Offense
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Notre Dame Spring Football ’18: 5 Questions on Offense
With National Signing Day come and gone and the NFL Playoffs over, the next bit of football we have to look forward to is spring football. And, stop me if…
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Brace Yourselves, Another Notre Dame Quarterback Competition is Coming
Brian Kelly was noncommittal about the quarterback position at Notre Dame heading into next season on Monday after the Irish called in Ian Book in relief of Brandon Wimbush, but…
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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 his mechanics…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame’s Depleted Receiving Corps for Citrus Bowl
The Notre Dame passing attack wasn’t exactly striking fear into the hearts of opponents this year. The Irish will now bring that passing game into the Citrus Bowl minus two…
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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 going to…
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Brandon Wimbush, Notre Dame Offense Inching Towards Being Unstoppable
The 2017 Notre Dame offense has been as dominant as any Notre Dame offense we’ve seen in many years. Powered by one of the nation’s best offensive lines, the Irish…
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Notre Dame’s Josh Adams Running Towards Head of Heisman Pack
Notre Dame running back Josh Adams wasn’t on anyone’s Heisman radar really when the season started. Even after ripping off a couple of big games early in the season, he…
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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 isn’t going…
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Will the Notre Dame Offensive Line Be Elite in 2017?
While the entire Notre Dame football team is looking for redemption after last season’s miserable 4-8 campaign, the Irish offensive line is an area that’s likely even more focused on…
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Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush Ready to Star
Following a 4-8 season that saw Notre Dame use a dual-quarterback system that proved to be ineffective, head coach Brian Kelly and new offensive coordinator Chip Long are focused in…
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Notre Dame Football’s Backfield is LOADED in 2017
For all of the consternation over Brian Kelly’s preference for a passing game, Notre Dame has actually had a few years under his tenure where the Irish were a bonafide…
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2017 Notre Dame Football Better Or Worse: Offensive Line
We continue our preseason series comparing units from the previous season with the offensive line. Last week I looked at the quarterbacks and skill position units. If you read those…
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Notre Dame Football 2017 Better Or Worse: The Skill Positions
We continue our preseason roster breakdown as we head toward the season opener September 2nd against Temple. Last week I looked at quarterback where I made the, apparently, audacious claim…
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Notre Dame Football 2017 Better Or Worse: Quarterback
We like to take a look each year at all the positional groups and take stock in whether that group is improved, or gotten worse, from the previous season. Given…
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Sophomore WRs Hold Key for Notre Dame Passing Attack
Notre Dame has all of the components to have the most potent offense of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame in 2017. The Irish also have so many moving…
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Alize Mack: 2017 Notre Dame Football Breakout Stars
The last time we saw Alize Mack on the field for Notre Dame, he was a promising but raw true freshman showing us the glimpses of talent that made him…
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Javon McKinley: A Sleeping Giant for Notre Dame Football
If I asked the average fan who follows Notre Dame football year round to list the young players at receiver they were excited about, I think the names would be…
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Notre Dame’s Equanimeous St Brown on Cusp of Stardom
A name like Equanimeous St. Brown gets the attention of any audience but when that collective group encompasses Notre Dame football fans, college football fans in general and NFL scouts,…
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Josh Adams: Notre Dame Football’s Next Star Running Back?
Attempting to assess the wreckage of a 4-8 campaign in 2016 has the Notre Dame coaching staff looking at things that actually went right and what they can improve on…
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Ian Book It: Notre Dame Has Legit Quarterback Depth
All eyes were on Brandon Wimbush this weekend during the annual Blue and Gold Game, but sophomore quarterback Ian Book stole the show. No, there isn’t a quarterback controversy brewing…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’17: Revisiting Brandon Wimbush
The University of Notre Dame football team is going to have a new starting quarterback in 2017 and, somewhat incredibly, that is something of a back ground story. Sure, people…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’17 Notes: Boykin & Jones Rising
Brian Kelly held a press conference today, a couple of days after he either “assassinated the character” of his former quarterback, DeShone Kizer (according to former player Bert Berry), or…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’17: Irish Receivers Look To Take Next Step In 2017
There were many culprits on the Notre Dame offense in 2016 that led to a dismal 4-8 record and the ouster of three offensive coaches, including offense coordinator Mike Denbrock.…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’17: How Chip Long Can Maximize The Running Back Talent
If you are a connoisseur of Notre Dame information and practice updates like me, you have noticed the excitement level around the their three top running backs–Josh Adams, Dexter Williams,…
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Notre Dame WR Chase Claypool Primed For Stardom
On February 25th I wrote in a column for this site that Chase Claypool was going to turn into a star this season like Jeff Samardzija in 2005 (I also…
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