…
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The Best Way to Bowl Watch
College bowl season is the best time of year. It serves as the last hurrah for football fanatics desperate to get one last fix before seven-to-eight months of…
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Conference Championship Games Highlight Notre Dame’s Season
Conference championship weekend for Notre Dame fans is pretty straightforward: wake up early, surround yourself with the necessary beverages and easily graspable food items, pick a comfortable chair…
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Bright Days Ahead for Notre Dame Football
There are no moral victories in football. The sport is a zero-sum game with a clearly defined winner and loser. The Michigan Wolverines won’t receive an asterisk by…
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Another Quarterback Battle Looms for Notre Dame
Notre Dame starting quarterback Tommy Rees admitted to becoming slightly emotional as the crowd at Notre Dame Stadium began to chant his name after taking a knee to…
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How Michigan State is Changing the College Football Landscape
Michigan offensive tackle and projected first-round NFL draft choice Taylor Lewan stood on the sidelines in Spartan Stadium and watched as “little brother”, a nickname former Michigan running…