Overreactions
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Tulsa 28
Wow. I don’t think anyone imagined 11 months ago when Brian Kelly was hired that we’d be discussing back to back losses to Navy and Tulsa, but after an ill-advised…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Pitt 17
Notre Dame jumped out to an early lead for the second week in a row, but this time the Irish needed a late defensive stand to hold on for a…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 14, Stanford 37
Notre Dame suffered a tough loss Saturday at the hands of Stanford. The Irish were dominated on both lines of scrimmage and struggled to sustain much offense throughout the game. …
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(Not So) Initial Impressions – Michigan 28, Notre Dame 24
This week’s initial impressions is coming a little late. The UHND crew was in South Bend this weekend for the game and a lack of internet and some travel snafus…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12
The Brian Kelly Era started off on the right foot with an 11 point victory over instate rival Purdue Saturday afternoon. Many positives can be taken away from the 2010…
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Initial Impression – Notre Dame at Stanford
It’s tough to really get into the X’s and O’s of Saturday’s season finale, but here are some thoughts about an actual football game instead of another post speculating about…
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Initial Impressions – UConn at Notre Dame
Another tough loss for a Notre Dame team that had BCS aspirations just a few weeks ago. The loss drops the Irish to 6-5 and more than likely seals the…
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Initial Impressions – Navy at Notre Dame
Here are my initial impressions from the aftermath of yesterday’s loss to Navy. My apologies for posting these late, but I would have worn out the $#%?!@ keys last night…
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Initial Impressions – Boston College at Notre Dame
Notre Dame improved to 5-2 on the season with another last minute minute this weekend topping Boston College 20-16. Brian Smith sealed the Irish victory with his first interception of…
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Initial Impressions – USC at Notre Dame
Notre Dame took another game down to the wire on Saturday, but for the second time this season came out on the wrong end of a thrilling game. Here are…
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Initial Impressions – Washington at Notre Dame
After making the long trip home from South Bend and rewatching the game, here are my initial impressions from Notre Dame’s latest last minute victory. All three of the goal…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 24, Purdue 21
Jimmy Clausen came off the bench to lead Notre Dame to its second fourth quarter comeback in as many weeks Saturday night with a 24-21 victory over the Boilermakers. The…
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Initial Impression – Michigan State at Notre Dame
Notre Dame survived for a 33-30 win over Michigan State to snap the Spartans six game winning streak inside Notre Dame Stadium, but lost star wide receiver Michael Floyd for…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame at Michigan
Well, after doing just about everything possible to make things hard on themselves, Notre Dame finally fell to Michigan by a score of 38-34. Mixed in with some great offense…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 35, Nevada 0
Notre Dame opened the 2009 season with a bang on Saturday by recording their first shut out in seven years in a 35-0 win over the Nevada Wolf Pack. Here’s…
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Final (Initial) Thoughts on Navy
I finally got a chance to watch a recording of the game to post my full thoughts on the game. James Aldridge looked to have a nice burst against Navy,…
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And to be Fair… Some Causes for Concern from MSU
Anytime you have a 23-7 loss to a team you most likely have more pure talent than, there are going to be a lot of negatives from the game. Last…
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Before Everyone Overreacts… Some Positives from MSU
Alright, before everyone goes all doom and gloom on me, there were plenty of positives to take away from Saturday’s loss to Michigan State. Like I said on the board,…
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Observations from the Michigan Game
Here are my observations after rewatching the game on my DVR this afternoon. Great protection from the offensive line keeping Michigan from recording a sack – the second straight week…
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Initial Thoughts from the Stanford Game
Offense Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughes. Robert Hughes is going to be a heck of a running back for the next couple of years. Hughes doesn’t go down on first contact and shows some…
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Initial Thoughts from the Air Force Game
Offense Clausen’s passes looked much better today than it has all season. He had a zip on the ball that wasn’t there early in the season. I also thought he…
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Initial Thoughts: Notre Dame v. USC ’07
That was ugly to say the least, but I will attempt to stay somewhat positve. Offense I think we saw why Sharpley was #2 behind Clausen most of the year.…
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First Impressions from Purdue Game
Sorry for the late comments this week. I had a wedding to attend right after yesterday’s game so I didn’t have time to get anything posted till today. Offense Both…
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First Impressions on Michigan State
Here are my first impressions of the game without going back to watch it. If the Eagles win tomorrow I think I’ll have the heart to go back and watch…
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Upon Further Review – Observations from the PSU Game
WestCoastIrishFan made some great points over on the Football Board today so I’m reposting them here so they don’t get lost amongst all of the doom and gloom posts filling…
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