Defense
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Notre Dame Football Post Spring Analysis: Linebackers Lead The Way
I really like to do rankings when evaluating a team. It helps me get a read on the type of team I’m going to be watching in the fall. Where…
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Mike Elko Won’t Rebuild Notre Dame Defense in a Day, or a Spring
The rebuilding of Notre Dame Stadium is nearing completion with the brand new jumbotron getting closer to lighting up with beautifully stunning replays every day. It’s been a nearly three…
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Notre Dame’s Big Buck Hunters: Tevon Coney vs. Greer Martini
Notre Dame’s defensive transformation is about to kick into full gear when the Irish return to practice on Wednesday after a twelve day layoff between practices two and three in…
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Nick Watkins Return A Huge Boost for Notre Dame Secondary
Notre Dame senior cornerback Nick Watkins was ready to step into the starting line up last year after a trial by fire in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio…
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What To Watch For On Defense: Notre Dame Football Spring ’17
I lectured on about how much I love spring practice in part 1 of this series, so check that out if you’re like me and you can’t get enough of…
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8 Notre Dame Defenders to Watch in Mike Elko’s Defense
Mike Elko is still settling in as the new defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about players who will benefit the most from…
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What Does Mike Elko Have to Work With on Notre Dame DL?
New Notre Dame defensive coordinator Mike Elko has his work cut out for him with the Irish defense but nowhere is that more apparent than the defensive line. Despite featuring…
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Debunking Notre Dame’s Lack of Defensive Talent
Amid the fury of posts over the last few weeks voicing angst over now former Notre Dame defensive coordinator, one of the common tunes heard on Notre Dame message boards…
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Brian Kelly’s Defense of Defensive Staff Getting Offensive
Following Notre Dame’s latest loss – an embarrassing home loss to Duke – head coach Brian Kelly was quick to point the finger at everyone except those that deserved it…
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5 Defensive Players Notre Dame Needs to Step Up
After the offensive explosion from Texas in week one, the Notre Dame defense looked like it could be a train wreck this year. Last week the Irish returned to their…
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Frosh DE Daelin Hayes In Line for Prominent Role?
Notre Dame is in desperate need of a pass rusher along its rebuilt defensive line. It sounds like the Irish might be ready to look to true freshman Daelin Hayes…
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Notre Dame’s Defensive Line A Strength in ’16?
Notre Dame is replacing a pair of two year starters along a defensive line that wasn’t exactly a strength in 2015. Despite that attrition the Notre Dame defensive line could…
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Notre Dame’s Freshmen Defensive Backs Will Play in ’16
When Notre Dame signed seven defensive backs in February it was expected that some of them would be needed to play right away for the Irish this fall. Brian Kelly…
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Greer Martini: Notre Dame Football’s Mr. Utility
You may have noticed, but favorability polls are a bit of thing going on in our country right now. It seems to be a good starting place when discussing linebacker…
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Five Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Notre Dame Defense
Following my latest installment, which ranked the top 11 players on the Notre Dame defense, the response was near unanimous: the defense is in big trouble. Writing it, I hadn’t…
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Is Notre Dame moving to a 4-2-5 defense?
COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S BRUTAL ORIGINS When Rutgers “lit up” Princeton 6-4 in 1869 in the first football game ever played, the game’s early defensive DNA was established. It was brutality at…
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Notre Dame Football’s Best 11: Defense
First we looked at the offense, now a look at the best 11 players on the defensive side of the ball for the 2016 Fighting Irish. As with the offense,…
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Emergence of Nyles Morgan a Must for Notre Dame
As a Southern California resident, there are not many people around here who obsess over Notre Dame football quite like myself. Sure, there are a lot of fans in this…
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Top 5 Notre Dame Spring Practice Storylines: Defense
Part one of this series broke down the top five offensive storylines heading into the 2016 version of spring football, today the focus is on the defense. While the Notre…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: Restocking the Secondary
The past several weeks UHND has examined some of the pressing issues facing head coach Brian Kelly’s squad heading into the spring practice session, including looking into Notre Dame’s pass…
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Notre Dame Spring Preview: Where’s the Pass Rush?
February is the hardest month of the football calendar. College football fans suffering the effects of withdrawal after the end of bowl season are given a brief reprieve until early…
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Sophomores Set to Impact ’16 Notre Dame Defense
In part one we zeroed in on the offensive recruits of 2015 and how they looked to impact the team in 2016, now in part two we focus on the…
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An Early Look at Notre Dame’s 2016 Defensive Depth
In 2016 Notre Dame will have to replace two of the most dominant players in college football – Jaylon Smith and Sheldon Day, but they are not the only stars…
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How Notre Dame Will Replace Jaylon Smith
Earlier this week Jaylon Smith surprised few when he declared for the NFL Draft. Had the 2015 Butkus Award winner not injured himself in the Fiesta Bowl, his declaration likely…
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An Expanded Defensive Role for Torii Hunter?
Torii Hunter has filled in in a pinch at the nickel back position already this year. Could the wide receiver see more time their in the Fiesta Bowl?
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