5 Things I Liked / Didn’t Like
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5 Things I Liked: Finding Positives Amid the Anguish from Notre Dame’s Loss to Ohio State
Saturday night was one of the most heart-breaking losses in Notre Dame Stadium history for the Fighting Irish. In a mistake-filled contest featuring one of the biggest coaching blunders in…
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5 Things I Liked: Looking Big Picture Following Another Notre Dame Blowout
Anytime you win 56-3, there will be a lot to like, regardless of the opponent. In this case, the opponent was an FCS foe, so I’ll try looking a little…
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5 Things I I Didn’t Like: Nitpicking Notre Dame Blowouts is Fun
There usually isn’t much to dislike in a 39-point blowout victory, but sometimes those are the most fun to nitpick, given how well the game went overall. That is the…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Unleashes Its Freshmen in Dublin Drubbing of Navy
Notre Dame made short work of Navy over the weekend like they should every year but don’t always do. In the process, Notre Dame showcased the talent in its freshman…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame’s Offense Had UNC Defense on Its Heels
There’s always going to be a lot to like in a win like Notre Dame’s 45-32 road victory over North Carolina, and this one was no different. Notre Dame’s offense…
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5 Things Liked: Notre Dame Pass Rush Awakens, and Chris Tyree Gets the Ball in Win Over Cal
Notre Dame won their first game of the season on Saturday, giving head coach Marcus Freeman the first win of his head coaching career. The win was far from a…
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5 Things I Liked: Struggling to Find Positives in An Inexplicable Notre Dame Loss
I hate writing this column after games like this. That’s one of the reasons why it’s so late this week, but I do try to do it after every game,…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Does A lot Right In Loss to Ohio State
No loss is fun to write about, but too many big game losses for Notre Dame over the last 20 years have ended in Notre Dame playing like they didn’t…
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5 Things Liked: Notre Dame’s Youth on Offense Shines in Fiesta Bowl
For 29 minutes on Saturday, it looked like there would be a storybook start to the beginning of the Marcus Freeman Era. Instead, the following 31 minutes turned Freeman’s first…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Ascending While Stanford Craters
Notre Dame finished off their second half of the season surge on Saturday night with a dominating 45-14 beatdown of rival Stanford. The Cardinal never tested the Irish, and the…
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5 Things I Liked: Explosive Plays on a Stress Free Notre Dame Senior Day
Whenever you win 55-0 on Senior Day, there is going to be a whole lot to like. Notre Dame played its most complete game of the season in routing the…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like from Notre Dame – UVA: They Probably Aren’t What You Think
For the first time in a few weeks, the five things I didn’t like column returns. I had hoped to keep up with all my weekly columns while out on…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Finds Pieces Amid More Chaos
Notre Dame’s had a season it would like to forget injury-wise in 2021, yet they just keep winning football games. Over the weekend, the undermanned Irish traveled to Charlottesville amid…
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5 Things I Liked: Marcus Freeman, Captains, Youngsters All Shine In Rout of Navy
Notre Dame improved to 8-1 on the season Saturday with a very stereotypical Navy game. There were moments of pure frustration, the game stayed close for a while, the outcome…
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5 Things I Liked: Dual Threat Jack, Notre Dame Dancing On Tar Heels
Welcome to a very late edition of “5 things I liked” for the North Carolina game. As expected, fatherhood has really thrown off my writing schedule, but these night games…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Redzone Woes and Offensive Limitations Apparent vs. USC
Notre Dame took what Jack Coan was doing well and revamped their offense around those strengths over the bye week. The Irish ditched the deep shots from earlier this season…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Offense Morphs, Responds to Late Trojan Rally
Notre Dame beat arch-rival USC for the fourth straight time over the weekend. Coming out of the bye week, Notre Dame’s changed their offense to be a quick-strike attack with…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Familiar Concerns on Defense Rear Heads for Notre Dame
While there was a lot of good to come out of Notre Dame’s 32-29 victory over Virginia Tech over the weekend, there was also a lot left for the Irish…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Won Another Game it Used to Lose
Notre Dame escaped Blacksburg this weekend with an improbable win over the Hokies. At one point in the 4th quarter, Virginia Tech’s win probability reached 96.1%, but the Irish prevailed…
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5 Things I Liked: Finding Positives from Notre Dame’s Humbling Loss to Cincinnati
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time until one of these columns became tough to write. Notre Dame was living on the edge this year, and on…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Offense Outscored by Defense, Special Teams
Amid the madness that was the fourth quarter of Notre Dame’s blowout win over Wisconsin, the Irish played three relatively frustrating quarters of football in large part to an offense…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Changes Course of the Season in the Blink of an Eye
After entering the fourth quarter trailing, Notre Dame improved to 4-0 on the season yesterday with a resounding win over Wisconsin. One of the more remarkable 15 minutes of recent…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: All or Nothing Offense vs. Purdue
Notre Dame did some good things in their win over Purdue over the weekend, but the Irish still didn’t quite look like a top-10 against a middling Big Ten program…
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5 Things I Liked: Signs of Improvement from Notre Dame
Notre Dame took down Purdue on Saturday and showed some signs of improvement while raising some concerns elsewhere along the way. The Irish weren’t perfect, but they did what they…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like: Notre Dame Struggles At Things They Used to Excel At Once Again
For the second week in a row, Notre Dame struggled against an inferior opponent that they should have been able to handle easily by struggling to do all the things…
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